Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) CAS Showcase

In the lecture series “CAS Showcase”, LMU scientists and researchers talk about the state of the art in their discipline. | Dario Leister is Professor of Plant Molecular Biology at LMU. His research focuses on photosynthesis and its interaction and integration with other cell processes inside and outside the chloroplasts. He is also interested in acclimatory networks in plant cells. The aim of his...

Beate Kellner ist Professorin für Germanistische Mediävistik an der LMU und Sprecherin des internationalen Doktorandenkollegs „Philologie: Praktiken vormoderner Kulturen, globale Perspektiven und Zukunftskonzepte“. | Holger Gzella ist Professor für Alttestamentliche Theologie an der LMU.

Martin Dichgans ist Direktor des Instituts für Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung an der LMU.

Peter M. Huber ist Professor für Öffentliches Recht und Staatsphilosophie an der LMU und seit 2010 Richter des Bundesverfassungsgerichts. | In der Reihe "CAS Showcase" sprechen Wissenschaftler/innen der LMU zum State of the Art ihrer Disziplin.

Erika von Mutius is one of the leading experts in the field of the development of asthma and allergic diseases in childhood. She played a decisive role in coining the hygiene hypothesis, according to which the immune system must be trained in early childhood in order to be protected against asthma and allergies. In large-scale epidemiological studies, she was able to show that children who live on...

The series "CAS Showcase" invites professors from LMU to talk about their discipline's State of the Art. | Immanuel Bloch is Chair of Quantum Optics at the LMU, Director at the MPI for Quantum Optics and speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "MCQST".

The series "CAS Showcase" invites professors from LMU to talk about their discipline's State of the Art.| Roland Wenzlhuemer is Professor for Global History at LMU Munich.