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Diseased human cells can mark themselves in order to activate the body’s immune defence mechanisms. PD Dr. Anita Kremer and her team at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen are investigating what influences this warning system.

Many ice shelves in Antarctica have shrunk and some have disappeared entirely. Dr. Johannes Fürst from the Institute of Geography at FAU has used a complex model to show for the first time at what point the “buttressing” role of ice shelves is impaired due to their decline.

FAU is ranked second in Germany in the list of the most innovative universities and comes in at place 52 in the global comparison. The American-Canadian media company Reuters has recently published its first ranking of world universities based on their level of innovation.