Research

Viral infections may be involved in the pathogenesis of the lupus autoimmune disease. Researchers have discovered that messenger substances of the immune system trigger the disease when their production is not lowered after recovery from viral infection.

Over the next three years, researchers at FAU will build the PEER Lab technology and transfer centre in which high-performance electronic modules are developed, optimised and tested for their reliability.

FAU researchers clarify mechanism behind spastic paraplegia

FAU researchers have identified another substance that could be just as effective at combating severe pain but is much more easily tolerated.

Photodynamic therapy is an effective treatment for early-stage skin cancer. However, this therapy can cause patients severe pain. The reason for this was previous a mystery to researchers. Physiologists at FAU have now discovered that it is due to two specific ion channels.

Researchers have investigated a new molecule that can be used to increase the lifetime of organic solar cells considerably – while also making them more efficient.

Researchers have been investigating how tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a messenger substance in the immune system, protects against infection for many years. A new mechanism via which TNF protects against pathogens that cause infection has now been discovered.

What is the likelihood of a patient developing cancer again after having a tumour removed? This is the question that experts in medicine and medical informatics at FAU aim to find answers to in a new research project.

Gels are found in wide range of products that we use on a day-to-day basis. But what gives gels their solid properties? Researchers have now shown that the answer is directed chains of particles in their network-like structure.

Dr. Huynh Van Luong (Vietnam) is involved in research related to the field of image and video coding and processing. As a Humboldt Fellow at the Chair of Multimedia Communications and Signal Processing at FAU, he is developing a distributed sensing framework to deal with high-dimensional data for multi-view object recognition and tracking toward mobile augmented reality.