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Face capture and facial reenactment are some of his specialist fields and he has been working on them for several years: FAU alumnus Prof. Dr. Matthias Niessner. In this interview he talks about the start-up he co-founded in 2017 and which has just achieved “unicorn” status as it is valued at one billion US dollars.

FAU duly celebrated its doctoral graduates. Together with the doctoral jubilarians who earned their doctorates 15, 25 and 50 years ago, they were recognized for their achievements by FAU's university administration and numerous guests.

Having a well-trained midwife at their side who can offer their assistance whatever happens is very important for expectant mothers. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Universitätsklinikum has set up a new skills and simulation lab so that trainee midwives can gain comprehensive practica...

Students can apply for the one-off 200 EUR energy price allowance until September 30, 2023. This payment is available to all students who were enrolled at a German institute of higher education on the cut-off date of December 1, 2022 and who had their domicile or habitual residence in Germany on that date.

Improve your career profile or that of your employees for the challenges of the future with FAU’s training programs for professional development, which offer established post-graduate programs and new training programs.

Antibodies are crucial, not only for treating tumors and infections. Sometimes, however, the immune reaction they trigger can be too strong and end up causing more damage, for example in the case of people infected with Covid-19. Problems such as these can often be avoided by finetuning antibodies, as Prof. Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn from FAU and two of his colleagues in the Netherlands and in the UK have now reported in the journal Nature Immunology.

Organic electronics can make a decisive contribution to decarbonization and, at the same time, help to cut the consumption of rare and valuable raw materials. To do so, it is not only necessary to further develop manufacturing processes, but also to devise technical solutions for recycling as early on as the laboratory phase. Materials scientists from FAU are now promoting this circular strategy in conjunction with researchers from the UK and USA in the renowned journal “Nature Materials”.

The origins of a high-energy shower of relativistic particles that is constantly impacting the Earth’s atmosphere is one of the greatest mysteries of modern astroparticle physics. A team of researchers is now unlocking this mystery. With the IceCube detector at the Earth’s South Pole, they have been able to detect neutrinos from our Milky Way.

FAU made some impressive gains in this year’s QS World University Ranking as it climbed more than 100 places and is now 229th out of 1503 universities. This means FAU is among the top 16 percent of all universities worldwide.

An intelligent suit is hoped to significantly improve rehabilitation after a serious spinal cord injury. The AI-supported solution will be developed over the next three years by researchers from FAU working in collaboration with Heidelberg University and Heidelberg University Hospital. It combines electrical simulation of muscles with support for movement using artificial tendons, and reacts to patients’ intended movements.