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The graduate student from Würzburg was awarded for the presentation of her work in the field of liquid-crystalline porphyrins at the German Liquid Crystal Conference in 2019.

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At the Hasselt Diamond Workshop SBDD XXIV, one of the most important conferences in the field of diamond research with more than 230 participants and 120 posters, the PhD student from Würzburg was awarded one of the two Diamond Poster Awards for his excellently designed poster and the competent discussion with the jury.

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All participants of the SupraChem 2019 in Würzburg

More than 200 participants met for the fifth edition of SupraChem in Würzburg in February 2019. Besides 27 short lectures and 111 poster contributions by German and European participants, three plenary lectures by internationally renowned scientists were given as true highlights, one of them from the 2016 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart.

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Edmundo Castillo is guest professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry for one year. At the University of Würzburg he is researching new pharmaceutical applications for natural substances.

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Humboldt Research Award winner Antoni Llobet is conducting research at the Center for Nanosystems Chemistry

Chemistry professor Antoni Llobet (Spain) joins the University of Würzburg with a research prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is a worldwide leading expert in the field of oxidative water splitting with sunlight.

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Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

This prestigious distinction has been awarded to Frank Würthner and five other scientists from the University of Würzburg this year. The six faculty members and one researcher honoured as "Citation Laureate" are among the most frequently cited and hence most influential authors in their fields of research.

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Plant-based anticancer drug – ancistrolikokine E3 inhibits the growth and colonization of pancreatic cancer cells. (Pictures: Sévérin Muyisa / Suresh Awale)

Researchers from Würzburg and Toyama have discovered that a compound isolated from tropical rainforest vines inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer cells.

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More than 150 participants attended the 7th conference "Solar Technologies Go Hybrid", organized by the current coordinator of the research network, Prof. Lambert, and his team in October 2018.

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A Top-Notch Chemist

10/01/2018
Dr. Kazunori Sugiyasu received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. (Photos: private / Jakob Dombrowski)

He received a prestigious award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The renowned chemist, Kazunori Sugiyasu, will now join the University of Würzburg to do research with Professor Frank Würthner.

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A new photocatalytic system works like a multitool which separates the bonds in water molecules. (Graphic: C. Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich NIM)

Solar-powered water splitting is a promising means of generating clean and storable energy. A novel catalyst based on semiconductor nanoparticles has now been shown to facilitate all the reactions needed for “artificial photosynthesis”.

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