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New CRISPR tool eliminates undesired cells with ease. An international research team developed it. The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research was part of the team.

At the end of 2025, the University of Würzburg submitted its application for University of Excellence status. It has now been assessed by an international panel of experts. The university board is positive about the outcome.

Würzburg University President Paul Pauli is once again one of the ten most popular rectors in Germany. This time he is ranked 9th.

Physicists at the University of Würzburg have determined the quantum dynamics in a two-dimensional layer of boron nitride. Their findings form the basis for future applications in quantum technology.

New paper of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat in “Science”: The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation has been experimentally verified for the first time on 2D surfaces – thanks to sophisticated material design and polaritons.

A specific protein controls mRNA transport in fungi and distinguishes important from unimportant binding sites in the transported mRNAs. Researchers from Würzburg and Düsseldorf have discovered this mechanism.

José Pedro Friedmann Angeli, Professor of Translational Cell Biology in Würzburg, has been awarded the prize in the “Experimental Research” category – together with his colleague Professor Marcus Conrad (Helmholtz Munich).

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have successfully transferred the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light–matter system using targeted material design.

The new EU Inc. regulations are intended to make it easier for companies to expand in Europe. Members of the Würzburg Faculty of Law have contributed to this.

Quantum repeaters are at the heart of a new research project involving a team from the University of Würzburg. The collaborative project is researching technologies and demonstrators for these building blocks of large-scale quantum networks.

For her pioneering work on catalytic nucleic acids, the Würzburg chemistry professor Claudia Höbartner has been awarded the Albrecht Kossel Prize by the German Chemical Society.

The Cluster of Excellence "Cross-Cultural Philology" at LMU Munich, which was launched at the beginning of 2026, takes a global look at 5,000 years of written culture. Among them is Würzburg-based Egyptologist Martin A. Stadler.

A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a unique viral mechanism: a molecular ring anchors the viral copying machine to the DNA.

Several subjects at the University of Würzburg rank among the top performers nationally and internationally in the latest Times Higher Education Subject Rankings.

Researchers involving the University of Würzburg discover microscopic connection between correlated electron states and superconductivity. The study is published in Nature.