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Chair of Economics, Discrete Optimization, and Mathematics at FAU and Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) has been appointed by the Bavarian Minister President to the newly-established AI Council. The AI Council’s role is to strengthen the Free State of Bavaria’s position as a leading location for artificial intelligence.

State of Bavaria funds research consortia in preparation for Excellence Strategy 2026.

New method: researchers investigate how tissue properties influence cell migration.

Disease-causing microbes as well as cancer cells gang together to form larger structures - and only then become dangerous to humans. Scientists at the FAU, the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin in Erlangen and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden have now presented a new mathematical model in the renowned journal Physical Review Letters that describes this process. And thus helps to find new approaches in the fight against infections and tumours.

The final application deadline ends on 15 January for the summer semester.

After over 70 years as Siemens’ landmark in Erlangen, the company has now officially handed over its historical administrative complex, also known as the ‘Himbeerpalast’, to its new owner, FAU. This means preparations for the refurbishment and renovation of the building for use by the University can now begin.

Autumn marks the beginning of the high season for rhinoviruses. They cause cold symptoms, which can be dangerous for children suffering from bronchial asthma. Scientists at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER) have been working as part of an international team to find a way of preventing this from happening.

Scientists at FAU and their colleagues in Spain have discovered that astrocytes in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) play an important role in the brain in goal-directed behaviour when weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of a decision. They have recently published their findings in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

The clock drawing test is a means of diagnosing disruptions to spatial orientation and dementias. Scientists at the Pattern Recognition Lab at the Department of Computer Science at FAU have fed artificial neural networks data from 2500 of these tests to teach them to evaluate them independently.

Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy in Erlangen publishes results of a national study into mental strain experienced by healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic