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Prof. Michael R. Wasielewski

Prof. Michael R. Wasielewski will give the first CNC lecture of the winter 2012/13 semester. The title is "Artificial Photosynthesis: Solar Fuels to Address Global Energy Needs"

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G. Bringmann

Bringmann’s contributions to science and his continued dedication to reviving Congolese universities were recently recognized in the form of The Congolese Medal of Merits in gold, his appointment as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and an invitation to the Federal President’s garden party.

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The Catholic University of Graben in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has awarded the honorary doctorate to Gerhard Bringmann from the University of Würzburg for his outstanding scientific work and particularly for the Excellence Scholarship System BEBUC, which he initiated together with his Congolese colleague Virima Mudogo.

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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seibel

Professor Seibel has been awarded a DuPont Young Professor Award for his promising research on enzymatic preparation of prebiotic oligosaccharides. He is the only non-US citizen to be awarded in 2012.

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Blaise Pascal Kimbadi Lombe, Jean-Pierre Mufusama Koy-Sita and Dieudonné Tshitenge Tshitenge

For the first time, three BEBUC scholars from the partner university of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Democratic Republic of the Congo, are guest students at the University of Würzburg. The scholarship program BEBUC has been initiated by Professor Bringmann, chair of Organic Chemistry I, and his African partner Prof. Mudogo.

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Light and Matter

05/02/2012

Chemists and physicists at the Center for Nanosystems Chemistry have initiated a new collaboration at the University of Würzburg. The aim of their work is to design and produce novel materials with tailored properties for efficient interaction with light. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the new Research Unit (Forschergruppe) with 2.3 million € over the next three years.

 

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A. Muck

Axel Muck was awarded "Best Apprentice in the Region Würzburg/Schweinfurt", and Dr. Alfons Ledermann was honoured for his outstanding commitment to apprentice training.

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Prof. Hünig with wife and Prof. Reetz

Professor Siegfried Hünig's 90th birthday was celebrated on May 20th with an impressive gathering of scientists from all over the country. The testimonial lecture given by Professor Manfred Reetz turned out to be the initiation of the annual "Sigfried Hünig Lecture" which is funded by donations.

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The levansucrase synthesizes the polysaccharide levan from fructosyl units. Shown are the amino acids participating in the synthesis and their functions. (grafics: Seibel group)

The group of Jürgen Seibel and researchers from Brunswick have discovered how a particular enzyme synthesizes natural large sugar molecules. With this knowledge, they can now produce tailor-made sugars, which are known as prebiotics.

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Prof. Lehmann

Matthias Lehmann has been appointed to the new professorship of organic materials. Actually, Lehmann is not really new to the University of Würzburg, which he joined already in October 2010 as a Heisenberg-fellow and junior research group leader.

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S. Stahl receiving her award

Sabine Stahl, former apprentice in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, received an award for the best exam in 2010 from Claus Bolza-Schünemann, president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).

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Dr. G. Fernández

Gustavo Fernández, currently postdoc with Professor Frank Würthner, is granted the highly prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award , which allows him to set up his own research group.

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