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Future aims of UniSysCat

UniSysCat stands for Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We are a Cluster of Excellence uniting biologists, chemists, engineers and physicists with the aim to revolutionize catalysis research. In the next fund period from (2026 - 2032), we plan to realign our research into three interconnected Units that explore catalytic systems of increasing complexity. Our overarching aim is to address urgent societal challenges by developing new catalytic strategies for sustainable chemistry, biotechnology, and medicine. These efforts will be underpinned by advanced analytical and computational technologies developed within the Cluster.

News

UniSysCat is happy to welcome Ariane Nunes Alves as a new member of UniSysCat! She will start as a junior group leader at Technische Universität Berlin.

On July 20th, the Humboldtforum in Berlin opened its doors for the public. UniSysCat is part of the opening exhibition "Nach der Natur" in Humboldtlabor.

Omar M. Yaghi from UC Berkeley receives this year's Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award for his excellent pioneering research in the field of reticular chemistry.

The ISE-Elsevier Prize for Experimental Electrochemistry 2021 goes to UniSysCat member Prof. Dr. Beatriz Roldán Cuenya for her outstanding achievements in the field.

Four UniSysCat groups and one Einstein visiting fellow applied in a proof of concept study a new experimental setup for the characterization of reaction intermediates in [NiFe] hydrogenase, which was chosen as hot paper.

A team featuring the UniSysCat groups of Walid Hetaba, Reinhard Schomäcker and Arne Thomas successfully synthesized multifunctional catalysts with a controllable distance between their active sites - a key goal of UniSysCat.

The Einstein Foundation's magazine "Albert No. 6 - Catalysis" introducing the work of several UniSysCat researchers has been awarded three publishing prices. Congratulations!

UniSysCat member Prof. Oestreich receives the WACKER silicone award in recognition of his pioneering work in the field of organic and organosilicon chemistry.

A research team around UniSysCat group leaders Prof. Matthias Driess and Prof. Robert Schlögl has found that direct seawater splitting for hydrogen production has substantial drawbacks compared to the conventional approach.

"The joint project CatLab shall revolutionize the world of catalysis." With these heavy words, CatLab, the new catalysis research center in Berlin, was inaugurated on June 21, 2021.

Video: What's UniSysCat all about?

The Synthesizer Podcast about the transformation of chemistry

Einzigartiges Ökystem für grüne Chemie in Berlin

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