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The Würzburg cancer researcher Martin Eilers.

Another ERC Advanced Grant for Martin Eilers

For the second time, Würzburg cancer researcher Professor Martin Eilers has received one of the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants. The award is endowed with 2.5 million euros.

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Argentine ant workers with brood on a plant leaf.

How Sneaky Fungi Hide From Ants

Scientists from Austria and Germany show that pathogenic fungi are adapting to social health care measures by ants.

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A Starting Grant in 2017, now a Consolidator Grant: Elmar Wolf has now raised several million euros in third-party funding for his research projects.

Eliminating the partners of cancer

Elmar Wolf has been on the hunt for new therapies for a type of pancreatic cancer and has been awarded a two million euro ERC Consolidator Grant for this.

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Stimulation of the Venus flytrap by touch triggers electrical signals and calcium waves. The calcium signature is decoded; this causes the trap to shut quickly. The DYSC mutant has lost the ability to read and decode the calcium signature correctly.

Mutant with Counting Disability

The newly discovered dyscalculia mutant of the Venus flytrap has lost its ability to count electrical impulses. Würzburg researchers reveal the cause of the defect.

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