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The African Matabele ants are often injured in fights with termites. Their conspecifics recognise when the wounds become infected and initiate antibiotic treatment.

A research group at the University of Würzburg develops fundamental methods for analyzing music with the help of machine learning. The project is led by Professor Christof Weiß at CAIDAS.

The colour of dragonfly communities reacts to seasonal variation in solar radiation. Over the last 30 years, however, this colour pattern has changed – probably as a result of climate change.

A joint project between the University of Würzburg and the technical universities of Würzburg-Schweinfurt and Aschaffenburg aims to further expand the start-up and innovation potential at the universities in Lower Franconia: the ZENTRIA.hub.

Using optogenetics, Würzburg researchers have detected a new acid sensor in plant cells that is addressing a cell-internal calcium store, as they report in the journal "Science".

The University of Würzburg inaugurated its new mathematics building on 13 December 2023 with numerous prominent guests. The main user of the building is Humboldt Professor Stefanie Petermichl.

A DFG research group led by the University of Würzburg has developed a method that makes it possible to analyse the relationship between biodiversity within and between ecosystems and the multifunctionality of entire landscapes.

A team at the University of Würzburg led by systems immunologist Wolfgang Kastenmüller has received a grant of around 440,000 euros from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for research into dendritic cells.

In order for immune cells to do their job, they need to know against whom they should direct their attack. Research teams at the University of Würzburg have identified new details in this process.

Margret Wintermantel will remain Chairwoman of the University Council of the University of Würzburg. And the current Vice-Presidents have also been re-elected for a second term of office.

How do flies and ants find their way? Neuroscientist Hannah Haberkern is investigating this question with a new Emmy Noether independent junior research group. To do this, she has moved from the USA to Würzburg.

Inspiring children around the globe to learn about soil diversity - that is the aim of an initiative launched by Malte Jochum, an ecologist at the University of Würzburg.

Good news for researchers working with high-resolution fluorescence microscopy: Biocompatible molecular rulers are available for the first time to calibrate the latest super-resolution microscopy methods.

Alumnus Dr Christian Seynstahl studied geography at the University of Würzburg. Today, he is head of the location policy and business development department at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

231,000 euros for 19 scientific projects and the Barbara Stamm Memorial Prize endowed with 5,000 euros: this year, the "Forschung hilft" foundation is once again supporting cancer research at the University of Würzburg.