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Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that plants communicate root injuries in milliseconds via mechanical signals. A drop in hydraulic pressure serves as a rapid alarm system for neighboring roots.

With two new guidelines, the University of Würzburg is stepping up the protection of its members. The guidelines set out clear definitions and procedures to ensure a safe and respectful environment at the university.

This Friday, 2 October, the German Science and Humanities Council (WR) will announce which universities will be awarded the title of “University of Excellence” from 2027 onwards.

A public online lecture series will explore conflicts arising from transformation. It begins on Tuesday 13 October; attendance is free of charge.

A varied programme of events featuring researchers from the fields of aerospace, robotics, earth sciences, computer science and physics: this is what the Würzburg Space Days have to offer in early October.

During his Frühstudium at the University of Würzburg, Veit Lang achieved something quite remarkable: he completed all the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics before he was even eligible to enrol as a regular student.

A new study examines urban heat. By combining climate, remote sensing and demographic data with social media activity, the researchers determined a threshold beyond which heat becomes an important theme in public discourse.

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

The charity ‘Hilfe im Kampf gegen Krebs’ (Help in the Fight against Cancer) plans to set up a house near the hospital for the relatives of patients. To raise funds for this, ‘Vierfarben Saxophon & Freunde’ are holding a concert.

The Würzburg-based HS-ORIGINS project aims to decipher immunological and digital relapse patterns in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in patients receiving IL-17 and TNF-α blockade. To this end, it combines immunological research with app technology.

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is a key area of research at the Institute of Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine. Four projects on this form of cancer are currently underway.

As part of the CHARM-EU network, proposals for courses to be offered as part of the Transnational Online Learning (TOL) programme in the summer semester of 2026 can still be submitted until 11 October 2026.

The new UniWein is on its way: to mark the end of the grape harvest, representatives from the University of Würzburg and the Staatlicher Hofkeller, along with the Franconian Wine Queen, gathered at the Würzburger Stein.

On Tuesday 29 September, university staff will have the opportunity to find out on site about SCIAS funding opportunities for accommodating guests at the Welz-Haus and to view the premises.

From 28 September to 2 October 2026, Würzburg will become a global hub for quantum research: the ctd.qmat Cluster of Excellence and the ToCoTronics Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1170 will be hosting the international conference CTD.QMAT26.