Jahr: 2016

Researchers have made an important breakthrough by identifying four key subtypes of pancreatic cancer in a new study. Each subtype has its own unique clinical characteristics and is associated with a different chance of survival.

Junior professor Dr. Aline Bozec has received the most important award for young researchers in Germany from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The biochemist will be presented with the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize – which is worth 20,000 euros – in Bonn on 18 May 2016.

How much can the construction and operating costs of geothermal systems be reduced? Geologists at FAU will be investigating this question over the next four years and testing new drilling techniques as part of their research.

FAU astrophysicists research cosmic particle accelerators with unparalleled energy.

Researchers at FAU are currently working on making cutting-edge X-ray technology even more sophisticated. The researchers' ultimate goal is for their new technique to be used in medical imaging and in non-destructive testing in industry.

Professors Gatzert, Kley and Leugering are to remain members of the FAU Executive Board for a further two years.

A team of FAU researchers have shown that the virus remains highly active despite the therapy. Their results of their research have recently been published in the journal EBioMedicine.

Dr. Josefina Rodríguez Arribas has been a member of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at FAU (October 2014 - September 2015). Her most recent research at the Consortium "Fate, Freedom and Prognostication" at FAU concerns the textual and material evidence about the practice of divination among Jews in the Middle Ages.

The number of students participating in the FAU survey has increased by around one third. According to the initial results, over 70 percent stated that they were rather satisfied or very satisfied with their degree programme.

Together with Schaeffler, FAU’s Chair of Engineering Design has developed a unique rolling bearing spin test stand in order to investigate the behaviour of the bearings’ material and design more closely.