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16JUL 2024
FAU news
Hugely significant results for immunotherapy
FAU researchers use AI to develop cancer treatment Modern cancer immune therapies use the human immune system to fight cancer. Immune cells, in particular T cells, must be trained to recognize cancer cells and target them specifically. The team led by the physicist Prof. Dr. Julio Vera-González in the Laboratory of Systems Tumor Immunology at […]
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16JUL 2024
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A treatment for metastasis?
A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal. Their approach for attacking the migrating cancer cells is to use ferroptosis – a cell death mechanism only discovered in […]A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Innsbruck, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal. Their approach for attacking the migrating cancer cells is to use ferroptosis – a cell death mechanism only discovered in […]
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15JUL 2024
Research
When quantum physics takes the bar by storm
The terms “Wenz”, “Solo” and “Sie” are as much part of a Bavarian pub as the beer tap and the regulars’ table. It’s where you’ll often see groups of (usually) four players huddled over their playing cards trying to be the first to get 60 points at the traditional card game known as “Schafkopf”. FAU […]
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08JUL 2024
FAU news
Radiotherapy vs. the immune system
As part of our innate immune system, the complement system plays a role in destroying tumor cells. Paradoxically however, an activated complement system can also also promote the growth and formation of metastases in certain types of tumors such as sarcomas. How radiotherapy influences the complement system is now the subject of research being carried […]
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08JUL 2024
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World’s first CAR-T cell therapy for a child with lupus
“One year after the treatment, I feel as good as I did before my diagnosis, except for a few colds,” says Uresa A. today. In June 2023, Uresa (who was 15 years old at the time) received CAR-T cells at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. The treatment was the last resort to slow down systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), […]
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04JUL 2024
Alumni
FAU Alumni #JobInsights: Wolfgang Bruder, Geographer
What can a geographer actually do for a living? Wolfgang Bruder, FAU alumnus, advises politicians on transport issues: as a consultant for bus and on-demand transport at the Ministry of Transport in Baden-Württemberg, his daily tasks include project management, press relations and political consulting. Wolfgang Bruder studied Geography at FAU and tells us what he […]
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02JUL 2024
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Schlossgartenfest 2024 – the best pictures of the evening
A perfect summer weekend: The weather was beautiful when more than 6,000 guests enjoyed themselves at the FAU’s 68th Schlossgartenfest on Saturday. A comprehensive program awaited the visitors: While they were greeted by walk acts and artists on stilts, the FAU Big Band played at the north entrance near the Orangerie, the K36 Big Band […]
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02JUL 2024
A cup with the President
A cup with the President – Episode 9: Prof. Dr. Katharina Diehl
A visit to Prof. Dr. Katharina Diehl’s office at the Institute for Medical Computer Science, Biometrics, and Epidemiology (IMBE) Each semester, FAU president Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger sets out to visit professors who have just recently joined FAU. At their respective institutes, he gets to know them better as they talk about their research and […]
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27JUN 2024
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FAU researchers develop an alternative to pacemakers
A heart attack is a life-threatening condition, with patients remaining at risk of premature death long after the actual attack: 50 to 60 percent of patients die subsequently as a result of sudden cardiac death, triggered by cardiac arrhythmia. The most effective treatment currently available – a pacemaker – stops cardiac arrhythmias. However, it cannot […]
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27JUN 2024
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Giving children in elementary school the opportunity to voice their opinions
Children should learn to think and act democratically from an early age. The best way is for them to experience it at first hand at school. The Institute for Primary Education Research at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now discovered in a two-part study that children would like to be involved more in decisions. FAU study: […]
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25JUN 2024
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Honoring of the doctorates and jubilarians 2024
On June 21st and 22nd, 2024, FAU honored all doctorates, who recently received their PhDs, as well as the jubilarians, who received their doctorates 15, 25, 50 or even 60 years ago during a festive ceremony at the Heinrich-Lades-Halle in Erlangen. 3, 2, 1 – now! Of course, the legendary joint throw of the graduation […]
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25JUN 2024
Research
Transnational history: Cross-border and interdisciplinary research
How can we write transnational history in a world in which science and technology are becoming increasingly relevant? The Transnational History Lab has looked at this question in more detail, and the researchers have prepared a documentary on their work. Transnational history The Covid-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and the disruptions caused to supply chains […]
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