As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, FAU is establishing two more new departments as of 1 January 2021. The Department of Data Science (DDS) is a new addition to the Faculty of Sciences and focuses on fundamental research into mathematics of data science and statistics. Researchers at the depart...
An international team of researchers, including researchers from FAU headed by Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi have now managed to identify the fundamental problems relating to the photophysics and photochemistry of carbon nanocolloids (CNC), and ascertain possible approaches for research into these readily available, non-toxic and adaptable nanomaterials.
Researchers at FAU have received a total of 1.32 million euros in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for developing new procedures for voice diagnostics which can be used to diagnose and investigate voice disorders, hoarseness and their causes.
Another success for researchers at FAU: FAU researchers receive three ERC Consolidator Grants. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Krönke and Prof. Dr. Aline Bozec, both from the Chair of Internal Medicine III, and Henry Dube, Chair of Organic Chemistry I have each received one of the coveted ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
A team of researchers at FAU led by Prof. Dr. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Chair of Materials Science (Biomaterials) is producing bioactive glass that is being tested for suitability in the treatment of giant-cell tumours of the bone at Heidelberg University Hospital as part of a cooperation project. The cancer research foundation Deutsche Krebshilfe is funding the project with approximately 212,000 euros.
The University Council confirmed Prof. Hornegger’s presidency in an unanimous vote on Friday 4 December 2020. His new term of office will start on 1 April 2021. During the last six years, Hornegger has led FAU, Bavaria’s third largest university, on a path to success. He is credited with securing funding from the Bavarian state government for site development in Erlangen and Nuremberg, including a centre for humanities in both cities and the expansion of the Faculty of Engineering.
The first year of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria has been a successful one for FAU: the first professors have already started their research into artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine in the newly established department, and Prof. Dr. Björn Eskofier has been appointed the head of the department. FAU ran an internal competition to place the 54 professorships allocated to the University via the HTA where planned research projects were most likely to make the best contribution to meeting the objectives of the HTA.
Researchers at FAU, the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland and other institutions in Paris, Hamburg and Basel, have succeeded in setting a new record in X-ray microscopy. With improved diffractive lenses and more precise sample positioning, they were able to achieve spatial resolution in the single-digit nanometre scale.
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Many older people suffer from isolation or loneliness. Several studies have proven that good social contacts and relationships make a decisive contribution to improving health, health behaviour and increased activity. In a new research project, FAU researchers will investigate how to promote social participation and thus also health and well-being in old age. The project is being funded with over 395,000 euros.
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