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Important progress for RNA research: A team led by Würzburg chemistry professor Claudia Höbartner has discovered a new ribozyme that can label RNA molecules in living cells.

The internationally renowned Shanghai Ranking rates the University of Würzburg among the 300 best research-intensive universities in the world and among the top 19 in Germany.

Experiencing history up close and personal - that's what you can do on 23 September at a reading evening organised by the University of Würzburg in Castell. Some letters of the local Arnoldt carpenter family will be read aloud.

After the complete tumour resection, not all patients with an adrenocortical carcinoma require the previous standard therapy Mitotane. Professors Martin Fassnacht and Massimo Terzolo show this in a clinical trial.

In the form of DNA, nature shows how data can be stored in a space-saving and long-term manner. Würzburg's chair of bioinformatics is developing DNA chips for computer technology.

More cooperating businesses, higher funding, a new partner within the university: BigData@Geo is going into the second round and wants to use climate data to create concrete recommendations for action for businesses with a connection to nature.

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as Würzburg researchers have discovered.

Together with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Würzburg biology professor Chaitanya S. Gokhale has developed a mathematical model on population dynamics and evolution of herbicide resistance in perennial weeds.

Carlos Talavera-López has recently been appointed junior professor of systems immunology at the University of Würzburg. His special focus is on the processes inside the cell. For this, he relies on deep learning methods.

The Else Kröner Center for Advanced Medical & Medical Humanitarian Studies Würzburg-Mwanza started work in mid-2020. Its good performance has now been confirmed by an interim report.

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.

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.