Press Releases

For four years, the University of Würzburg was involved in a Bavarian research network that investigated the healthy use of digital technologies and media. ForDigitHealth is now presenting its results.

Making small and medium-sized enterprises more resilient and efficient through automation: This is the focus of a new 1.4 million euro project by Professors Johannes Hewig and Axel Winkelmann.

Making researching doctors familiar with the latest technologies in immunology: This is what happens in the TWINSIGHT college. The Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung is funding it for another three years.

Acute lung failure is life-threatening - especially if it is accompanied by an excessive immune reaction. Researchers at the University Medical Centre Würzburg have now discovered how this reaction can be suppressed.

The Faculty of Medicine's Albert Kölliker Teaching Award is endowed with 10,000 euros. It went to the interprofessional team from the University Hospital's Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.

Alumnus Philipp Roth studied Human-Computer Systems at the University of Würzburg. He now works for a digital media agency and deals with conceptual issues before a project is realised.

Women and men react differently to stress and strain. These are the results of an investigation from the first year of the Corona pandemic carried out by a team from the University and the University Hospital Würzburg.

Female physicists from all over the world will meet for a three-day workshop of the Grete Hermann Network starting Monday, July 31 at the University of Würzburg.

The Biocenter of the University of Würzburg awards the Marcella Boveri Prize 2023 to ecologist Sarah Redlich, a researcher in Professor Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter's Chair of Zoology III.

One of the most important international space prizes is going to Würzburg: Professor Klaus Schilling will receive the Malina Medal 2023 for his outstanding achievements in space research and education.

Physicists at the University of Würzburg have succeeded in making a new imaging technique ready for use on humans. Radioactive markers and radiation are not necessary for this.

The Würzburg football team from the University and the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences wins the title at the European University Football Championships in Albania. A success based above all on great team spirit.

Social media play an important role in users' perception of the ideal body - often leading them in an unhealthy direction. Researchers at the University of Würzburg have investigated how this can be counteracted.

The Chair of European Ethnology of Professor Michaela Fenske invites you to an international conference on Environmental Humanities research at the beginning of August.

There is news from the immune system: Dendritic cells migrate in a network along the outside of blood vessels. Local cytokines keep this dynamic network stable.