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FAU astrophysicists get involved in the Helmholtz Alliance Over the next five years the Helmholz Association is to provide around ten million euros in funding for a new Helmholz Alliance in the field of astroparticle physics. Scientists belonging to the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (...

FAU receives €10.6 million for research into carbon for high-performance applications and resilient alloys for use in the energy industry Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are celebrating a major success: Erlangen is to become home to two of the eight Collaborati...

Professor Matthias Warstat receives European research award With a prestigious award and funding amounting to €2.3m, Prof. Dr. Matthias Warstat, head of the Institute for Theatre and Media Studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has reason to be pleased. The theatre pro...

Ranking particularly highly for its relevance to practical application, research and international character Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has received excellent ratings from the Centre for Higher Education (CHE). The FAU has received top marks in almost all subjects under...

FAU advances cutting-edge research with new initiative Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) aims to focus on establishing itself as a centre where new ideas are identified at an early stage and turned into cutting-edge research. This is why FAU has now established the “Emerging F...

DFG backs new centre for research into chronic inflammatory bowel disease The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting the CEDER research association project “Molecular pathogenesis and the optimised treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease” at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erl...

International research team investigates why we get cold The mornings have turned really cold again causing our bodies to react – numb fingers and toes, streaming eyes and red, running noses are par for the course. These localised responses are triggered by cold sensors. In collaboration with sci...

The Paul Ehrlich Institute and the town of Langen honour Professor David Vöhringer On Friday 18 November 2011, Prof. Dr. David Vöhringer (41), Professor of Infection Resistance and Tolerance at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and head of the Infection Biology Department at...

FAU researchers discover new treatment alternatives Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not only painful and extremely onerous for sufferers, but also poses a major risk to health – the final outcome in many cases being a cancer diagnosis. Research scientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Univer...

€2.5 million from Brussels for cutting-edge research at FAU With a prestigious award and funding amounting to €2.5m, Prof. Dr. Paul Steinmann from the Institute of Applied Mechanics (LTM) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has reason to be pleased. Steinmann belongs to the...