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On October 13, 2023 in Munich, the HOCHSPRUNG Award was presented to startup projects from Bavarian universities. This year, the award was presented to startups who make a contribution to solving the challenges posed by the climate and energy crises. Startups from FAU won the second and one of the third prizes.

Malaria is one of the most widespread and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. New compounds are continuously required due to the risk of malaria parasites becoming resistant to the medicines currently used. A team of researchers at FAU led by Prof. Dr. Svetlana B. Tsogoeva has now combined the anti-malaria drug artemisinin with coumarin, which, like artemisinin, is also found in plants, and developed an auto-fluorescent compound from both bioactive substances.

Federal President Steinmeier visited Erlangen as part of the series of events entitled “Workshop for change”. In the innovation hub Medical Valley Center Erlangen, five teams from the healthcare sector presented their projects, including “GraspAgain”, a start-up initiated by a research team at FAU.

Till Martini has been fascinated by rowing since he was just 13 years old, and has now made it into the German men’s eight team as the coxswain. At the World University Games in Chengdu, China, he won silver with his team.

Excellence in academia relies on team work said FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger during the festivities celebrating the University’s 280th anniversary. FAU celebrated the sense of community among all its members as one of the keys to its success on November 4 in the Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg.

Optical cavities allow the properties of quantum materials such as their electrical conductivity to be manipulated in a targeted manner. Physicists at FAU are investigating this enormous potential for electronics, energy storage and quantum computing. Their work has now received just under two million euros in funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for the coming four years.

In view of the growing importance of information technology for society, cybercrime is becoming more and more of a threat and opens up entirely new possibilities for committing crimes in the digital space. At the same time, however, it also opens up new possibilities for law enforcement. Bearing this in mind, FAU and the Bavarian Office of Criminal Investigation have signed a cooperation agreement in the area of IT forensics/digital forensics.

In the rare disease erythromelalgia, disorders in the smallest nerves and vessels in the skin lead to a painful, burning sensation. The temperature of the skin is increased and those affected by the disease suffer from swelling and redness in their feet, and more rarely also in their hands, arms, legs, ears and face. Until now there has been no effective treatment. The EASE study hopes to change that.

The scientist, researcher and entrepreneur from Erlangen Karlheinz Brandenburg has received an award from the prestigious Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). The awards gala was held on October 19, 2023 in Hollywood.