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In a comprehensive study, researchers at Würzburg University Hospital have investigated whether a particular method of contraception disrupts the immune response. The answer is now available.

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have succeeded in detecting exceptionally robust electrical transport in a topological insulator. This could lead to new metrological applications.

As part of an interview-based study, Würzburg University Hospital is looking for people who have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection at a Bavarian GP practice in the past five years.

Researchers from Würzburg and Marburg identify a long non-coding RNA as a key regulator of macrophages. Study from the Vogel and Westermann labs published in PNAS.

Neuroscientist Dr Dominik Groos is joining the University Hospital of Würzburg on a Humboldt Research Fellowship. Here, he is setting up an Emmy Noether research group.

In mid-July, the Lehr:werkstatt cohort of 2025/26 celebrated the completion of their programme. The teacher-training students took part in a ceremony at the university library, where they were presented with their certificates.

In August, two guest musicians will be playing the Würzburg carillon in the tower of the Neubaukirche. As always, the concerts are free to attend.

The Martin von Wagner Museum at the University of Würzburg has now added another work by the Viennese Classicist Füger to its collection. The donation is likely to provoke mixed reactions in the picture gallery.

Professional bioacoustics in your pocket: The new BirdNET Live app is revolutionising the monitoring of animal calls. Its AI works without an internet connection and recognises more species than other apps.

The Faculty of Human Sciences has awarded Dr Katja Höglinger the Beatrice Edgell Prize for her doctoral thesis. The Matilda Prize for the best papers went to Dr Elena Dück and Dr Simone Schäffner.

Pharmacology professor Antje Gohla was awarded the Faculty of Medicine’s Albert Kölliker Teaching Prize, worth 10,000 euros, in recognition of her exemplary teaching.

How can the most subtle processes in our genetic material be made visible? A graduate of the University of Würzburg has developed an innovative approach to this – and has now been awarded a prize for her outstanding final thesis.

A showcase of technical achievements, a symbol of the spirit of research and a networking platform: the University’s Summer EXPO 2026 demonstrated just how capable Würzburg is as a centre for AI.

At the invitation of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Federal Minister Dorothee Bär visited the university. In the Mission Control Centre, she spoke about the opportunities that research, technology and space travel offer the Mainfranken region.