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Section of adrenal cancer tissue under a microscope. The blue areas are the cell nuclei, and the cytoplasm is stained purple. (Figure: University Hospital Würzburg)

Cancer researchers in Würzburg, in cooperation with the international Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, have identified new genetic drivers of adrenal cancer. Würzburg was the center of coordination of the European scientists.

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Virtual reality is one topic of many.

Starting with winter semester 2016, the University of Würzburg will offer the Bachelor’s program “Games Engineering” for the first time. It provides the scientific and technical knowledge required for the development of computer games that fulfil current and future standards.

 

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Scanning electron micrograph of S.aureus

Staphylococcus aureus usually is a formidable bacterial pathogen. Sometimes, however, weakened forms are found in the blood of patients. Researchers of the University of Würzburg have now identified one mutation responsible for that phenomenon.

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Awards ceremony in Berlin: Professor Sergio Montenegro (centre) and Tobias Mikschl with Wolfgang Scheremet from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (right) and Gerd Gruppe and Franziska Zeitler, both from the DLR Space Administration.

A satellite whose components are not connected through electric cables but miniaturised radio modules: This innovation has earned two computer scientists from the University of Würzburg the first place in the INNOspace Masters competition.

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