Research

The TERSANE DFG research group, led by FAU, has been investigating extreme climate events in our planet’s history since 2016. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has now granted further funding of around 1.56 million euros over a period of three years for the project.

In her research she simulates how neurodegenerations like Alzheimer's spread in the brain. In her free time she is a passionate triathlete: Prof. Dr. Ellen Kuhl, Stanford University, in an interview.

The ejection of antigens from cancer cells is strictly regulated. This has now been proven by scientists at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, FAU. A better understanding of this mechanism could help in the development of new strategies to improve tumour recognition, as reported by the scientists in an article in ‘Journal of Clinical Investigation’.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has granted 400,000 euros in funding for a period of three years for a new research project at FAU on the rare kidney disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

How long can a patient with bladder cancer survive once it has spread to the muscles? Which treatment works best? At interdisciplinary team of researchers has discovered that in future, substantiated answers to these questions may be able to be given by a test for high or low levels of white blood cells in the tumour tissue.

Researchers at the Chair of Organic Chemistry II at FAU have discovered that it is possible to control the optical and electronic properties of aluminium oxide nanoparticles, despite the fact that they are typically electronically inert and optically inactive. They have now designed a concept for managing these doubly functionalised nanoparticles.

From a washroom to a student café. Trichter has an eventful history, however not everyone has heard of this institution at the School of Business, Economics, and Society. Part of our series on less well-known places at FAU.