Tom Beneke, a researcher from Würzburg, has received an ERC Starting Grant for his work on the tropical disease leishmaniasis. This prestigious European research award is worth 1.5 million euros.

How are butterflies in the Alps responding to rising temperatures? A University of Würzburg study shows that species with a poor capacity to regulate their body temperature are particularly likely to shift to higher elevations.

Sparking children’s curiosity about molecular biology: that is the aim set by researchers at the NUCLEATE Cluster of Excellence. They welcomed primary school pupils to the Biozentrum.

The DFG is providing 2.2 million euros for Tom Beneke’s Emmy Noether Junior Research Group at the University of Würzburg. He is investigating how Leishmania parasites, transmitted by sand flies, spread throughout the body.