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28APR 2023
Research
FAU doctoral candidate Nora Gourmelon is one of the AI newcomers of 2023
The German Informatics Society has chosen the 10 AI newcomers of 2023, and one of them is Nora Gourmelon from FAU’s Chair of Computer Science 5 (Pattern Recognition). She has been recognized for her work in the area of natural and life sciences, in particular due to her innovative and interdisciplinary approach. Nora Gourmelon describes […]
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24APR 2023
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How vitamin D3 helps allergic asthma
A vitamin D3 deficiency can lead to severe symptoms, for example in people suffering from allergic asthma. This has already been shown in several studies. However, we still do not fully understand how exactly this vitamin influences the cellular inflammatory reaction in the body. A team of researchers from the Department of Molecular Pneumology at […]
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17APR 2023
FAU news
Public lecture: Human Rights in Iran “Woman_Life_Freedom”
Protests by women in Iran are not new. Women have been fighting for their basic rights across Iran since the beginning of the 20th century. Women’s clothing, education and everyday lives are strictly controlled in the country. On Thursday, April 20, 2023, FAU will be holding a public lecture on this highly topical issue. All […]
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04APR 2023
Research
FAU mathematician receives ERC Advanced Grant
Another researcher from FAU has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The mathematician and Humboldt professor Dr. Enrique Zuazua will receive up to 2.5 million euros for his project “Control for Deep and Federated Learning”. Among the topics Enrique Zuazua deals with are partial differential equations, control theory and numerics. […]
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29MAR 2023
FAU news
How international law can protect human rights
Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling is the new director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. In this interview, he explains exactly what the academy does, how his work and research are relevant to our everyday lives and what it means when “the right to life is disregarded during wartime”. Professor Safferling, you were recently appointed as […]
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27MAR 2023
FAU news
FAU among top performers in QS subject ranking
Most of the subjects at FAU have improved their ranking and FAU’s employer reputation has developed positively according to the latest QS World University Subject Ranking published by the education information service provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Overall FAU is rated as one of the top 200 universities worldwide for seven subjects. Materials Sciences is again […]
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14MAR 2023
FAU news
Video: DFG awards Georg Schett the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
His research gives people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases such as lupus new hope: Prof. Dr. Georg Schett has been awarded the most important German research prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, in recognition of his work. The prize is not only a prestigious honor, it also entails 2.5 million euros in research funds for […]
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14MAR 2023
Research
Almost 2 million euros in funding for Emmy Noether junior research group
A new junior research group led by Dr. Saskia Schimmel has been established at the Department of Electrical Engineering at FAU as part of the Emmy Noether program run by the German Research Foundation (DFG). A total of 1,320,000 euros has been approved for the first three year funding period, and a total of 550,000 […]
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14FEB 2023
FAU news
Our annual theme: #FAUtogether
FAU thrives from the people who shape it. Students, professors, employees in administration and research, alumni and partners both near and far all make FAU what it is – a place for exchanging information and ideas, collaboration and dialog.
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13FEB 2023
FAU news
A trailblazer in the field of geology: Dixie Lee Bryant
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named a lecture hall after her. Here in Germany, hardly anyone knows her name. And yet she could be a real inspiration for young women in science: Dixie Lee Bryant, the daughter of a businessman from Kentucky, USA, studied at MIT before becoming the first woman to receive […]
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01FEB 2023
Research
ERC Consolidator Grant for FAU Professor Bernhard Kainz
It is a feather in the cap for outstanding research at the Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at FAU: The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to HTA professor Bernhard Kainz. The professor of Image Data Exploration and Analysis has received the most prestigious research funding award available throughout the […]
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19JAN 2023
Research
How macrophages use a metabolic product to combat the Q fever pathogen
Q fever can lead to pneumonia, and can attack several organs at once if it becomes chronic. Treatment with antibiotics is lengthy and only has limited success. But which factors in our immune system protect against chronic Q fever? This has now been investigated by researchers at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, who have discovered a […]
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