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05APR 2024
Research
RNA that doesn’t age
Neuroscientists at FAU discover building blocks in nerve cells that last a life time Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a life time without being renewed. Neuroscientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now demonstrated that this is the case together with researchers from Germany, Austria and the USA. RNAs are […]
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03APR 2024
Alumni
FAU Alumni #JobInsights: Dr. Dominic Lindner
Doing a PhD – are you unsure whether this is the right choice for your? Dr. Dominic Lindner received his doctorate from the FAU Chair of IT Management and and now works as an independent management consultant and project manager at the IT service provider noris network. He shows how his personal journey went and […]
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28MAR 2024
FAU news
Europeans want decentralized power supply and low prices
Study reveals what citizens in four different countries want Although a majority of the population in Europe is generally in favor of the energy transition, specific projects are increasingly coming up against resistance. What can be done to improve the expansion of renewable energies? In a new study, researchers from various institutions including FAU have […]
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28MAR 2024
FAU news
Exhibition “Beyond Boundaries” in the Schlossgarten
From March 13 until April 21: Contemporary art in the Schlossgarten Contemporary art at FAU: Students at the Institute of Art History have organized an exhibition of contemporary art in the Schlossgarten in Erlangen. The art will remain available for viewing in the Schlossgarten in Erlangen until April 21. What is the exhibition about? According […]
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28MAR 2024
FAU news
Boosting your Start-up to the Next Level
Fünfzehn europäische Start-ups pitchen ihre Business-Idee beim EELISA Next Level Event der FAU Fifteen European Start-ups pitched in front of a jury of investors at the EELISA Next Level Event “Why do you need additional funding if you already have paying customers? Can you tell us more about your team? Are your customers self-paying or […]
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28MAR 2024
Alumni
Between test tubes and musical scores
From starting out as a lab technician at the Institute of Pharmacy to becoming a sought after composer in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region: FAU alumnus Uwe Strübing strikes a chord between pharmacy and music. He studied Biology and Pharmacy in Erlangen between 1976 and 1982. Along with his academic and professional career as a hospital […]
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27MAR 2024
FAU news
All services the Erlangen Regional Computing Center offers students
An overview of the services RRZE offers students The service catalog of the Erlangen Regional Computing Center (RRZE) tells students all they need to know about the services RRZE offers them. For example FAUbox, the “Matrix” chat system, WiFi or free software. Finding the right service made easy The website www.services.rrze.fau.de (in German) gives users […]
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27MAR 2024
FAU news
Scented Garden opens for the season on April 1
The Scented Garden is open again As of Monday April 1, daily from 8 am until 6 pm, Palmsanlage, Erlangen In time for spring, FAU’s Scented Garden at the Palmsanlage is opening its gates for visitors again. The first visitors can meander through the garden and enjoy the first signs of spring, past sweet smelling […]
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26MAR 2024
Alumni
Eat better with the BesserEsser app – developed by FAU alumni
Many bright minds study, research and work at our FAU. Some of them use FAU´s numerous support offers to launch their own start-up. Like the FAU alumni Pauline Nöldemann and Yannick Wiesner: Both studied for a Master´s degree in International Information Systems until September 2023 and developed the BesserEsser app – an app for detecting […]
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23MAR 2024
Research
Surveying icy landscapes
Icefields in South America are larger than all glaciers in the European Alps together Although the two huge icefields in the Andes in South America cover approximately 16,000 square kilometers, an area roughly equivalent to the state of Thuringia in Germany, not much is known about the Patagonian icefields. A team led by Johannes Fürst […]
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20MAR 2024
Alumni
FAU Alumni #MyStory: Katja Hessel
FAU alumna Katja Hessel is a member of the Bundestag and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance. When she is not working in Berlin, the politician can be found in Nuremberg. Here she has her own law firm as a lawyer and tax consultant. The politician studied law at FAU. In this […]
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20MAR 2024
FAU news
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard is the new Vice President Education at FAU
Sinologist to support the Executive Board at FAU in the area of education The Executive Board at FAU has a new member: Humboldt professor Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard has been appointed Vice President Education and will be responsible for the area of education over the next three years. In her new role, the holder of […]
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