Faculty of Sciences

In Erlangen’s south, we’re conducting research for the future. We combine sustainability, innovative technologies, and hands-on teaching.

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Biology FAU’s Department of Biology conducts research on interactions at biological interfaces and their effects on organisms and their environment. The department employs state-of-the-art methods in microscopy and imaging, cell and molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and genomics, as well as computer-aided simulations. The insights gained from this research make an important contribution to our understanding […]Biology FAU’s Department of Biology conducts research on interactions at biological interfaces and their effects on organisms and their environment. The department employs state-of-the-art methods in microscopy and imaging, cell and molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and genomics, as well as computer-aided simulations. The insights gained from this research make an important contribution to our understanding […]
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Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) is one of Germany’s leading research universities and holds a leading position both nationally and internationally in a range of research areas. The natural sciences play a crucial role in this regard. This is reflected in FAU’s research priorities: researchers from the Faculty of Sciences contribute to all five of these priorities. […]
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Scientists are the architects of the future. They develop new technologies and conduct fundamental research to solve global challenges.

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FAU's Faculty of Science brings together a unique range of disciplines in research.

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Events

15
Jun
14:30 – 20:30
UDUF 2026 – Unser Department Unsere Forschung
Seminarraum 00.156, IZNF-Gebäude, Cauerstr. 3, Erlangen
15
Jun
17:15 – 18:15
ThC / CCC-Seminar: Daniel Sebastiani: Configurational Entropy in Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Trivial or Tricky?
Multimedia-Seminarraum des CCC, Nägelsbachstr. 25, Erlangen
16
Jun
16:30 – 17:30
Colloquium: Lorenz Schwachhöfer (TU Dortmund): Wasserstein Geometry, the Otto Metric, and Divergences
Hörsaal H13, Cauerstr. 11, 91058 Erlangen
18
Jun
17:15 – 18:45
GDCh-Kolloquium: Prof. Dr. Gernot Frenking, Dative Bonding in Main-Group Compounds
Hörsaal C1, Chemikum, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, Erlangen
19
Jun
11:15 – 12:15
FAU MoD Lecture by Prof. Jean-Michel Morel
FAU room: H21

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