Researchers at the University of Bayreuth are working to understand the regulatory functions of noncoding RNAs. This expands the foundations of neuroscience and provides valuable insight into the plasticity of the nervous system.
Harnessing sunlight for a cleaner tomorrow: Five Bavarian universities unite in "SolTech" to pioneer next-gen solar energy technologies—from green hydrogen to hybrid systems—for a sustainable global energy future.
Scientists at the University of Bayreuth are conducting cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in biofabrication. The high-tech processes they are developing open up new possibilities for biomedical therapies.
Scientists at the University of Bayreuth are investigating how extreme weather events affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Together with their international partners, they study the local impacts of global climate change.
At the University of Bayreuth, academia and industry have partnered to form the TADFlife innovative training network. Together, they are working to develop sustainable technologies by improving the lifetime and energy efficiency of blue OLEDs.
The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the British Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are funding a new German-British research project by Dr. Ken Chitwood (University of Bayreuth) and Dr Kholoud Al-Ajarma (University of Edinburgh). Their project, "The Global Landscapes of Muslim Lives: Latin American and Caribbean Intersections" examines Muslim life in regions that have been largely overlooked in global Islamic studies to date.
For the first time in Germany, a digitally supported motion analysis of a Paralympic national team is being conducted under the leadership of the University of Bayreuth: Prof. Dr. Franz Konstantin Fuss, Chairholder of Biomechanics at the University of Bayreuth, together with his former Master’s student Lena Bäumker – now a research associate – are equipping the wheelchairs of the men’s and women’s national basketball teams with sensors that provide insights into performance and training optimisation. The project is funded by the Federal Institute of Sport Science with over €130,000.
An international research team led by the University of Bayreuth has developed an innovative method for producing green hydrogen directly from seawater – without the use of additional reagents. The researchers report their groundbreaking findings in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Rapid population growth is driving sweeping land use changes that have become the chief cause of species decline on Mount Kilimanjaro. These are the findings of an international research team led by the University of Bayreuth, published in the scientific journal PLOS One.
For his outstanding research work in systems theory, Bayreuth mathematician Dr. Andrii Mironchenko has been awarded this year's von Kaven Honorary Award by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
