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24JUL 2012
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
A pungent gas with an important function
Hydrogen sulphide regulates vital biological processes Scientists from Bioinorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have broken new ground by researching the role and function of hydrogen sulphide in the human body. The findings presented by the researchers from Erlangen have now been published in two acclaimed scientific journals and received excellent international reception. Hydrogen sulphide […]Hydrogen sulphide regulates vital biological processes Scientists from Bioinorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have broken new ground by researching the role and function of hydrogen sulphide in the human body. The findings presented by the researchers from Erlangen have now been published in two acclaimed scientific journals and received excellent international reception. Hydrogen sulphide […]
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21MAY 2012
Department of Biology
Research on Parkinson’s disease and leukaemia
New Bavarian research network finances FAU projects Two projects of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will be funded by the recently established Bavarian Research Network for Molecular Biosystems (BioSysNet): Dr. Beate Winner from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF) is investigating disrupted connections between nerve cells in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. Prof. Dr. Robert […]New Bavarian research network finances FAU projects Two projects of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will be funded by the recently established Bavarian Research Network for Molecular Biosystems (BioSysNet): Dr. Beate Winner from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research (IZKF) is investigating disrupted connections between nerve cells in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. Prof. Dr. Robert […]
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04APR 2012
Department of Biology
Plants defend themselves against salmonella
Research scientists develop new approach to researching infections Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have transferred elements of salmonella known as effectors into tobacco plants. In doing so, they hope to explore how diseases and infections are spreading in both humans and animals. As strange as this may sound; there is good reason for doing so: […]
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29FEB 2012
Department of Biology
How antibodies work
Immune defence and autoaggression are controlled by the same mechanism For humans, antibodies are essential to life: they destroy pathogens and can therefore be used in medicine, for example for therapies to fight cancer. However, sometimes their destructive mechanisms also turn against the very body they inhabit. This results in autoimmune diseases such as multiple […]
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01JAN 2012
Geozentrum Nordbayern
Like a jet passing through solid rock
Geologists demonstrate that volcanic arcs are fed by rapid fluid pulses In the depths of the earth, it is anything but peaceful: Large quantities of liquids carve their way through the rock as fluids, causing magma to form. A research team which the geologist Prof. Dr. Reiner Klemd from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is part of […]
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09DEC 2011
Department of Physics
Unravelling the universe
FAU astrophysicists get involved in the Helmholtz Alliance Over the next five years the Helmholz Association is to provide around ten million euros in funding for a new Helmholz Alliance in the field of astroparticle physics. Scientists belonging to the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are major contributors to the […]
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