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With a new chair, the University of Würzburg aims to further improve conditions in a sensitive area: Laboratory animal science and animal welfare. Professor Jan Baumgart is taking over as head.

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.

A core objective of palliative medicine is to provide symptom-relieving therapy for patients with incurable diseases. Carmen Roch is a professor in this field.

It sees itself as a platform for sustainable mobility: the student transformation experiment "Forum Mobility" has now started work at the University of Würzburg.

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

On 14 April, the Women's Clinic at the University Hospital is offering a webinar entitled "Unerfüllter Kinderwunsch: Was tun?". The free event is a joint project with the Main-Post media group.

Alexander Soutschek is new to the University Hospital. He is researching how brain networks control decisions, impulse control and motivation and why they become unbalanced in mental illnesses.

On April 18, the Prostatakarzinom-Zentrum at Würzburg University Hospital is hosting its 8th Patient Information Day. This free event offers an overview of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Amazon mollies manage to maintain a healthy genome even without sexual reproduction. A new study, in which a team from the University of Würzburg was involved, shows which mechanisms are responsible for this.

The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg.

A lack of vitamin B2 makes tumour cells more susceptible to a unique form of cell death. This was discovered by researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Centre at the University of Würzburg.

The University and University Hospital of Würzburg have demonstrated magnetic particle imaging on humans for the first time. The new procedure enables radiation-free visualisation of blood vessels in real time.

The EO4CAM web portal supports authorities and local authorities in Bavaria with issues relating to climate-adapted urban development, forestry and agriculture.

Maintaining wind turbines at dizzying heights is risky, costly, and involves long downtimes. Robots could be an alternative. A joint project involving the University of Würzburg is working on this.

"Teachers together for change": this was the motto of the 5th GoTEd+ Week organised by the Professional School of Education (PSE). The guests and speakers had travelled from 14 countries around the world for the event.