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09SEP 2024
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Two Starting Grants for FAU
Mathematician Jana Hutter and physicist Philipp Pelz receive funding from the ERC Two researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been awarded the coveted Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for their work on improving imaging processes in medicine and material sciences. Prof. Dr. Jana Hutter hopes to develop innovative MRI procedures that will […]Mathematician Jana Hutter and physicist Philipp Pelz receive funding from the ERC Two researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been awarded the coveted Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for their work on improving imaging processes in medicine and material sciences. Prof. Dr. Jana Hutter hopes to develop innovative MRI procedures that will […]
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29AUG 2024
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FAU chemist researches functional organic materials for the energy transition
Carbon, of all things, could help us to push forward the decarbonization of our industrial society. Functional carbon particles, known as carbon dots, can transform sunlight into energy and extract hydrogen from water. Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi, a chemist at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), researches the molecular structure of such nanoparticles and uses artificial intelligence […]Carbon, of all things, could help us to push forward the decarbonization of our industrial society. Functional carbon particles, known as carbon dots, can transform sunlight into energy and extract hydrogen from water. Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi, a chemist at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), researches the molecular structure of such nanoparticles and uses artificial intelligence […]
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29AUG 2024
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New concept for the protection of marine biodiversity
Man-made climate change knows no limits. In the future, the AGELESS consortium will investigate how marine life in our oceans affected by climate change can be protected beyond national areas of jurisdiction. AGELESS project will use long-term data series for the ocean of the future The interdisciplinary team of researchers from MARUM – Center for […]
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21AUG 2024
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Gabriele Chiogna investigates factors that influence water resources
As a physicist, Gabriele Chiogna is used to working on complex equations. However, it is not enough to understand how the availability and quality of water will change during the coming years. The answer to this problem varies greatly, depending on how we use this vital resource in the future. “As modelers, we must always […]
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19AUG 2024
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FAU discovers possible new approach for treating colorectal cancer
The protein ZEB1 and the role its plays in connective tissue in colorectal cancer It is not only tumor cells but also certain cells in connective tissue, especially those known as fibroblasts, that have a decisive role to play when cancer progresses and metastasizes. A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) led by PD […]
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12AUG 2024
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Collaboration with National Hospital Kandy for kidney research
For just over twenty years now, physicians have observed a significant rise in chronic kidney disease in countries on the Equator. It is a major worry that this may be a global phenomenon with an as yet unknown cause. Researchers from Berlin and Erlangen are supporting important kidney research in Sri Lanka. Researchers from Uniklinikum […]
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22JUL 2024
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Using “tattoos” to make damaged muscle tissue visible
Arterial occlusion in the legs mainly affects older people and can often require surgery to treat it. A research team led by PD Dr. Ulrich Rother, deputy head of the Department of Vascular Surgery (head: Prof. Dr. Werner Lang) at Uniklinikum Erlangen, is currently developing new and non-invasive diagnostic methods in order to improve treatment […]
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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
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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
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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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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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