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The University of Würzburg performs well above average in the student survey as part of the CHE Ranking 2024. All subjects assessed achieved mostly good to very good results.

Three new programmes for the structured training of doctoral students are being launched in biology, chemistry and physics. The European Union is funding them with around eleven million euros.

How well do the countries of the world function? Researchers at the University of Würzburg are investigating this. In the latest edition of this ranking, Germany has improved its position, while six countries are considered to have collapsed.

A team led by researcher Chase Beisel at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg conducted the first systematic study of CRISPR-based antibiotics in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The award-winning Kitty Q app can now be experienced as an escape room. Today the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat hosted the opening ceremony at Technische Sammlungen Dresden.

Success for WueDive, the project for the further development of digital teaching at the University of Würzburg: the team has raised a further EUR 1.7 million and can now establish new programmes by the end of 2025.

It can happen that quickly: After just one year of construction, the new building for the university's AI centre CAIDAS was completed. Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume attended the opening.

Mental disorders are widespread in Germany. The German Center for Prevention Research in Mental Health is working to reduce their prevalence. The center has now been officially opened.

A research project at the University of Würzburg (JMU) has received 137,000 euros in federal funding. The project will develop an AI early warning system to prevent errors in the development of new software.

In their natural environment, wild bees are exposed to various pesticides that can have a potentially toxic effect. A study by the University of Würzburg has now shown that bumblebees are relatively resistant to these products.

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have developed a method that can improve the performance of quantum resistance standards. It´s based on a quantum phenomenon called Quantum Anomalous Hall effect.

Professor Bernhard Nieswandt is investigating a cellular mechanism in blood platelets that appears to play a crucial role in inflammatory diseases. He has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his work.

The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has now gained new insights into this region. These pave the way for new prevention and treatment options.

Würzburg-based physical chemist Tobias Brixner has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his pioneering work on multiple electronic excitations. He already received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2013.

The Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Würzburg wants to support regional companies in a new project. Their processes are to be optimised with the use of AI. The EU is funding the endeavour.