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Markus Lau has recently been appointed Professor of New Testament at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. Even ancient curses can be a source of inspiration for his research.

An important personality from Franconia can be seen on the label of the new Bavarian museum wine: Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, founder of the University of Würzburg.

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

A new study shows: Blocking the surface protein CD47 protects against graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Epithelial cells lining the cervix are not just passive barriers. As a recently published study shows, these cells have their own “immune intelligence” and can prepare defenses before an infection spreads.

The Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Würzburg is moving to the University Hospital. There it will become part of the newly founded Institute for Clinical Genetics and Genomedicine.

A research team from the Würzburg Eye Clinic led by Dr. Malik Salman Haider celebrates success at the congress of the German Ophthalmological Society.

The Heinz-Walter Menke Foundation is funding a translational research project by Dr. Carolin Curtaz on cerebral metastasis in breast cancer with 25,000 euros.

Kathleen Wermke has been researching the vocalisations of infants and toddlers for decades. She has now been awarded the "Kulturpreis Deutsche Sprache" for her work.

From 14 October, the University of Würzburg will be taking part in an inter-university online lecture series on structural change and transformation. This time, the focus is on energy and water.

How have people from the Middle Ages to the present day, from the former Soviet Union to the Caribbean, utilised apocalyptic patterns of interpretation? A new public lecture series in German language starts on 14 October.

MENTORING med PEER is the career programme for all those who wish to pursue an academic career in medicine leading to a habilitation. The application deadline for the next round is 15 November.

All interested parties are invited to a "Länderabend Korea" in Würzburg on Friday, 17 October. The King Sejong Institute at the university is co-organising the event.

Inclusive encounters, generations in dialogue and sustainable consumption: these are the topics that P-seminars at secondary schools in Lower Franconia have been working on. They have now been honoured for their work at the University of Würzburg.

Accompany students in their everyday life at university: Pupils have this opportunity during the autumn holidays at the University of Würzburg. Registrations are possible until 15 October.