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16JAN 2023
Research
It’s electrifying
No more searching for a charging station, no need to worry that your electric car’s battery will run out before you reach your destination: electric roads charge electric cars as you drive. Car drivers will be able to experience the feeling for themselves from 2025 on a test route in Northern Bavaria. The route is […]
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10JAN 2023
FAU news
Apply now: FAU Digital Tech Fellows Program
The Digital Tech Academy is FAU’s excellence program open to outstanding digital and innovative talents from all FAU degree programs and faculties! We impart all you need to follow your heart and passion for digitization, entrepreneurship and innovation. Work in interdisciplinary teams, get in touch with expert coaches and mentors, develop your own pristine and […]
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09JAN 2023
Research
Covid-19: On the lookout for new antibodies
A team of researchers at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen has gained new insights into the maturation of SARS-CoV-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations with the mRNA vaccine Comirnaty. They have now published their work in the journal Science Immunology. Covid-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations Antibody response is essential for protection against viral infectious diseases, since only […]A team of researchers at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen has gained new insights into the maturation of SARS-CoV-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations with the mRNA vaccine Comirnaty. They have now published their work in the journal Science Immunology. Covid-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations Antibody response is essential for protection against viral infectious diseases, since only […]
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03JAN 2023
Research
When antibodies do a pirouette
Functionalized nanoparticles could soon revolutionize point-of-care diagnostics. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have developed a method for binding specific molecules in samples and serums, such as antibodies in the blood, to the surface of iron oxide particles thus allowing them to be identified using an inexpensive and compact detector. The researchers have […]Functionalized nanoparticles could soon revolutionize point-of-care diagnostics. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have developed a method for binding specific molecules in samples and serums, such as antibodies in the blood, to the surface of iron oxide particles thus allowing them to be identified using an inexpensive and compact detector. The researchers have […]
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21DEC 2022
Research
Get out, run about and have fun!
The numbers are alarming. Children and young people are not getting nearly enough exercise. Sport scientists at the WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Public Health at FAU have now taken stock of the situation and drafted a document on “Promoting physical activity in children and adolescents in Germany” on behalf of the Federal […]
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21DEC 2022
Research
An FAU team is involved in an EU project focusing on intent detection in artificial limbs
Lifting a glass, making a fist, entering a phone number using the index finger: it is amazing the things cutting-edge robotic hands can already do thanks to biomedical technology. However, things that work in the laboratory often encounter stumbling blocks when put to practice in daily life. The problem is the vast diversity of the […]
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21DEC 2022
FAU news
What to do in a power outage
The German electricity grid is considered very stable. Experts believe that a blackout is fairly unlikely, even this winter. As a rule, any power outages are repaired within a matter of hours. In an emergency, however, it can take days until power is restored. It is for times like these that it is important that […]
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20DEC 2022
FAU news
Recognized for excellence in teaching
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering and PD Dr. Philipp Spitzer from the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy have received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Bavarian Ministry of Science in recognition of their outstanding teaching. What biotechnology has to do with our everyday lives Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione offers lively […]
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19DEC 2022
FAU news
FAU closed during the holiday season
To save energy during the holiday season, the University will be closed from 24 December until 1 January. The University Administration service centres such as the Student Advice and Career Service and the Examinations Office will be closed during this period. University libraries The University libraries will have reduced opening hours during the holiday season. […]
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16DEC 2022
Alumni
Ecological and sustainable practices in the economy: An interview with FAU alumna and innovator Maike Kauffmann
Sustainability in the economy. This is what FAU alumna Maike Kauffmann hopes to achieve. She is an active member of “Stiftung Verantwortungseigentum” and supports companies that aim to encourage a transformation towards more sustainability and a more ecological mindset in society and the economy. She received the FAU Innovator award 2022 in the alumni category […]
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12DEC 2022
Research
The connection between illnesses of the digestive and nervous systems
How do the gut and the brain interact, and can this even trigger disease? There is growing consensus within the research community that the nervous and digestive systems interact with each other. How exactly, however, is still largely unknown. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is now funding a new clinical research unit at FAU that […]
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09DEC 2022
FAU news
FAU immunologist Georg Schett receives Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
To researchers working in the field of inflammatory diseases, Prof. Dr. Georg Schett is a very familiar name. For his outstanding scientific achievements, Schett, a physician at FAU, has now been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG), which is one of the most important prizes for research in Germany. […]
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