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Using innovative RNA technology, Würzburg researchers have intervened in the reproduction of phages. The study, published in Nature, could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches to treating infections.

The University of Würzburg offers around 280 degree programmes. The new degree programme films from the humanities provide very special insights into some of them.

Learning to read the Kurrent and Sütterlin scripts: The Chair of European Ethnology/Empirical Cultural Studies invites all interested parties in and around Würzburg to take part.

Designing digital archaeological trails together with the local population: This is the goal of an international team led by the University of Würzburg.

Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about what is European. The Würzburg professor Dag Nikolaus Hasse demonstrates this in a book that is now also available in English.

The University of Würzburg commemorates outstanding researchers with plaques of honour. The project is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. The three initiators received their own anniversary plaques at the celebration.

Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavour.

At the beginning of September, the Netzwerk Chancen presented the Social Diversity Awards in Berlin. One of the finalists was a scientist from the University of Würzburg.

The University of Würzburg welcomed its new trainees with a welcome day. The programme included lectures, games to get to know each other and a joint visit to the Mineralogical Museum.

The Wittenstein Foundation supports research projects at the University of Würzburg with the "Würzburger Förderpreis", which is endowed with 50,000 euros. The Vogel Foundation Dr Eckernkamp has now doubled the prize money.

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

Offended politicians, rebellious female composers, linguistically self-confident Lower Franconians: the public winter lectures of the Universitätsbund offer a colourful range of topics.

The University Hospital of Würzburg invites all interested parties to an information afternoon on 14 October 2025 on the current application possibilities of deep brain stimulation.

The university calendar for the coming year can be ordered via an online form from now until 31 October at the latest.

A study from Würzburg reveals: pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host cell. The findings uncover a previously unknown role for a well-known molecule and may serve as a starting point for the development of new antiviral agents.