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Why facing up to antisemitic hate is more important than ever, and why empathy does not have to be exclusive. An interview with FAU Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, Chair of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy at the Institute of Political Science.

FAU alumnus Philipp Selzle is co-founder and managing director of the vegan restaurant chain “Kaspar Schmauser”. In the latest issue of the video interview series FAU Alumni #MyStory, the founder explains how he managed to keep up with the competition on the food market and why he is so happy to be returning to FAU.

Sebastian Teichert and his colleagues have monitored the growth of rhodoliths very closely. In the process, they discovered which impact climate change has on their development.

Providing offenders dependent on heroin with substitution treatment has a positive effect on their life behind bars and after release from prison. This is the conclusion after the long-term study of a team of FAU researchers, a worldwide first of its kind.

Who undertakes voluntary work aimed at encouraging the integration of migrants in rural areas? What contribution do the migrants themselves make towards a lively volunteering culture in rural areas? Geographers at FAU investigate how volunteering can contribute to successful integration in rural areas.

Spinal muscular atrophy describes a disease in which a genetic mutation causes certain nerves responsible for sending signals to muscles to degenerate. Genetic treatments have only been available for a few years, and can now be complemented by a procedure using short laser pulses that was developed at Uniklinikum Erlangen.

Yesterday, the official awarding of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorships 2024 took place in Berlin. Two of the professorships went to Prof. Dr. Michaela Mahlberg and Prof. Dr. Benoit Ladoux, and therefore to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).

Does stress in social situations cause a particular posture? Do I move in a different way when I feel under pressure or fear a potential conflict? FAU researchers have been investigating these questions in their research. Using their results, they were able to train machine learning models to distinguish between people who were stressed and those who were not - a first step towards non-invasive methods of measuring stress.