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Professor Frank Würthner

Frank Würthner has been awarded an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council worth EUR 2.5 million. He wants to use the money to push the conversion of solar energy to fuel.

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[Translate to Englisch:] Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

The Institute of Chemistry of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan honors Frank Würthner, nominating him as the recipient of the “Ta-shue Chou Lectureship Award” and inviting him to Taipeh.

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Prof. Dr. Claudia Höbartner

Claudia Höbartner, since July 2017 Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Würzburg, explores the blueprint of life – the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

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Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner

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

 

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Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and Jean-Pierre Mufusama

The German foundation Else‐Kröner‐Fresenius‐Stiftung has again granted the support of the Excellence

Scholarship Program BEBUC for the next three years. The aim of the project is to recognize brilliant talents in the Congo and to promote them on their way to a professorship.

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sugar molecule lands on tumor protein

Scientists from Würzburg have synthesized a complex sugar molecule which specifically binds to the tumor protein Galectin-1. This could help to recognize tumors at an early stage and to combat them in a targeted manner.

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For the first time after decades, a scientist from the Congo was present at the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau: Blaise Kimbadi Lombe, a PhD student of chemistry from the University of Würzburg. This may be considered as a further success of the BEBUC Excellence Scholarship Program.

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Moritz Dechant in front of his poster

PhD candidate Moritz Dechant was awarded one of three poster prices for his outstanding poster design and the clear discussion at the European Conference on Liquid Crystals (ECLC).

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Prof. Dr. Claudia Höbartner

After 30 very successful years of research on the chemistry of natural products, the Chair of Organic Chemistry I will tackle new scientific challenges: Functionalising nucleic acids for labelling, detection and visualization of biomolecules.

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From May 25 to 28 Prof. Gerhard Bringmann and his partner Prof. Virima Mudogo will present their Excellence Scholarship Programme BEBUC at this year's Africa Festival, the largest and oldest festival for African music and culture in Europe.

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[Translate to Englisch:] Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner und Prof. Dr. Jörg Hacker

Prof. Frank Würthner has been elected member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Both academies are thus honouring Würthner’s outstanding scientific achievements.

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