Research

Teams of researchers in Erlangen, Würzburg, Munich and Berlin have determined the location of special receptors on cardiac muscle cells for the first time. Their findings open up new possibilities for treating chronic cardiac insufficiency.

Organic farming is booming, and expectations for the quality of organic products are high. In future, it is hoped that sensory detection processes developed by Fraunhofer IVV, FAU, TH Nürnberg and other partners will ensure that organic products are of the highest quality. The joint project ‘SHIELD’, which stands for using sensory detection processes to guarantee the quality of (organic) locally produced food, is due to start on 1 July 2021, and has received 1.2 million euros in funding from the Bavarian Research Foundation.

Dr. Manuel Keith was appointed head of a junior research group in June, the eleventh researcher to be awarded this status at FAU this year. This special status also grants researchers the opportunity to participate in a valuable programme aimed at encouraging young scientists in their careers. Young researchers who are outstanding in their subject, have already received funding and lead a working group of their own are eligible to receive the special status.

Climate protection, preservation of biodiversity and social justice are inextricably linked. Report from Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. One of the main authors is palaeobiologist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling from FAU.

A research group led by Prof. Karl Mandel (Professorship of Inorganic Chemistry) at FAU has developed a magnetic particle marker which can be used to mark materials easily and which can be read using a handy device. The research findings have been published in the journal Small.

FAU has established a new professorship focusing on digital sovereignty. The University is pleased to welcome a leading expert involved in shaping the digital transformation to the post, Johannes Helbig. With its new subject area, FAU is expanding its expertise in the area of digitalisation, data science and digital humanities, acting as a pioneer among German universities.

Young refugees are generally very religious. This became clear during a pilot study run by FAU in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories in Bamberg. Prof. Dr. Manfred Pirner, who specialises in religious education, surveyed 45 young Muslims, orthodox Christians and Yazidis from Nuremberg, Leipzig and Berlin.

The aim of the new Collaborative Research Centre is to create sensor technology and gather movement data for the human body.

The traits of coral species that have become extinct during the last few million years do not match those of coral species deemed at risk of extinction today. A research team at FAU has therefore proposed a revision of the Red List for coral.

The ‘PALLADiUM’ research project develops digital system for supporting interprofessional palliative care teams