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Each semester, FAU president Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who have just recently joined FAU. In this episode, FAU President Joachim Hornegger visits the office of Prof. Dr. Seung Hee Yang, developer of intelligent voice assistance systems.

A research team led by PD Dr. Ulrich Rother from Erlangen University Hospital is currently developing a new diagnostic procedure for improved and gentler treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease, which mainly affects older people.

Immune cells, in particular T cells, must be trained to recognize cancer cells and target them specifically. A team led by FAU physicist Prof. Dr. Julio Vera-González is working together with researchers from Erlangen, Amsterdam and Rostock to investigate how this can succeed.

A treatment for metastatic cancer – researchers at FAU, the University of Innsbruck, the MIT and Universität Würzburg have now come a major step closer to this ambitious goal.

FAU researcher Ludwig Nützel combines the traditional card game of Schafkopf and quantum physics. He has now spiced the game up a little with his new version that introduces elements from the field of quantum physics into the trick-taking game.

As part of our innate immune system, the complement system plays a role in destroying tumor cells. Paradoxically however, an activated complement system can also also promote the growth and formation of metastases in certain types of tumors such as sarcomas. How radiotherapy influences the complement system is now the subject of research being carried out by a consortium that researcher Dr. Michael Rückert is a member of.

“One year after the treatment, I feel as good as I did before my diagnosis, except for a few colds,” says Uresa A. today. In June 2023, Uresa received CAR-T cells at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen as a last resort to slow down systemic lupus erythematosus.

FAU alumni Wolfgang Bruder gives useful insights into his job as a geographer and consultant for bus and on-demand transport at the Ministry of Transport in Baden-Württemberg.

A perfect summer weekend: The weather was beautiful when more than 6,000 guests enjoyed themselves at the FAU's 68th Schlossgartenfest on Saturday.

For episode 9 of A cup with the President, Prof. Dr. Hornegger visits Prof. Dr. Katharina Diehl who holds the professorship for Epidemiology and Public Health.