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13JUN 2025
FAU news
Organ donation: “I wanted to give something back to my wife”
Roland P. donated a kidney to his wife at the age of 74 – the 500th living-donor kidney transplant at Uniklinikum Erlangen At the age of 40, Sieglinde P. was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, an incurable kidney disease that entails a progressive reduction in kidney function. For a long time, she remained free of symptoms […]
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13JUN 2025
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New approach to boost reliability of findings from animal experiments
Researchers transfer natural gut microbiome to laboratory mice, making them more robust against slight differences in the conditions in which they are held Many findings in medical research come from experiments with mice. However, other working groups often fail to reproduce results gained in one particular laboratory. Researchers led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration […]Researchers transfer natural gut microbiome to laboratory mice, making them more robust against slight differences in the conditions in which they are held Many findings in medical research come from experiments with mice. However, other working groups often fail to reproduce results gained in one particular laboratory. Researchers led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration […]
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12JUN 2025
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Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation: A new round of funding
Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation supports food research at FAU The Food Safety and Quality research unit at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is to receive support from the Rudolf und Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation for a further three years. The foundation has decided to continue the existing funding awarded in 2019 until the end of 2027. The […]
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12JUN 2025
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Basic research into how mold fungi reproduce
FAU researchers find an important puzzle piece in the sexual cycle of an infectious mold fungus Sexual reproduction is widespread in the animal and plant kingdoms and serves to recombine genetic information. Fungi can also go through a sexual cycle, during which they secrete messenger substances, known as pheromones, and detect them using suitable receptors. […]
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11JUN 2025
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How AI can be integrated seamlessly into pathological diagnosis
FAU’s Uniklinikum Erlangen involved in collaborative project on the routine use of deep learning algorithms Algorithms from artificial intelligence (AI) are being used more and more frequently, also for medical diagnosis. However, their potential is barely being tapped in a number of areas. A collaborative project from Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]FAU’s Uniklinikum Erlangen involved in collaborative project on the routine use of deep learning algorithms Algorithms from artificial intelligence (AI) are being used more and more frequently, also for medical diagnosis. However, their potential is barely being tapped in a number of areas. A collaborative project from Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]
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10JUN 2025
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Alumni raffle: Tickets for the Schlossgartenfest 2025
Considered one of the most beautiful and largest garden festivals in Europe, the FAU Schlossgartenfest is truly a special event! With its unique atmosphere, the Schlossgartenfest at FAU is a remarkable experience that draws distinguished guests from politics, business, culture, and science, along with alumni, students, staff, and friends of FAU. Join us on Saturday, […]
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10JUN 2025
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Prize for mathematics: FAU awards Staudt Prize
One of the most prestigious German awards for mathematics goes to Wolfgang Lück Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, […]
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06JUN 2025
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FAU student wins 1st place in “High North Scenario Competition”
Future scenario competition in Norway: The Arctic in 2050 Master’s student Dheeraj Kumar has won 1st place in the future scenario competition of the “High North Dialogue Conference”. Every year, the High North Center for Business and Governance of Nord University in Bodø, Norway, holds a conference where participants discuss the development of the Arctic. […]
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06JUN 2025
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BioBlitz: Interactive campaign in the Botanical Garden
Visitors to FAU’s Botanical Garden can provide assistance with documenting species diversity Botanical gardens are oases of biological diversity. They offer ideal conditions for a large number of wild animals, plants, fungi and lichen. In conjunction with around 30 institutions in German-speaking countries, the “Verband Botanischer Gärten” (Association of Botanical Gardens) invites you to take […]Visitors to FAU’s Botanical Garden can provide assistance with documenting species diversity Botanical gardens are oases of biological diversity. They offer ideal conditions for a large number of wild animals, plants, fungi and lichen. In conjunction with around 30 institutions in German-speaking countries, the “Verband Botanischer Gärten” (Association of Botanical Gardens) invites you to take […]
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05JUN 2025
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Double CAR-T cell therapy proves successful for rare autoimmune disease
Researchers from Erlangen first in the world to treat an autoimmune disease with two different CAR-T cell therapies Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen have succeeded in treating a patient with a particularly severe form of an autoimmune disease with two different types of CAR T-cells, one after another. The 45 year old […]
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04JUN 2025
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2025 University elections – every vote counts!
Use your vote to ensure the outcome isn’t left up to somebody else! Cast your vote for the university elections from June 4 until June 12 – at your own convenience with a few clicks via the FAU elections portal at online-wahlen.fau.de/?lang=en. We would like to stress the importance of all FAU members becoming involved […]
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03JUN 2025
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FAU achieves success with two collaborative research centers
DFG funding for semiconductor development and bowel cancer research Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for two new collaborative research centers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – one in semiconductor research and the second in cancer research. ChemPrint consortium aims to revolutionize the manufacturing of semiconductors In the new collaborative research […]DFG funding for semiconductor development and bowel cancer research Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for two new collaborative research centers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – one in semiconductor research and the second in cancer research. ChemPrint consortium aims to revolutionize the manufacturing of semiconductors In the new collaborative research […]
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