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In August, einBLICK will be taking a summer break. The next issue will be published in early September 2026. The editorial team wishes all our readers a lovely August and a relaxing holiday!

From letterheads to Zoom backgrounds: the Press Office’s corporate design section offers a wide range of templates. New additions to the range include email signatures, out-of-office messages for Outlook and templates for academic posters.

The relaunch of the university’s website is continuing to take shape. Following intensive work on web design and technical implementation, the next major step is now on the agenda: migrating the existing pages to the new web system.

The JMU exhibition on Würzburg’s Nobel Prize winners will be on display from Thursday 6 August at the Sparkasse on Hofstraße. There will be a free public guided tour at 1 pm to mark the opening.

Johannes Mast, a PhD student from Würzburg, has been awarded the Bernd Rendel Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his original and promising geoscientific research carried out prior to his PhD.

The DFG is providing 2.2 million euros for Tom Beneke’s Emmy Noether Junior Research Group at the University of Würzburg. He is investigating how Leishmania parasites, transmitted by sand flies, spread throughout the body.

Data from above: the Chair of Remote Sensing at the University of Würzburg has celebrated its 25th anniversary, whilst the EAGLE Master’s programme has marked its tenth. Three generations share their experiences.

Read about new appointments, job anniversaries, research sabbaticals and more.

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.