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18JUN 2026
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Influence of substrate stiffness on early neural development
The central nervous system (CNS) arises from the so-called neurogenic ectoderm, which is specified in embryonic development around the time of gastrulation. From this tissue, both the central nervous system with all its neuronal and non-neuronal cells, as well as the neural crest and its derivatives, emerge. During early neural development, the central nervous system, […]
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05MAR 2026
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A study from FAU has shown that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell and ending up in an acidic environment.
Vaccines and other medicines are often packed in little fat droplets, or lipids. In this form, they are absorbed by cells and release their “cargo” once they are there. The trigger is a change in the pH value in the droplet’s surroundings. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now created a computer simulation of what […]
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19DEC 2025
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Fighting hunger with cassava
A team led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against global hunger. The researchers have succeeded in genetically modifying the tropical cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) to provide significantly greater yields and also to become more resistant to drought. The researchers have published their findings in the journal Nature Plants. […]A team led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against global hunger. The researchers have succeeded in genetically modifying the tropical cassava plant (Manihot esculenta) to provide significantly greater yields and also to become more resistant to drought. The researchers have published their findings in the journal Nature Plants. […]
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30APR 2025
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New Funding for Exciting Projects in Extracellular Vesicles
The newly established Junior Research Group for Bacterial Interface Dynamics led by Dr. Cláudia Vilhena has recently received support from two foundations to advance and sediment the research on bacterial extracellular vesicles (EVs). The Research group is hosted by the Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology at the Department of Biology. The CAPNETZ Foundation is supporting Dr. […]
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26NOV 2024
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DFG Funds Research on Lugdunin: Collaboration Between FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and University of Göttingen Explores Selectivity of an Antimicrobial Peptide
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for the research project: „Unraveling the Membrane-Selective Mechanism of Lugdunin: Insights into Specificity for Gram-Positive Bacteria and Antimicrobial Activity.“ This study is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Computational Biology group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, led by Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann, and the group of Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem at the University of Göttingen. […]The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for the research project: „Unraveling the Membrane-Selective Mechanism of Lugdunin: Insights into Specificity for Gram-Positive Bacteria and Antimicrobial Activity.“ This study is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Computational Biology group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, led by Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann, and the group of Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem at the University of Göttingen. […]
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