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From 24 March, the "Lebendiger Campus" initiative invites all members of the university to an active lunch break. Every fortnight, various activities will take place on the orchard meadow at Hubland.

Girls' Day is on 23 April: schoolgirls can get to know professions in which hardly any women have worked so far. The university offers insights into the STEM subjects of biology, chemistry, maths, computer science and physics.

Würzburg geography professor Matthias Naumann and Dr. Gala Nettelbladt (Bauhaus University Weimar) have created two episodes for the Urban Political Podcast. Topic: the progressive or authoritarian transformation of local statehood.

Chemistry: A sophisticated process stacks dye molecules in such a way that their luminosity increases significantly as their size grows – a significant step forward for the electronics of tomorrow.

Does depression leave lasting physical traces? A study by the Würzburg University Medical Centre suggests so. It shows that the strength of the hands remains reduced after overcoming depression.

A unique document of cartography will enrich the holdings of the Würzburg University Library in future. The Mercator Atlas, which is over 400 years old, is a gift from Professor Peter Deeg.

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.