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17JUL 2025
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Bone marrow transplants: researchers decipher “don’t eat me” mechanism
FAU researchers discover approach for treating complications after bone marrow transplants For many leukemia patients, the only way to become healthy again is receiving a transplant of blood stem cells from a bone marrow donor. However, this can lead to complications, including graft-versus-host disease. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now deciphered the mechanism behind […]FAU researchers discover approach for treating complications after bone marrow transplants For many leukemia patients, the only way to become healthy again is receiving a transplant of blood stem cells from a bone marrow donor. However, this can lead to complications, including graft-versus-host disease. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now deciphered the mechanism behind […]
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07JUL 2025
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T cells: Our immune system’s special forces unit
FAU medical researcher who investigates T cells as the key to improved immunizations and cancer therapy has been nominated for a Heisenberg professorship in recognition of his work. T cells resemble a special forces unit in the police. They are specialists when it comes to fighting certain diseases such as infections or cancer. Prof. Dr. […]
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07JUL 2025
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Start-up prize m4 Award goes to FAU research team
500,000 euros for the fight against liver metastases This year, the start-up prize m4 Award goes to the team led by PD Dr. Dr. Peter Dietrich who conducts research at the Institute of Biochemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and at Department of Medicine 1 at Uniklinikum Erlangen. The team has been awarded 500,000 euros for […]
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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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18JUN 2025
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Two ERC Advanced Grants for FAU researchers
Around 5 million euros in research funding for projects in physics and chemistry Further proof of the strength of Erlangen and Nuremberg as a location for cutting-edge research: two researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now each been awarded one of the coveted Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC): physicist Prof. Dr. Maria […]
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16JUN 2025
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New Research Training Group for FAU
DFG funding for more efficient development of functional materials Another major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Research Training Group (RTG) at FAU, which is researching the development of functional materials for sustainable technologies. Correlative microscopy as a key to better materials for the energy transition From solar cells […]
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16JUN 2025
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Sustainable synthesis of biomolecules and pharmaceuticals
Chemists at FAU develop a procedure that makes external catalysts superfluous In the future, it may be possible to produce bioactive molecules and pharmaceuticals without relying on expensive enzymes or toxic metals as external catalysts. Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a procedure in which an in situ-formed organoautocatalyst allows for extremely effective chemical […]Chemists at FAU develop a procedure that makes external catalysts superfluous In the future, it may be possible to produce bioactive molecules and pharmaceuticals without relying on expensive enzymes or toxic metals as external catalysts. Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a procedure in which an in situ-formed organoautocatalyst allows for extremely effective chemical […]
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13JUN 2025
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New approach to boost reliability of findings from animal experiments
Researchers transfer natural gut microbiome to laboratory mice, making them more robust against slight differences in the conditions in which they are held Many findings in medical research come from experiments with mice. However, other working groups often fail to reproduce results gained in one particular laboratory. Researchers led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration […]Researchers transfer natural gut microbiome to laboratory mice, making them more robust against slight differences in the conditions in which they are held Many findings in medical research come from experiments with mice. However, other working groups often fail to reproduce results gained in one particular laboratory. Researchers led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration […]
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12JUN 2025
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Basic research into how mold fungi reproduce
FAU researchers find an important puzzle piece in the sexual cycle of an infectious mold fungus Sexual reproduction is widespread in the animal and plant kingdoms and serves to recombine genetic information. Fungi can also go through a sexual cycle, during which they secrete messenger substances, known as pheromones, and detect them using suitable receptors. […]
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11JUN 2025
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How AI can be integrated seamlessly into pathological diagnosis
FAU’s Uniklinikum Erlangen involved in collaborative project on the routine use of deep learning algorithms Algorithms from artificial intelligence (AI) are being used more and more frequently, also for medical diagnosis. However, their potential is barely being tapped in a number of areas. A collaborative project from Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]FAU’s Uniklinikum Erlangen involved in collaborative project on the routine use of deep learning algorithms Algorithms from artificial intelligence (AI) are being used more and more frequently, also for medical diagnosis. However, their potential is barely being tapped in a number of areas. A collaborative project from Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and […]
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05JUN 2025
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Double CAR-T cell therapy proves successful for rare autoimmune disease
Researchers from Erlangen first in the world to treat an autoimmune disease with two different CAR-T cell therapies Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Uniklinikum Erlangen have succeeded in treating a patient with a particularly severe form of an autoimmune disease with two different types of CAR T-cells, one after another. The 45 year old […]
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03JUN 2025
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FAU achieves success with two collaborative research centers
DFG funding for semiconductor development and bowel cancer research Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for two new collaborative research centers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – one in semiconductor research and the second in cancer research. ChemPrint consortium aims to revolutionize the manufacturing of semiconductors In the new collaborative research […]DFG funding for semiconductor development and bowel cancer research Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for two new collaborative research centers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – one in semiconductor research and the second in cancer research. ChemPrint consortium aims to revolutionize the manufacturing of semiconductors In the new collaborative research […]
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