Future aims of UniSysCat

UniSysCat stands for Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We are a Cluster of Excellence uniting biologists, chemists, engineers and physicists with the aim to revolutionize catalysis research. In the next fund period from (2026 - 2032), we plan to realign our research into three interconnected Units that explore catalytic systems of increasing complexity. Our overarching aim is to address urgent societal challenges by developing new catalytic strategies for sustainable chemistry, biotechnology, and medicine. These efforts will be underpinned by advanced analytical and computational technologies developed within the Cluster.

News

Yuwen Wang, PhD student in the BIG-NSE graduate school and group member of Matthias Driess is one of the 45 finalists for the Reaxys PhD Prize 2019. The committee honoured her publication “An Isolable Bis(silylene)-Stabilized…

The project "iGEM-Synthetic Biology" is utilizing different types of bacteria and combining their properties to develop improved biological batteries. The project is hosted by Nediljko Budisa and the UniSysCat Cluster of…

Nediljko Budisa and his team engineer aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) to provide access to the ribosomal incorporation of noncanonical amino acids. The researchers achieved a high-activity enzyme variant for photocaged…

A record number of 25 projects in the "House of Chemistry" filled the “Long Night” program.The Institute of Chemistry and UniSysCat working groups participated with an attractive program.

We are honored to congratulate Peter Hegemann for receiving the Honorary Doctorate Degree from the faculty of biology and pre-clinical medicine of the University Regensburg.

 

3. May, the Clara Immerwahr Award Ceremony took place for Dr. Maria Escudero Escribano, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

UniSysCat researchers have developed hierarchically porous covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for the first time.

We are honored to congratulate Robert Bittl as 2019 Awardee of the Silver Medal in Physics/Materials by the International EPR (ESR) Society

"ENERGY IN MOTION @TU Berlin" is an exhibition in the old library, located on the 3rd floor in TU Berlin´s main building. It deals with present and future aspects of energy production.

Today eleven high-school students participated in the workshop 'The Chemistry Reactor in the Cell - Our research turns living cells into industrial plants'. ”We are delighted about the strong interest in UniSysCat’s research.…

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Consortium

Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat) is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany´s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2008– 390540038