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.
Four UniSysCat groups jointly elucidated the coupling of the reactivities of two physiologically unrelated enzymes in solution by theory and spectroscopy to achieve hydrogen-driven formate production and the reverse reaction.
UniSysCat researcher Benjamin Steininger in GEO 1/2025: “We don't just have oil in our tanks, we also have it in our minds”. The journal is until mid January on stock at almost every German kiosk or train station.
Using sophisticated operando spectroscopy a team around UniSysCat group leader Beatriz Roldán Cuenya from the FHI Berlin gains insights into the function of a nickel-based catalyst of great potential for the reduction of CO2.
A stele was erected in Steglitz-Zehlendorf to commemorate Clara Immerwahr, the first woman in Germany to receive a doctorate in physical chemistry. In Immerwahr's honor, UniSysCat annually awards young female scientists.
A team of four scientists, including UniSysCat group leader Peter Saalfrank from the University of Potsdam, was awarded an ERC Synergy Grant for their project IRASTRO, that is dedicated to interstellar astrochemical research.
