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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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Dr. M. Lehmann

On October, 1st Matthias Lehmann moved from the Chemnitz University of Technology to the University of Würzburg, where he finds best conditions for continuing his research on soft, organised materials and liquid crystals. This step forward is supported by a Heissenberg fellowship which allows him to establish a new research group in Würzburg.

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Dr. F. Beuerle

Florian Beuerle is inspired by the idea of developing novel chemical systems for potential materials applications and has now chosen the Institute of Organic Chemistry in Würzburg to establish his own junior research group.

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cover page "Angewandte"

By means of molecular and crystal engineering Frank Würthner and co-workers obtained high-performance organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on a highly electron-poor octachloroperylene diimide.

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P. K. Sahu

Prabhat K. Sahu, post-doc at the Institute of Organic Chemistry (research group of Prof. Engels), was awarded the poster prize at the 2nd Indo-German Symposium on "Modeling Chemical and Biological (Re)Activity" held in Wildbad Kreuth.

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ARWU-Logo

The “Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009” (“Shanghai Ranking”), a highly regarded research ranking of the 400 best universities worldwide, puts Würzburg’s chemistry department in second place among all German universities and in 37th place worldwide.

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Cover "Nature Chemistry"

The cover of the November issue of "Nature Chemistry" shows water-soluble perylene bisimide vesicles that have been developed in the Institute of Organic Chemistry.

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S. Luff receiving her award

Stefanie Luff, former apprentice in the Institute of Organic Chemistry, received an award for the best exam in 2009 from Claus Bolza-Schünemann, president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK).

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Arne Homann, PhD student at the institute of organic chemistry (supervisor Prof. Seibel), was awarded the poster prize at the 15th european carbohydrate symposium held in Vienna.

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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Seibel

Jürgen Seibel has been appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Würzburg. He succeeds Carsten Schmuck who left the institute in summer 2008.

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