Research

FAU researchers presented their initial successes in their work for people suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The researchers from Erlangen were able to prove that there are objectively measurable parallels between Long Covid and ME/CFS.

In recognition of our outstanding expertise in quantum research: a consortium consisting of eleven researchers from FAU will receive roughly three million euros in funding by 2025. The new lighthouse project Quantum Measurement and Control for the Enablement of Quantum Computing and Quantum Sensing will ignite basic research into quantum computing, sensing and imaging, combining physics and electrical engineering in new ways in the field of light and matter.

One of the rare diseases is hereditary spastic paraplegia, a disease that causes spasms and weakness in the leg muscles, increasingly affecting mobility as the disease progresses. Approximately 77,000 people across Europe suffer from the condition. Researchers have already discovered that the disease starts in nerve cells in the brain. These are obviously particularly difficult to investigate.