What's UniSysCat all about?

UniSysCat stands for Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We are a Cluster of Excellence - more than 300 researchers from four universities and four research institutes in the Berlin and Potsdam area - working jointly together on current challenges in the highly relevant field of catalysis.

UniSysCat unites biologists, chemists, engineers and physicists with the aim to revolutionize catalysis research.

News

This year's Clara Immerwahr Award Ceremony will be complemented by a festive symposium for the first time. The events take place on April 10 and 11, guests are very welcome to join!

UniSysCat group leader Beatriz Roldán Cuenya from FHI Berlin was interviewed by the Spanish newspaper “El País” about her research into new catalysts and her commitment to the energy transition.

A study involving five UniSysCat groups sheds light on the assembly of the Fe(CN)2CO fragment of [NiFe]-hydrogenase using sophisticated experimental and theoretical methods - a masterpiece of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Helmut Schwarz receives the prestigious Wolf Prize for Chemistry for solving fundamental problems in catalysis. We warmly congratulate the former member of our predecessor cluster UniCat.

What are the Berlin Clusters of Excellence actually researching? To find this out, from now on, we monthly invite you to a pub quiz at the fahimi bar in Kreuzberg!

On February 5, the UniSysCat research consortium presented its renewal proposal to the German Research Foundation (DFG), as part of the competitive selection process for continued funding under Germany’s Excellence Strategy.

While the evaluations of the Clusters of Excellence are in full swing, the Berliner Morgenpost sheds light on UniSysCat's pioneering research. The article by Andreas Abel was published on February 1.

Today, the very first episode of the new podcast on the “Future of Chemistry and Society”, produced by Nona Schulte-Römer and UniSysCat postdoc Benjamin Steininger, went online.

The Berliner Morgenpost reports on Berlin's chances of positioning itself at the forefront of the transformation of the chemical industry. The article by Joachim Fahrun was published on January 27.

The third issue of the TU magazine “WIR/VIER” about the work of the Berlin University Alliance focuses on the clusters of excellence. Two articles highlight the research and transfer achievements of UniSysCat.

Einzigartiges Ökystem für grüne Chemie in Berlin

Wunderwerk der Natur: ein Enzym, das klima­neutral Energie liefert

Video: Being a researcher

Energie-Zeitenwende: Video with Youtuber Tom Bötticher

Consortium

Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat) is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2008– 390540038