Even pathogenic bacteria can suffer from stress – when they are attacked by the immune system of their host, for instance. How salmonella bacteria react to such stress conditions is described by Würzburg infection biologists in the scientific journal PNAS.
Der Hochschulbereich solle von den Sparbeschlüssen der Staatsregierung verschont bleiben. Das fordern die Dekane der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der bayerischen Hochschulen. In einem Offenen Brief wenden sie sich an Ministerpräsident Horst Seehofer.
Bacteria that are resistant to antibodies pose a threat, particularly to people who are sick or feeble. In the search for new drugs, scientists from the University of Würzburg have made a breakthrough.
Sie sind im europäischen Vergleich besonders forschungsstark und international orientiert: Deshalb stehen die Physiker und Biologen der Universität Würzburg in einem aktuellen CHE-Ranking in der „Excellence Group“.
Gegen die Kürzung der staatlichen Mittel für die Universität haben am Samstag rund 700 Studierende, Professoren, Dozenten und Uni-Mitarbeiter demonstriert. Vertreter der Hochschulleitung liefen an der Spitze des Protestzuges mit.
Die bayerische Staatsregierung hat den Hochschulen das Geld gekürzt - "im denkbar ungeeignetsten Moment", so Universitätspräsident Alfred Forchel. Die Studierenden sehen das offenbar auch so: Sie rufen für Samstag zu einer Demonstration auf.
Stiff person syndrome: this is the name given to a rare disorder of the central nervous system whose causes still puzzle scientists. A research team from the Department of Neurology at the University of Würzburg (Germany) has now made a new discovery about this disease.
Noch nie hatte die Universität Würzburg so viele Studierende: 22.128 junge Leute haben sich bislang fürs Wintersemester eingeschrieben. 3.606 davon sind Studienanfänger.
Plants play an important role as producers of sugar and carbohydrates. Scientists from the University of Würzburg are conducting research in this area – with the long-term goal of influencing sugar levels in agricultural crop plants.
Vom 4. Oktober an wird die Bushaltestelle „Universitätsgelände“ am Hubland verlegt. Wegen der Sanierungsarbeiten auf dem „Roten-Platz“ halten die Busse der Linien 10 und 114 vor beziehungsweise nach der Ein- und Ausfahrt zur Tiefgarage.
Scientists at the Biocenter and from the Institute of Pharmacology at the University of Würzburg have discovered a gene in a species of fish that triggers puberty. People also carry this gene in their genetic make-up. In humans, it has been associated to date with regulating appetite and body weight.
He is Spanish and has made the decision to conduct his research at the University of Würzburg over the next five years. Gustavo Fernández Huertas is going to develop intelligent materials at the Institute for Organic Chemistry. His project is funded by the Humboldt Foundation with a sizable amount of money.
What happens at the molecular level when a normal body cell is transformed into a tumor cell? Scientists at the Biocenter of the University of Würzburg have now managed to clarify this complex process in some new detail.
The enzyme NOX4 is responsible for the death of nerve cells following a stroke. This discovery by researchers from the universities of Maastricht and Würzburg and from the Helmholtz Center in Munich offers new possibilities in therapy for a number of illnesses.
That plants which store a lot of sugar taste sweet is a known fact. What is new, however, is that these plants also produce a greater yield and have proven to be far more resistant to cold temperatures. Why this happens to be so has now been examined more closely by scientists from the universities of Würzburg and Kaiserslautern.