Research

Dr. Petra Schmidl from FAU has received one of the most prestigious grants from the European Research Council (ERC) together with researchers from Belgium, Italy and the USA: a Synergy Grant worth 10 million euros, with almost 2.3 million going to FAU in the next six years. The researchers are investigating historical sources on occult sciences in Islamicate cultures.

Using a new measuring method, FAU researchers have been able to determine that immune cells also exert traction on surrounding tissue in order to pull themselves through particularly tight pores.

Vast quantities of information can be gained from blood samples today using modern testing methods. The process for evaluating this hoard of data is equally complex as is the ability to draw reliable conclusions from it to diagnose 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.

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.

Functional carbon particles can transform sunlight into energy and extract hydrogen from water. FAU chemist Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi is researching the carbon dots, amongst others with the help of AI.

Man-made climate change knows no limits. In future, the AGELESS consortium will investigate how marine life in our oceans affected by climate change can be protected beyond national areas of jurisdiction.

As a physicist, Gabriele Chiogna is used to working on complex equations. However, it is not enough to understand how the availability and quality of water will change during the coming years. The answer to this problem varies greatly, depending on how we use this vital resource in the future.

FAU researchers have discovered that colorectal tumors respond better than previously to immunotherapy if a protein associated with gene regulation, ZEB1, is switched off in cancer-associated fibroblasts.

For just over twenty years now, physicians have observed a significant rise in chronic kidney disease in countries on the Equator. FAU scientist are now supporting researches in Sri Lanka in investigating the developments.