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Faculty of Science and Medicine

At the Faculty of Science and Medicine of the University of Fribourg, we teach the next generation of scientists and doctors, with a particular focus on life sciences, biomedicine, and nanomaterials. We train them to face the future challenges of our society.

BIOLOGY

Invasive species affect the Global South far more severely than previously thought

Study led by the University of Fribourg corrects previous assumptions about invasive species and points the way towards a new international environmental policy to reduce species extinctions

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INFORMATIC

A More Trustworthy Way to Visualize Complex Data

A new method «EmbedOR» uses geometry to keep clusters in data intact where popular tools quietly fail.

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IMMUNE SYSTEM

New bacterial weapon against the immune system

University of Fribourg researchers discover that hydrogen cyanide, produced by dangerous bacteria, helps the bacteria evade the patients' immune defenses.