“Physical Organic Chemistry of the Genome” is the title of this year’s Siegfried Hünig Lecture on June 7. Prof. Cynthia J. Burrows, internationally renowned chemist at the University of Utah, will give the audience an overview of her highly successful DNA research.

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.

The PhD candidate from Würzburg was awarded one of only two poster prices at the 45th German Liquid Crystal Conference in Luxembourg

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. Xiaobo Hu is awarded a two years research fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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.

A recent review article about exciton transport in molecular aggregates demonstrates the fruitful collaboration between physicists from Bayreuth and chemists from Würzburg

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.

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).

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.

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.

Student representative of the Keylab of “Solar Technology Go Hybrid”, Marcus Schulze, member of the working group of Prof. Frank Würthner,