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Each semester, FAU students have the opportunity to glance behind the scenes of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, including a dress rehearsal – free of charge.

Whether a killer T cell protects or damages our immune system depends on which antigen it binds to with its typical receptor. Dr Kilian Schober is researching this.

Can an algorithm be used to improve the distribution and allocation process of asylum seekers to municipalities in Germany? The “Match’In” pilot project has been examining this question during the last three years and has tested its findings in practice.

As CEO of Siemens Healthineers, FAU alumnus Dr. Bernd Montag is a globally recognized figure and an outstanding pioneer in medical technology. He studied and earned his a Ph.D. in theoretical multi-particle physics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. In our alumni interview, he returns to the Faculty of Sciences, providing exclusive insights into his time as a student, his career path, and reveals the three things that make a perfect day for him.

The team at Department of Medicine 3 at FAU has discovered an innovative treatment concept for autoimmune diseases.

The process of food intake appears to be organized at the cellular level like a relay race: during eating, the baton is passed between different teams of neurons until we have consumed the appropriate amount of energy. This is the conclusion of a recent study by FAU researchers.

For "A cup with the president", FAU President Hornegger visits Prof. Dr. Dr. Patricia Wiater from the Chair for Public Law, Public International Law and Human Rights.

FAU scientists Dr. Patrick Krauss and Dr. Achim Schilling have now used artificial intelligence to gain major new insights into how our brains work.

Prof. Dr. Jana Hutter and Prof. Dr. Philipp Pelz and have been awarded the coveted ERC Starting Grant for their work on improving imaging processes in medicine and material sciences.

A team of researchers at Uniklinikum Erlangen and FAU were able to successfully unlock new details of the molecular mechanisms behind the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s.