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Four new lecture theaters in two highly efficient and sustainable timber frame buildings: On Friday, March 17, 2023, the topping out ceremony for both buildings took place on the FAU Campus Erlangen (South).

Whether it’s interviews with impressive FAU alumni, invitations to alumni events, inspiring alumni stories or exclusive raffles – the LinkedIn page of the FAU alumni network is now providing information about the network’s activities, in particular to alumni, but also to all other interested parties.

Hydrogen meets business – research meets practice: Lecture series from April 26, 2023 to July 5, 2023.

The start-up oculai has obtained capital worth 2.5 million euros in a seed financing round. The start-up intends to invest the funding in continuing to develop their technology and working towards it being implemented on as many building sites as possible. The start-up company has its roots at FAU.

Students can apply for the one-off 200 EUR energy price allowance from March 15. It is available to all students who were enrolled at a German institute of higher education on the cut-off date of December 1, 2022 and who had their domicile or habitual residence in Germany on that date. Students must submit their online application by September 30, 2023 at the latest.

His research gives people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases such as lupus new hope: Prof. Dr. Georg Schett has been awarded the most important German research prize, the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, in recognition of his work. The prize is not only a prestigious honor, it also entails 2.5 million euros in research funds.

“With my research, I hope to contribute to inventing innovative and more energy-efficient electronic devices and to drive forward fundamental research into the synthesis and properties of semi-conducting nitrides,” summarizes Dr. Saskia Schimmel.

The result of the study: On days when we seem to have more time in life, we are also more concerned with the wellbeing of other people than on days when we feel we have less time on our hands.

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen is among the 100 World’s Best Hospitals. It improved its rank by five places in 2023.

Metastasis is a particularly insidious threat for cancer patients. FAU medical expert Prof. Dr. Thomas Brabletz hopes to gain a better understanding of tumor cells and metastasis. He has received 1.25 million euros in funding from the DFG for this purpose.