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Candida auris, a fungus that is life-threatening to humans, has spread rapidly across the globe. Researchers at the University of Würzburg suspect this may be due to rising temperatures.

The work of Nobel Laureate Georg Nagel benefits not only medicine but also plant research. His long-standing colleagues in Würzburg – Dietmar Geiger, Kai Konrad and Dirk Becker – explain why.

On Monday, Georg Nagel was awarded the Nobel Prize; on Tuesday, he was honoured at the Biozentrum. Confetti cannons went off, even though Nagel himself was unable to attend.

Würzburg Professor Georg Nagel (73) has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries in optogenetics. He conducted research at JMU for more than 20 years.

Georg Nagel, a researcher at the University of Würzburg’s Biocenter, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Tropilaelaps mite has reached Turkey, thereby crossing the border into Europe. Experts have now been discussing in North Macedonia how this dangerous bee mite can be contained.