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Roland P. donated a kidney to his wife at the age of 74 – the 500th living-donor kidney transplant at Uniklinikum Erlangen At the age of 40, Sieglinde P. was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, an incurable kidney disease that entails a progressive reduction in kidney function. For a long time, she rem...

Many findings in medical research come from experiments with mice, and the results often cannot be reproduced. Researchers at FAU and elsewhere now have a possible solution: they have transferred natural gut microbiome to laboratory mice, making them more robust against slight differences in the conditions in which they are held.

The Food Safety and Quality Research Center at FAU will be supported by the Rudolf and Henriette Schmidt-Burkhardt Foundation for a further three years. Funding is provided for the management of a junior research group, innovative and practice-oriented research projects and the promotion of young scientists.

Fungi can also go through a sexual cycle and must release messenger substances, so-called pheromones, and recognize them by means of suitable receptors. The working group led by Prof. Dr. Sven Krappmann at FAU, in collaboration with researchers in Germany and abroad, has now succeeded in identifying the previously unknown pheromone.

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are increasingly being used in medical diagnostics. But in many areas, their potential is still barely being exploited. A cooperation project between FAU's UKER and Gravina Hospital in Caltagirone (Italy) demonstrates that there is another way.

FAU regularly awards one of the most highly endowed German prizes for mathematics: the Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, the Bonn mathematician Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück was honoured.

Dheeraj Kumar has won first place in the "High North Dialogue Conference" competition for the future. Kumar is studying for a Master's degree in International Business Studies at FAU and, together with his team, has developed future scenarios for the Arctic in 2050 in the areas of international cooperation, education and sustainable use of resources.

Botanical gardens are oases of biological diversity. They offer ideal conditions for numerous wild animals, plants, fungi, and lichens. To mark Botanical Gardens Week, which focuses on the theme of “Biodiversity in Botanical Gardens,” FAU is hosting a large-scale BioBlitz from June 14 to June 22, 2025, to document this biodiversity.