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Video “Diplomacy in the Time of Cholera” shows the origin and role of the WHO. Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi deals with “Science Diplomacy”, an interdisciplinary research topic at the intersection of science, technology and history, and she holds the new chair for Science, Technology and Gender Studies at FAU since January.

This year, the Bavarian Digital Award is focusing on ‘digital participation’, and FAU entrepreneur Sagithjan Surendra has been nominated for his NGO Aelius Förderwerk, which provides digital assistance to disadvantaged young people.

Rheumatism, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis are examples of diseases which trigger a false, excessive immune reaction and which require treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs. Researchers at the German Centre for Immunotherapy at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have now investigated how well these patients react to Covid-19 vaccinations.

Researchers from FAU and other research institutions from the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate are investigating how to ensure and improve medical care in rural areas during the coronavirus pandemic in a model project funded by the BMBF. Mathematically-based optimisation and...

With Deutschlandstipendium scholarships, companies regularly provide financial assistance to excellent students at FAU. One example for the success of the programme is alumnus Dr. Benjamin Hübel. He studied and completed his doctoral degree at FAU and is now employed by HUK-COBURG. What makes this special is that HUK-COBURG supported Dr. Hübel with a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship during his studies and whilst completing his doctoral degree.

At many banks, insurance companies and online retailers, self-learning computer algorithms are used to make decisions that have major consequences for customers. However, just how algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI) represent and process their input data internally is largely unknown. Researchers at the Pattern Recognition Lab and the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Group at FAU and the Neuroscience Laboratory at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, the Aix-Marseille Université in Marseille, France, and York University in Toronto, Canada, examined the problem of ‘black boxes’ in artificial intelligence and developed a method that makes these processes visible.

Until 13 June, students will once more be able to evaluate their studies at FAU. All participants will be entered in a prize draw with the chance to win one of 20 vouchers for the FAU shop worth 25 euros each.

The latest findings of an FAU research team will revolutionise the entire chemistry of magnesium. The research team have discovered magnesium, which usually has a double positive charge in chemical compounds, in the elemental zero-oxidation state.