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This June, students, doctoral candidates and staff at FAU who are eligible to vote in the electronic University elections can vote for the representatives of each member group in the Senate, the Faculty Councils of the five faculties and in the Appointments Council of the School of Theology. Students are also able to vote on who is to represent them in the Student Council and the respective Student Committees.

FAU’s annual theme this year is “#FAUtogether” and our interdisciplinary degree programs represent collaboration between people beyond subject boundaries. In this series of interviews, students have their say and talk about their degree programs. Today, Laura Bisinger talks about her degree program – gerontology.

A team from MPL and FAU has created a new, fast and precise method for clinicians to analyse cells in tissue samples from cancer patients without the need for a trained pathologist. They use artificial intelligence to evaluate the data their method produces.

To jointly commit to the further development of fossil-free, future-proof drives and to create synergies between science and industry - that is the goal of the Future Driveline Campus, which officially opened. FAU, the Technical University of Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm and the commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus are involved.

Another researcher from FAU has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The mathematician and Humboldt professor Dr. Enrique Zuazua will receive up to 2.5 million euros for his project “Control for Deep and Federated Learning”.

The HTLV-1 virus triggers aggressive forms of leukemia or an incurable spinal cord disease that leads to paralysis: A group of researchers from TU Dresden, the company PROVIREX Genome Editing Therapies and FAU have now provided initial proof of concept for a potential therapeutic approach.

Prof. Dr. Meinard Müller wants to decipher complex features and hidden relationships in music using artificial intelligence. To expand the freedom and scope of his work, the German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing funding of 1.25 million euros as part of the Reinhart Koselleck Program.

Dr. habil. Nadine Hamilton and Prof. Dr. Dr. Patricia Wiater from FAU have both been awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching this year. The prize, awarded by the Bavarian Ministry of Science and the Arts, honors their outstanding dedication and the excellent quality of their teaching.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Safferling is the new director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. In this interview, he explains exactly what the academy does, how his work and research are relevant to our everyday lives and what it means when “the right to life is disregarded during wartime”.

Demand for accommodation is steadily on the rise, which seems to be leading to a corresponding rise in the number of untrustworthy advertisements for accommodation. This article gives you some tips on what you should watch out for and whom you can contact if you have any questions.