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24APR 2023
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How vitamin D3 helps allergic asthma
A vitamin D3 deficiency can lead to severe symptoms, for example in people suffering from allergic asthma. This has already been shown in several studies. However, we still do not fully understand how exactly this vitamin influences the cellular inflammatory reaction in the body. A team of researchers from the Department of Molecular Pneumology at […]
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21APR 2023
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The climate and biodiversity crises are not two separate things
An unprecedented and continuing loss of biodiversity has been sparked by anthropogenic climate change together with the intensive use and destruction of natural ecosystems. However, since the public often views the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis as two separate catastrophes, an international team of researchers including paleontologist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kiessling from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg […]An unprecedented and continuing loss of biodiversity has been sparked by anthropogenic climate change together with the intensive use and destruction of natural ecosystems. However, since the public often views the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis as two separate catastrophes, an international team of researchers including paleontologist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kiessling from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg […]
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20APR 2023
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Green hydrogen from nature: Photocatalysis imitates plants
Green hydrogen could play a key role in the energy transition. Electrocatalytic splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen requires huge amounts of electricity, which means the efficiency of this method for the energy transition is low compared to that of fossil fuels. Materials scientist Dr. Pablo Jiménez Calvo who is a Marie Sklodowska Curie […]
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17APR 2023
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Public lecture: Human Rights in Iran “Woman_Life_Freedom”
Protests by women in Iran are not new. Women have been fighting for their basic rights across Iran since the beginning of the 20th century. Women’s clothing, education and everyday lives are strictly controlled in the country. On Thursday, April 20, 2023, FAU will be holding a public lecture on this highly topical issue. All […]
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17APR 2023
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University election: Submit your nominations from April 27 to May 10
The next University election is just around the corner! This June, students, doctoral candidates and staff at FAU who are eligible to vote in the electronic University elections can vote for the representatives of each member group in the Senate, the Faculty Councils of the five faculties and in the Appointments Council of the School […]
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14APR 2023
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“An interdisciplinary approach opens up a wealth of career prospects”
FAU’s annual theme this year is “#FAUtogether” and our interdisciplinary degree programs represent collaboration between people beyond subject boundaries. In this series of interviews, students have their say and talk about their degree programs. Today, Laura Bisinger talks about her degree program – gerontology. What are you studying? Can you briefly explain what your degree […]
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11APR 2023
Research
Creating an artificial pathologist
A team from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) and FAU has created a new, fast and precise method for clinicians to analyse cells in tissue samples from cancer patients without the need for a trained pathologist. They use artificial intelligence to evaluate the data their method produces. During cancer surgery, […]
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11APR 2023
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Campus Future Driveline: FAU researches together with MAN on the drives of the future
To jointly commit to the further development of fossil-free, future-proof drives and to create synergies between science and industry – that is the goal of the Future Driveline Campus, which officially opened today. The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), the Technical University of Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm (THN) and the commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck […]
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04APR 2023
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FAU mathematician receives ERC Advanced Grant
Another researcher from FAU has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The mathematician and Humboldt professor Dr. Enrique Zuazua will receive up to 2.5 million euros for his project “Control for Deep and Federated Learning”. Among the topics Enrique Zuazua deals with are partial differential equations, control theory and numerics. […]
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04APR 2023
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Gene scissors used successfully in the laboratory against HIV-related virus
HTLV-1 triggers aggressive forms of leukemia or an incurable spinal cord disease that leads to paralysis: the virus is the often ignored but no less insidious sibling of the HIV virus that causes AIDS and also belongs to the family of retroviruses. A group of researchers from TU Dresden, the company PROVIREX Genome Editing Therapies […]
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03APR 2023
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Music technology researcher at FAU receives 1.25 million euros in funding from the DFG
At first glance music and computer science might have little to do with one another, but Prof. Dr. Meinard Müller thinks differently: he aims to use artificial intelligence to analyze complex characteristics and hidden relations in music. Professor Müller is an expert in semantic audio signal processing at FAU and his research deals with analyzing […]
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31MAR 2023
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FAU lecturers awarded Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. habil. Nadine Hamilton and Prof. Dr. Dr. Patricia Wiater from FAU have both been awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching this year. The prize, awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Arts, honors their outstanding dedication and the excellent quality of their teaching. “With innovative and creative teaching, the winners of […]
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