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12FEB 2025
FAU news
Research with hops: More than the heart and soul of a beer
FAU researchers examine the antibiotic and antiviral effects of hops Hops are not only essential for brewing beer. They have also been valued as a medicinal plant since ancient times thanks to their special properties. This is the starting point for Luisa Kober’s and Marco Dürsch’s research. The two doctoral researchers at the Chair of […]
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31JAN 2025
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Information Overload: “We can learn to concentrate”
The ways in which we can set up mental boundaries against the increasing amounts of information we are subjected to is being investigated by Dr. Kyra Göbel from the Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). She has now received the Max Weber Prize from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities […]
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27JAN 2025
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To grasp the world again
Children who cannot move their hands, for example after suffering a stroke at a young age: Scientists from the Neuromuscular Physiology and Neural Interfacing Laboratory (N-squared Lab) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) hope that impairments such as these will soon belong to the past. Following the remit of the “PlayAgain” project, the working group led by […]
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14JAN 2025
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ZOHO Factory: Pioneering partnership for innovation
Valuable support for startups and founders: The Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach bank is entering into a pioneering partnership with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and ZOLLHOF tech incubator. Sparkasse is to provide ZOHO Factory Erlangen with a total of 2.4 million euros in funding. Together with the “Startup Factories” initiative launched by the Federal Ministry […]Valuable support for startups and founders: The Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach bank is entering into a pioneering partnership with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and ZOLLHOF tech incubator. Sparkasse is to provide ZOHO Factory Erlangen with a total of 2.4 million euros in funding. Together with the “Startup Factories” initiative launched by the Federal Ministry […]
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20DEC 2024
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Making soft, elastic material more tear-resistant
Soft materials like rubber or silicone tear easily under tensile stress. In a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC), researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg are looking for ways to make such materials more stable. In a current study, they have shown that it depends, at least partly, on how stable the crosslinked bonds are […]
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13DEC 2024
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Roman Ship Project: The FAU fleet is growing
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)’s fleet is growing: After the reconstruction of two ancient Roman patrol boats, the F.A.N. and the Danuvia alacris, Prof. Dr. Boris Dreyer, professor of Ancient History at FAU, is now building another boat. The boat in question is a flat-bottomed cargo ship or barge. The reconstruction is based on Zwammerdam II that […]
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11DEC 2024
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International Human Rights Day: Our rights, our future, right now!
“Our rights, our future, right now” is the motto of today’s International Human Rights Day. It is intended to draw attention to the importance of human rights for the present and the future. But what is the state of human rights and what challenges do research and society face? An interview with Prof. Dr. Grażyna […]
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04DEC 2024
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FAU on Christmas break
This year, from December 20, 2024 to January 6, 2025 there are no lectures. FAU is closing its gates for Christmas break from December 23, 2024 to January 6, 2025 to save energy. Service points of the university administration, e.g. the student advice service or the exam offices are not available during this time. Lectures […]
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26NOV 2024
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DFG Funding Atlas: Seventh place for FAU
Seventh place in the DFG Funding Atlas 2024: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has again shown that it is one of Germany’s top universities and above all how successful it is in attracting public research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). FAU acquired approximately 290 million euros of DFG funding Between 2020 and 2022, FAU received […]
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21NOV 2024
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FAU researchers among the most highly cited in their subjects
Four researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are included in the Highly Cited Researchers List. This list names the 6886 most influential researchers across the globe in 2024. With a total of 332 researchers included in the list, Germany is ranked number 4. The four FAU researchers are: Prof. Dr. Georg Schett, Chair of Internal Medicine […]
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13NOV 2024
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FAUdoctorate Kick-Off Event
Have you recently started proceeding a doctoral project or do you want to know more about the services for doctoral candidates and the doctoral process in general at FAU? Then we are happy to invite you on behalf of the Vice President Professor Hirsch to our FAUdoctorate Kick-off Event on 21 November for the Academic […]
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07NOV 2024
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FAU celebrates 281st anniversary
“FAU is a platform of freedom, community spirit and innovation – especially in challenging times,” said FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger in his speech on the occasion of the 281st anniversary of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) on November 4, 2024, thus announcing the theme of the event. The president emphasized: “FAU stands for clear, courageous […]
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