FAU student Maximilian Harl is driven by his wish to ‘accept responsibility and improve society’. This is what swayed the jury of the Bavarian Elite Academy in his favour, when they selected him for the 23rd BEA intake.
HIPPROCATES aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment options available to patients with psoriatic arthritis and involves 26 partners from across Europe. FAU has a leading role in the project.
How can machines and autonomous transporters collaborate independently in a smart factory? This is the central topic covered by the new graduate programme ‘SeReCo’ at FAU, which is to be funded by the Franco-German University as of 1 January 2022. Research will focus on increasing the accessibility of online digital content for machines.
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is to provide more than 2 million euros in funding for the research project ‘AGEnTS – Genetic Engineering of T-cells for Treating Infectious Diseases’ at FAU. The head of the project, which aims to combat drug-resistant pathogens using genetically modified immune cells, is Dr. Kilian Schober from the Institute of Microbiology – Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen.
A team of researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at FAU has successfully solved the problem of finding a straightforward, cost-effective process for producing hexaarylbenzene molecules with six different aromatic rings. These molecules are important for a generation of new functional materials. The results have been published in the reputable journal Angewandte Chemie.
Prof. Dr. Mathias Rohe, Chair of Civil Law, is not only a legal scholar, but also an Islamic scholar. Most recently, he was included in the group of experts on Muslim hostility. A conversation about extremism, the unknown and learning to understand.
The materials scientist Prof. Dr. Ken-ichi Kakimoto is the Vice President of the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan. He has maintained close contacts with FAU for more than ten years. In 2020, he was awarded the honor of FAU ambassador.
