30.11.2009 Millionen für Infektionsforscher

Knut Ohlsen (rechts) und Udo Lorenz vom Würzburger Firmengründungsteam SmartmAb. Foto: Alice Natter

Resistente Bakterien mit Antikörpern bekämpfen: Dieses Ziel verfolgt ein Firmengründungsteam von der Uni Würzburg. Der Bund fördert die Gruppe mit rund drei Millionen Euro.

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26.11.2009 Pharmazie-Neubau eingeweiht

Einem Molekülmodell nachempfunden ist der symbolische Schlüssel für den Neubau des Instituts für Pharmazie und Lebensmittelchemie der Uni Würzburg. Dieter Maußner (rechts) vom Staatlichen Bauamt überreichte ihn an Bayerns Wissenschaftsminister Wolfgang Heubisch, der gab ihn an Universitätspräsident Alfred Forchel weiter. Von ihm wanderte der Schlüssel zu Professorin Ulrike Holzgrabe, Dekanin der Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie. Foto: Robert Emmerich

Der erste Schritt zur Sanierung des Chemiezentrums am Hubland ist getan: Feierlich wurde am Mittwoch der Neubau für das Institut für Pharmazie und Lebensmittelchemie eingeweiht.

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23.11.2009 Nano-towers fire off single photons

Tiny towers, a hundred times thinner than a human hair, with special properties: such nanostructures are produced by the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Würzburg. Image: Monika Emmerling / Adriana Wolf

Würzburg physicists are global leaders in the creation of sophisticated nanostructures. The fruits of their research could make tap-proof data transmission a possibility in the future.

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16.11.2009 Würzburg among world leaders in chemistry

Scientist at the Clean Bench (Picture University Wuerzburg)

In life and natural sciences, the University of Würzburg is one of the top 100 institutes of higher education in the world. In chemistry, it even sits proudly in 37th place. This is the result of a current ranking of the world’s leading universities.

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13.11.2009 Ants: Flexible in Tending the Brood

A brood-tending ant of the species Camponotus rufipes: It has picked up a pupa and takes it to a place, where the temperature is more conducive to brood development. Photo: Christoph Kleineidam

Ants subjected to cool temperatures during their pupal stage differ in tending the brood when compared with fellow workers more generously provided with warmth. It is not only the genes, but also the conditions experienced during individual development that account for flexible behavior.

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10.11.2009 Stroke: New target protein found

Nerve cells possess large quantities of the calcium-sensing molecule STIM2, highlighted here using a red fluorescent dye. It is predominantly found in the region around the cell nucleus (stained blue) and plays a role in strokes. The green dye shows that it is indeed nerve cells that are affected; the scale corresponds to 10 micrometers. Image: Rudolf Virchow Center

Würzburg researchers have identified a protein that is partly responsible for the death of nerve cells in the brain during a stroke. This will open up new possibilities in therapy.

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05.11.2009 Language begins with the very first cry

Crying infant. Photo: Erich Kasten / Pixelio.de

Comparisons between babies a few days old in France and Germany reveal that even newborns cry in their native language. This means that the ability to actively produce language is present so much earlier than previously assumed.

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02.11.2009 Nanocapsules for artificial photosynthesis

Nanocapsule, made in Würzburg: Thousands of similar molecules are packed together to create a capsule that is filled with molecules of a different kind. Figure: Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg

Imitating photosynthesis in plants? If we were to accomplish this, mankind would have a little less to worry about. Chemists from the University of Würzburg have now made progress on the road to achieving artificial photosynthesis.

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02.11.2009 Studierende als Unternehmer

Logo des 5-Euro-Business-Wettbewerbs

Eine Geschäftsidee entwickeln, sie mit nur fünf Euro in neun Wochen umsetzen und am Ende des Semesters Preise gewinnen: Diese Chance bietet sich Studierenden beim 5-Euro-Business-Wettbewerb. Im November beginnt die nächste Runde.

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