More than 100 natural products scientists came together on October 9, 2015 for a one-day symposium entitled "Natural Products: Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology" – this time already for the 50th meeting. Host of the meeting was (like for the first conference) Prof. Gerhard Bringmann, Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg.

During a symposium in honor of Emil Fischer on October 7 the American Chemical Society’s Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Award was handed over to a very proud President, Prof. Alfred Forchel. This award recognizes the breakthrough publication of Emil Fischer on the structure of sugars in 1891 and designates the University of Würzburg a historic site of chemistry.

The Institute of Organic Chemistry receives one of 2014’s American Chemical Society’s Citation for Chemical Breakthrough awards for the outstanding work of Emil Fischer "About the Configuration of glucose and its isomers".

During the celebration of their 30th anniversary, the Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL) in Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has awarded the honorary doctorate to the natural-products chemist Gerhard Bringmann from Würzburg, Germany.

Frank Würthner recently has become a member of the editorial board of Organic Chemistry Frontiers. He will particularly strengthen the area of functional organic molecules.

Horizon 2020: FET Open project on photocatalysis with diamond under the coordination of Wuerzburg University has been accepted

To give to the Congo a new generation of young professors: That is the aim of the Excellence Scholarship Program BEBUC. Now, again, scholars and new candidates were examined by the international selection committee in the capital Kinshasa. As a result, BEBUC presently supports 165 scholars.

With a dynamic lesson on switchable agents and molecular rotors Ben L. Feringa inspired an attentive audience during the Siegfried-Hünig-Lecture 2015.

Finding new agents against infectious deseases is the main interest of two congolese PhD students from the Institute of Organic Chemistry. Recently, they have been awarded for the presentation of their results.

World renowned chemist Ben L. Feringa was happy to accept the invitation to give this year's Siegfried Hünig Lecture on May, 21st in Würzburg.

Habilitand Dr. Florian Beuerle from the Institute of Organic Chemistry has been awarded with the Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2015.

“Technical infrastructure is a prerequisite for progress"! (University President Alfred Forchel)

Frank Würthner and his group have been successful in their search for new, better materials to produce organic semiconductors. Their latest development has even broken a world record: It is a better electricity conductor than all other comparable materials.

The Institute of Organic Chemistry is becoming more and more attractive to outstanding young scientists from other countries. Consequently, in 2014 the university's press department already portrayed two of them.