FAU news

Here you’ll find everything that’s happening at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – from the latest news and research updates to insights into campus life.

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27JAN 2022
FAU news
Andreas Hirsch newly appointed to the Executive Board
From 1 February, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch will become the new Vice President People at FAU. A vast majority of the University Council at FAU voted for the 61 year old chemist in a postal ballot. Hirsch will take over from the medical expert Prof. Dr. Friedrich Pausen, who did not stand for another term […]
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24JAN 2022
Research
FAU research team develops design for ultra long-life perovskite solar cells
A research group at FAU and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) have come up with a design aimed at significantly increasing the operational stability and life span of perovskite solar cells. Their design centres around a bilayer of polymers that protects the perovskites from corrosion at the same time as allowing […]
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24JAN 2022
Research
Deciphering the Internet of tissue: European Research Council recognises FAU researcher
After going through a highly competitive selection process, researcher Prof. Dr. Stefan Uderhardt has been successful in his bid for project funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Uderhardt, who works at Department of Medicine 3 at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, has been awarded a total of approximately 1.5 million euros for his project over the next […]
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19JAN 2022
Research
FAU researchers criticise ‘scientific colonialism’ in palaeontology
Many of the fossils found worldwide are in the possession of natural history museums in the West or kept in private collections. The data collected about fossil finds and excavations are also predominantly located in richer countries. This is the subject of criticism from a research team led by doctoral candidate Nussaibah Raja-Schoob from the […]
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17JAN 2022
Research
Corona vaccination without an injection
Strengthening the immune response at the location where the virus enters the body: A team led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla and Prof. Dr. Matthias Tenbusch at the Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology at FAU is currently conducting research into a vaccine that is administered as a nose or mouth spray and forms local […]
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12JAN 2022
Research
Omicron variant largely resistant to anti-viral medication
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly, and it appears as if some of the medical options available for treating those infected with the disease seem to be becoming less effective. The Omicron variant is resistant against many of the antibody-based medicines that have already been approved and have proven to be highly effective […]
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05JAN 2022
FAU news
A retrospective glance at our Instagram
FAU as you’ve (perhaps) never seen it before: Several times a week, you can find insights and views about the university and student life on Instagram. The university also likes to repost pictures of other Instagram users. FAU can be found under the name uni_fau, and all pictures carry the hashtags #unifau und #fau_germany. These […]
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