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UniSysCat is the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We revolutionize catalysis research by learning from nature. Let's shape the chemistry of tomorrow: green & sustainable. 🌍 https://www.unisyscat.de/
📣 Call for Speakers!
Are you a woman or non-binary scientist ready to share your research with the public? Then, apply to be a speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠
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⏰ Applications close Feb 23
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#WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm
PhD in Berlin? The city offers a broad spectrum of doctoral programs w/ funding opportunities & collaborations w/ research institutions.
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@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social,
@tuberlin.bsky.social, @unipotsdam.bsky.social, @udkberlin.bsky.social
🔬 Wie funktioniert Leben im Innersten? Mit zwei neuen Massenspektrometern (5 Mio. €) kommt die Forschung am #TUBerlin- Fachgebiet #Bioanalytik von Juri Rappsilber diesen Fragen näher. Finanziert zur Hälfte von @dfg.de, sowie durch Mittel von @unisyscat.bsky.social. 👇
At this years Symposium, we interviewed four awardees and asked them about their career paths, their experiences as young researchers in the competitive academic world and their advice for young researchers. Be inspired by their answers: lnkd.in/ebccJH5r
Since 2011, we have annually awarded the Clara Immerwahr Award to an excellent young female scientist for her outstanding research in the field of catalysis. The award is dedicated to Dr. Clara Immerwahr, who was the first woman in Germany to earn a doctorate in Physical Chemistry in 1900.
This is how diverse the laboratories of UniSysCat are! Just as diverse as the labs is the research: we bring together different disciplines of the natural sciences - from #biology, #chemistry, #physics to #materials science & #engineering.
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💚 So amazing that the Chemical Invention Factory is finally being built!! The project is very close to our hearts. We're delighted that it is now taking shape.
🚀We're looking forward to all the innovations that will be created and developed at #CIF and transferred into practical applications.
🚀 Glückwunsch @tuberlin.bsky.social zu diesem Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur europaweit größten Laborinfrastruktur für #Transfer- und Vorgründungsteams im Bereich #GrüneChemie! Wir freuen uns, dass die #CIF auch Teams aus der gesamten #BerlinUAlliance offen stehen wird!
💚 If you want to know more about the research of the Scheerer group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Patrick Scheerer
#catalysis #chemistry #biochemistry #proteins #enzymes #biocatalysis #medicine #xfel #charité
📽️ At X-FELs, scientists capture the motions of samples in snapshots that can be strung together into "molecular movies". Thus, X-FELs are a bit like super magnifying microscopes combined with a camera - really great tools. There are only a handful of such X-FELs in the world!
#scicomm #charité
⚡The photos were taken on a research trip: Andrea and Patrick were in the US conducting experiments at the "SLAC X-FEL" together with an international team from the USA, United Kingdom and Sweden.
SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, X-FEL means X-ray free electron laser.
The #UniSysCat team of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt focuses on understanding how signal transduction of membrane proteins works and how certain enzymes function. To do this, they analyze the structure of these molecules using X-rays.
#spectroscopy #crystallography #charité
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt from #Charité doing?
🧑Scientists from Berlin's University of Medicine in a catalysis research cluster? Yes, of course, they are studying structure and function of proteins and enzymes (biocatalysts).
💚 If you want to know more about the research of Ingo Zebger‘s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
The colorful photos #1 & #2 have been taken by the researcher Dr. Christian Lorent from the group. © Christian Lorent
Photo #3 © UniSysCat / TU Berlin
🦠 Researchers in Ingo Zebger's group at @tuberlin.bsky.social for example study hydrogenase, an enzyme that can split and reassemble #hydrogen gas. Its ability makes it promising for #energy storage in hydrogen-based systems like fuel cells and electrolysers.
#catalysis #chemistry #spectroscopy
Spectroscopists can measure the tiny movements of a molecule, which no human eye can see, using special instruments. And from these measurements, they can draw conclusions about the structure and function of the molecule. These kind of measurements using light are called vibrational #spectroscopy.
💡How does #spectroscopy work?
Molecules like enzymes react to light. For example, they start to move: Light provides the energy needed to cause parts of a molecule vibrate, just as we humans can get energized by eating a piece of glucose and then go out and do sports!
Read more in the next post...
🔎 What is the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Ingo Zebger doing?
⚡They work with light! Ingo Zebger heads the research group “Spectroscopic characterization of metalloproteins” at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They use light to study how enzymes function, the natural catalysts in our body and other organisms.
Don't miss our next UniSysCat colloquium 💚
Feel free to join, just write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link!
More info: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
#anywherechemistry #compchem #catalysis
💚 HEUTE in der fahimi bar: Taucht beim #PubQuiz in die Forschung der 7 Berliner Exzellenzcluster ein. Im Fokus des Quiz steht diesmal #MattersofActivity.
📆 Montag, 8. September 2025, 19 Uhr
📌 fahimi bar, Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin
fahimibar.de/en/fahimi-en...
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/WeaSx
🧪Here you see the use of a "rotating disk electrode". By this setup, fundamental electrochemical investigations on catalysts are possible.
💚If you want to know more about the research of Peter Strasser’s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Kevin Fuchs / UniSysCat
💧Where does the #hydrogen for a fuel cell come from? Green hydrogen can be obtained by #electrolysis: using electricity from renewable energy sources, water is split into hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolyzer. The photo shows an electrolyzer used to test different catalysts for water splitting.
This photo from the Strasser lab @tuberlin.bsky.social shows an experimental setup by which fuel cells can be tested. A fuel cell is an #energy converter: it converts chemical energy into electrical energy, often using hydrogen as the carrier of the chemical energy.
#greenchemistry
⚡Sven Brückner, Pierre Schröer and Carla Coll are preparing samples for UV/Vis spectroscopy. By shining laser light on a sample and measuring its response, they can draw conclusions about the properties and behavior of molecules in the sample, as well as the exact course of chemical reactions.
🔎What is the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Peter Strasser researching?
🧪An age without fossil carbon? That’s the dream of Strasser’s group "Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy and Materials Sciences" at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They study catalysts for clean energy storage and conversion technologies.
📢The next #UniSysCat colloquium is calling, feel free to join: Pedro Reis, machine learning scientist at Bayer, will talk about his work on modelling #proteins
🗓️Sept 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
📍C264 @tuberlin.bsky.social
🤓Please write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/8JbDl
💚 You want to know more about the research of the JointLab BasCat? Then check out their website and don’t hesitate to contact us.
All photos © Christian Kielmann / BasCat
#chemistry #catalysis #energy #sustainability #materialsscience #physics #research #BASF #BasCat @tuberlin.bsky.social
🎛️ #BasCat researcher Dr. Michael Geske and PhD student Mishai Avila Zapata are standing next to a profile reactor in the "Analysis Lab“. The reactor can be used to investigate new catalysts and their performance under various conditions over a longer period of time (under "steady-state conditions").
PhD student Aybike Terzi in the "Catalysis Lab" of #BasCat, standing before her facility Lorelei which she describes with enthusiasm: "Lorelei isn’t just any apparatus… Each measurement isn’t just a data point; it embodies the passion, precision & perseverance at the core of our scientific journey."
🧪 #BasCat has four laboratory areas for different fields of investigations, experiments and applications. Here you see the "Synthesis Lab", BasCat’s largest lab where new materials are designed using state-of-the-art techniques and innovative methodologies. #greenchemistry @tuberlin.bsky.social