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DFG funding for semiconductor development and bowel cancer research Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for two new collaborative research centers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg – one in semiconductor research and the second in cance...

Symmetry is a basic characteristic of most multicellular animals. However, asymmetry prevails in the cell division of embryonic cells. An FAU team has developed a working model that explains the molecular mechanism by which the protein anillin controls the asymmetry in the constriction of the mother cell.

Islamic sermons are often seen as a source of radicalization. The "Interactions" project, based at the Research Center for Islam and Law in Europe at FAU, has investigated the extent to which radical content is preached in German mosques.

Using an electron microscope, a research team from FAU and the UKER was able to visualize an important risk factor for the diseases: the structure of the enzyme GCase in conjunction with its transport protein LIMP-2, which transports the enzyme through the cell to its site of action.

The new service, the digiDEM Bayern Demenzbibliothek®, is a comprehensive and freely accessible knowledge portal that provides a broad public with well-founded, scientifically proven and generally understandable information on the subject of dementia.

Bioinformaticians from FAU and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) have developed a new tool. It can be used to better evaluate the performance of AI models. The researchers have presented their approach in "Nature Communications".

Visiting Prof. Dr. Siow Woon Ng, Professorship for Physical Chemistry of Interfaces. Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them be...

The technical options for diagnosing thyroid disorders are varied, but not always helpful or necessary for those affected. The "DIAMANT-SD" research project now aims to change this - by implementing guidelines and improving risk communication.

Great joy at FAU: The "Transforming Human Rights" research project becomes a Cluster of Excellence. The FAU application convinced the Excellence Commission with its plan to shed light on human rights challenges against the backdrop of global megatrends and to investigate the transformation of human rights norms, institutions and practices.