Dixie Lee Bryant studied at MIT before becoming the first woman to receive a doctoral degree at FAU, in 1904. She left everything behind in the States to pursue her academic career, coming to Germany and enrolling at FAU for physics, geology and botanics. FAU has now released a brief video in commemoration of our alumna on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11.
It is a feather in the cap for outstanding research at the Department of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering at FAU: The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kainz. The professor of Image Data Exploration and Analysis has received the most prestigious research funding award available throughout the whole of Europe for a project focusing on automated medical image analysis.
The lack of suitable accommodation can be a huge obstacle, particularly for international students. Please consider renting out any spare rooms you have instead of leaving them to stand empty.
Fatigue, stress, scarcely any free time or feeling unappreciated: Those caring at home for relatives suffering from conditions such as dementia often feel overwhelmed or under great mental strain. For the first time in Germany, a team of researchers from Universitätsklinikum and FAU have now documented the positive aspects linked to caring for someone at home in a recent study.
Which factors in our immune system protect against chronic Q fever? This has now been investigated by researchers at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, who have discovered a metabolic product that inhibits the reproduction of the pathogen.
Electric roads charge electric cars as they drive. Car drivers will be able to experience the technology for themselves from 2025 on a test route in Northern Bavaria. The stretch of road is part of the E|MPOWER project at FAU.
The Digital Tech Academy is FAU’s excellence program open to outstanding digital and innovative talents from all FAU degree programs and faculties. We impart all you need to follow your heart and passion for digitization, entrepreneurship and innovation. Work in interdisciplinary teams, get in touch with expert coaches and mentors, develop your own pristine and validated business model for your start-up and get integrated in our Digital Tech Fellows and start-up network and community.
A team of researchers has gained new insights into the maturation of SARS-CoV-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations with the mRNA vaccine Comirnaty.
The numbers are alarming. Children and young people are not getting nearly enough exercise. Sport scientists at the WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Public Health at FAU have now taken stock of the situation and drafted a document on “Promoting physical activity in children and adolescents in Germany” on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health .
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