Research

The future of nutrition for the elderly

A study conducted by the Institute for Biomedicine of Ageing at FAU investigated nutrition and nutritional care requirements in the elderly. The findings have now been published.

Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic

From 2004 to 2010, Dr. Aleksandra Mitrovic studied Chemistry at the University of Belgrade. Right after, she started her Ph.D. studies in Chemistry, also at the University of Belgrade. In 2017, Dr. Mitrovic defended her doctoral dissertation and received the best grade possible. Since 2017, she is a Humboldt Research Fellow at the Chair for Organic Chemistry II at FAU.

Structure of penguin breeding colonies is similar to glass

researchers believe that the glass-like arrangement of the breeding pairs enables the penguins to react quickly and efficiently to external disturbances

Another Alexander von Humboldt Professorship awarded at FAU

Linguist Prof. Dr. Ewa Dąbrowska has been awarded a Humboldt Professorship, the most highly endowed research award in Germany.

FAU scores in CHE ranking

FAU has once again performed excellently in the Centre for Higher Education’s (CHE) current university ranking. The subjects biology, chemistry, geography, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, pharmacy, physics, political science, medicine and dentistry were assessed.

Marine animals have been following their preferred climate for millions of years

Current global warming has far-reaching ecological consequences, also for the Earth's oceans. Many marine organisms are reacting by migrating towards the poles. Researchers at Geozentrum Nordbayern at FAU have now discovered that marine animals have been migrating for millions of years when the temperature on Earth increases or decreases.

Chemists at FAU successfully demonstrate imine hydrogenation with inexpensive main group metal

In future, inexpensive and bio-compatible main group metals could replace expensive and toxic transition metals during catalytic processes. Chemists at FAU have now demonstrated that imine hydrogenation is possible using calcium instead of precious metals.

Very first successful attempts at therapy for genetic disorder ectodermal dysplasia

One in 30,000 children suffer from ectodermal dysplasia. Children affected suffer from the potentially life-threatening condition of being unable to produce sweat. A team of doctors from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen succeeded in correcting the genetic disorder by injecting a protein into the expectant mother's amniotic fluid.

Physicists at FAU generate attosecond electron pulses with laser light

Physicists at FAU have successfully generated controlled electron pulses in the attosecond range. They used optical travelling waves that are formed by laser pulses of varying wavelengths. The movements of electrons in atoms were revealed using attosecond free-electron pulses.

Better equipped in the fight against lung cancer

Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women. However, immunotherapies are successful in only 20 percent of cases. Researchers at FAU have now discovered a special mechanism that regulates tumour growth in lung cancer.