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FAU President Prof. Joachim Hornegger met FAU students from Iran to discuss the current situation in their home country and to learn more about how they are personally affected by it. FAU is a platform of freedom on which people can make their visions a reality. It stands for peaceful and free commu...

The topic of energy and energy costs will inevitably affect FAU in the coming months. First of all, however, we would like to reassure everyone, and our students in particular, that FAU will do everything it can to ensure that the university continues to operate over the winter without any major restrictions, especially when it comes to teaching face to face.

A research team from FAU has investigated whether artificial intelligence can recognize based on MRI images of hands whether patients are suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The outcome: AI was able to differentiate between the two types in 75 percent of cases.

The migration to campo as our campus management system means that students must now use campo instead of UnivIS to create their schedules.

At FAU, patients with severe forms of autoimmune diseases are being treated with cells from the body that have been genetically modified, which are known as CAR T cells. This study is the first of its kind in the world. Physicians were astounded to find that the therapy is like a reset button: immediately after receiving treatment the autoimmune disease was resolved completely and did not return.

As part of the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) initiative, the Free State of Bavaria is supporting six outstanding doctoral students with doctoral fellowships of around 200,000 euros each in their research in the field of quantum science – two of the internationally selected top talents will be conducting research at FAU in the future.

Researchers from all disciplines rely on their work being evaluated fairly and correctly, as this determines not only their reputation in research but also significant amounts of their funding. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has published a package of measures to assess research more fairly. But will this really lead to change? We asked researchers at FAU what they think.

Prestigious guests including the member of the German Council of Economic Experts and FAU professor Dr. Veronika Grimm, the CEO of the BMW Group Oliver Zipse or Sabina Jeschke, the former member of the board of Deutsche Bahn and CEO of KI Park e.v., met on September 13 in the Heinrich Lades Halle in Erlangen to discuss sustainable mobility.

The fifth generation of mobile communications 5G was only introduced in 2020, and now the German government is already providing funding for research into its successor. The industrial package 6G-ANNA, in which FAU is involved, is aimed at spurring the development of 6G from Germany and Europe.

Cereal, milk and meat were the staple diet of people in Britain as long as 5500 years ago. By carrying out a chemical analysis of lipid residues in well-preserved ceramics, a research team led by the University of Bristol and including researchers from FAU have proven for the first time that people in stone age Britain not only consumed barley, but also wheat.