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07MAR 2025
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Recommendations for exercise: Exercise boosts mood and community spirit
Sport scientists at FAU are revising national guidelines for exercise and the promotion of exercise What is the best form of exercise and how often should we exercise to stay healthy? How can institutions encourage exercise? These are the key questions behind the national recommendations for exercise which are being revised by experts from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität […]
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07MAR 2025
Alumni
FAU Alumni #JobInsights: Daniel Kromm, Cardiologist
Med students, listen up! What is different than expected when starting a career, how do I get through the exams well and how can I take care of my work-life balance? FAU alumnus Daniel Kromm gives personal insights and tips. He works as a doctor in advanced training in the cardiology department of the Diakoniewerk […]
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06MAR 2025
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Jugend Forscht competition: Young scientists present their projects
Regional competition Jugend forscht 2025 at FAU Jugend forscht celebrated its 60th anniversary. As was the case last year, the regional competition was held at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Young researchers from Middle Franconia were welcomed by the FAU Department of Physics to present their projects to the public and the competition jury in this year’s […]
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05MAR 2025
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Astronomy at FAU: Stellar evolution in the neighborhood
Researchers at FAU have discovered two as yet unknown supernova remnants in our neighboring galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and is located around 160,000 light years away from our solar system. This relative proximity makes it an ideal laboratory for studying cosmic explosions and stellar evolutionary […]
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04MAR 2025
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Teamwork in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
How an interdisciplinary team at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in Erlangen fought for the life of premature baby David – and won against all the odds Some patients’ stories are nothing short of a miracle. However, it is only rarely that the life of a patient is saved thanks to as many […]
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03MAR 2025
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Cell research: Nanoparticles coordinate cell growth
Researchers at FAU make new findings about organ formation in zebrafish During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles – nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes – play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish. This is the result of a study conducted at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER), which has […]Researchers at FAU make new findings about organ formation in zebrafish During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles – nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes – play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish. This is the result of a study conducted at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER), which has […]
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28FEB 2025
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Sustainability: Environmentally-friendly anesthesia
The Department of Anesthesiology at Uniklinikum Erlangen has developed a strategy for improving sustainability. The downside of maximum-care hospitals is their climate impact: Hospitals all over the world have very large CO2 footprints. Anesthetic gases in particular are a factor that causes a significant proportion of emissions in hospitals. This is something an interprofessional team […]
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27FEB 2025
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Climate change: It is no longer possible to save the glaciers at the size they are today
Dr. Christian Sommer from the Institute of Geography at FAU was involved in the first systematic recording of measurement data tracking the dramatic retreat of glaciers Over the last 25 years approximately 39 percent of glacier ice has disappeared: the results of the Glambie study from the European Space Organization ESA are dramatic. For the […]
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26FEB 2025
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ERC funding: Innovative treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases
FAU research team acquires Proof of Concept Grant A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Ramming from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a new approach to treating chronic inflammatory diseases. On the basis of promising results, the team has now been granted another prestigious research prize from the European Research Council (ERC): a […]
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25FEB 2025
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More than 270 million euros for high-performance computing center at FAU
Massive expansion of high-tech infrastructure for universities in Northern Bavaria The budget committee of the Bavarian state parliament has granted approval for the construction of the high-performance computing center at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). On hearing of the decision, Bavaria’s science minister Markus Blume expressed his thanks to the committee and stressed, “Getting the ‘green light’ […]Massive expansion of high-tech infrastructure for universities in Northern Bavaria The budget committee of the Bavarian state parliament has granted approval for the construction of the high-performance computing center at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). On hearing of the decision, Bavaria’s science minister Markus Blume expressed his thanks to the committee and stressed, “Getting the ‘green light’ […]
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24FEB 2025
A cup with the President
A Cup with the President – Episode 22: Prof. Dr. Claudia Lillge
Visiting Prof. Dr. Claudia Lillge, Chair of English Studies: Culture and Literature Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who are new to FAU. He visits them in their institutions to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better. Our series […]
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24FEB 2025
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THE World Reputation Ranking: FAU among the top 200
FAU included in the list of the most prestigious universities in the world for the first time A great achievement! Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is one of the universities with the best reputations in the world. In the recently published Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Ranking, FAU was included in the ranking between places 151 […]
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