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05NOV 2025
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Special achievements: The 2025 FAU Awards
Honoring distinguished personalities and academic achievements at FAU In the run up to the University’s Dies Academicus anniversary celebrations in 2025, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once more recognized extraordinary people for their services at and for FAU with the “FAU Awards”. These are this year’s winners of the FAU Awards. This year, the FAU Awards […]Honoring distinguished personalities and academic achievements at FAU In the run up to the University’s Dies Academicus anniversary celebrations in 2025, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once more recognized extraordinary people for their services at and for FAU with the “FAU Awards”. These are this year’s winners of the FAU Awards. This year, the FAU Awards […]
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15JUL 2025
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Green light given for ZOHO Factory
The German government recognizes the ZOLLHOF Tech Incubator as a Startup Factory Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg congratulates the ZOLLHOF team and celebrates their joint success in the German “Startup Factories” competition from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Federal minister Katharina Reiche awarded the title to the most promising concepts. The ZOHO Factory has a […]The German government recognizes the ZOLLHOF Tech Incubator as a Startup Factory Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg congratulates the ZOLLHOF team and celebrates their joint success in the German “Startup Factories” competition from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Federal minister Katharina Reiche awarded the title to the most promising concepts. The ZOHO Factory has a […]
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04JUL 2025
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Ultrasound trained with AI for the treatment of endometriosis
Researchers at FAU hope to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the “chameleon” of gynecological disorders Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder that is largely unknown, even though it is estimated that it affects one in ten to fifteen women of reproductive age in Germany. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum […]Researchers at FAU hope to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the “chameleon” of gynecological disorders Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder that is largely unknown, even though it is estimated that it affects one in ten to fifteen women of reproductive age in Germany. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum […]
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17JUN 2025
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High-tech at high altitudes: An MRI scanner from Erlangen reaches the Andes
Scanner donated by the winners of the German Future Prize has arrived at a hospital in Peru – three teams from Uniklinikum Erlangen are helping in South America When Dr. Christine Hauer, Laura Schwarzfärber and Frederic Balling arrive in the city of Curahuasi in the Andes after traveling more than 24 hours, the MRI scanner […]
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10JUN 2025
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Prize for mathematics: FAU awards Staudt Prize
One of the most prestigious German awards for mathematics goes to Wolfgang Lück Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, […]
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28MAY 2025
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On the trail of Parkinson’s using an electron microscope
FAU researchers shine a spotlight on an important risk factor for Parkinson’s and Gaucher’s disease In Germany, approximately 400,000 people suffer from Parkinson’s, and numbers are on the rise. Using an electron microscope, a team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen (UKER) were able to make a major risk factor for the […]
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26MAY 2025
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DataSAIL splits data perfectly for artificial intelligence
Bioinformaticians at FAU develop tool for better evaluation of AI models A new tool has been developed to better assess the performance of AI models. It was developed by bioinformaticians at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS). “DataSAIL” automatically sorts training and test data so that they differ as […]Bioinformaticians at FAU develop tool for better evaluation of AI models A new tool has been developed to better assess the performance of AI models. It was developed by bioinformaticians at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS). “DataSAIL” automatically sorts training and test data so that they differ as […]
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22MAY 2025
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Excellence Strategy: Outstanding in Human Rights Research
FAU project “Transforming Human Rights” becomes Cluster of Excellence Celebrations at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): The “Transforming Human Rights” research project is to become a Cluster of Excellence. Late on Thursday afternoon, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Science and Humanities announced which research projects are to receive funding from the Excellence […]FAU project “Transforming Human Rights” becomes Cluster of Excellence Celebrations at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU): The “Transforming Human Rights” research project is to become a Cluster of Excellence. Late on Thursday afternoon, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Science and Humanities announced which research projects are to receive funding from the Excellence […]
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21MAY 2025
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Influenza triggers respiratory failure: Hannah’s temporary lung
After influenza triggered severe respiratory failure in three-year old Hannah, an interdisciplinary ECMO team brought the little girl to Erlangen for treatment. “I saw the X-ray of her lungs,” reports Hannah’s mother, Laura C., who is also a nurse. “And I knew straight away what it meant: all white. Basically no gas exchange at all […]
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16MAY 2025
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Social media: What needs to change to improve the mental health of young people?
FAU is part of a European collaborative project that will receive 1.5 million euros in funding How must we rethink social media to improve the mental health of young people? This is the focus of the international research project “PROMISE: Promoting Well-Being in Preteens, Adolescents, and Young Adults – Toward Improved Social Media Policies Among […]
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08MAY 2025
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Professor Xu Zhangrun receives Human Rights Award
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) honors Chinese legal scholar Xu Zhangrun, formerly a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, is this year’s recipient of the Human Rights Award from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The award has been presented every two years since 2022 to international researchers who have made significant contributions to human rights. For many years, […]Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) honors Chinese legal scholar Xu Zhangrun, formerly a professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, is this year’s recipient of the Human Rights Award from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The award has been presented every two years since 2022 to international researchers who have made significant contributions to human rights. For many years, […]
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26MAR 2025
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15 million euros for the expansion of AI resources at NHR
New boost for AI research in Erlangen: A total of 30 million euros of EU funding has been earmarked for the further development of digital signal processing using generative artificial intelligence. Half of this total will be invested at the Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) for setting up and operating […]
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