A great week at #Chirality2026 🌀 in Santiago de Compostela reminded me why this field never stops surprising me. 💭 I came home with more questions than answers, which is probably the best outcome a conference can offer! Grateful to be part of this community! ✨
Giulia Lavarda
@giulialavarda.bsky.social
Group Leader of the Chiral Supramolecular Systems team at MPI-P (Germany). Into chirality, supramolecular assemblies, conjugated chromophores, optoelectronic functionalities.
☀️ Back from three great days at the Harnack-Haus of the #MaxPlanckSociety in Berlin for the 3rd workshop of the “SignUp! For #Leadership” program, just in time before the heat wave hit Germany.
Join us for PSA 2026! We are excited to announce the Peptide Self-Assembly Conference — From Dynamic Structures to Functional Materials — hosted by MPIP & JGU Mainz. 📍 Mainz, Germany | Aug 10–12, 2026 📅 Abstract deadline: June 10 🔗 Register here: www.psacon2026.com #PSA2026 @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Big congratulations to our PhD student Claudia Kammler for being awarded a doctoral Max Planck Graduate Center #fellowship! 🎉✨ This is a fantastic achievement and very well deserved! 👏 #MPGC #MPIP #MaxPlanck #GraduateCenter #PhD #ProudSupervisor @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Thank you to the E-WISPOC committee for the invitation to Young Wispoc! There is always a fantastic and vibrant atmosphere in Brixen, and it's great to have a space highlighting #young #scientists ✨ #chirality #supramolecular #polymers #chemistry www.ewispoc.com
It was a pleasure to be at #CIQSO last week for a seminar and Jialei Chen Wu #PhDdefense 🎓 Many thanks for the kind invitation and warm welcome! I truly enjoyed learning more about your amazing work and exchanging ideas with the #Organic #Synthesis and #Photochemistry Lab.
Ready for #Chirality2026? 🌟 Registration is officially LIVE! Be part of the conversation in the beautiful Santiago de Compostela. Early bird spots go fast, so make sure to sign up now! 🎟️ Book your place: chirality2026.org/registration/ #Chirality #SantiagoDeCompostela
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🚀 Introducing our group members! ✨ We start with Claudia, who took on the challenge of being the first #PhD candidate in the group and brilliantly passed her 6-month evaluation last December 🎉 Welcome on board, Claudia! We wish you all the very best for your PhD journey!👩🔬⚗️
Registration for SupraChem2026 is open! Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
PhD contract available in the @icmabcsic.bsky.social in my group to work on the synthesis and characterization of New Photosensitisers for Panchromatic Photoisomerization. Retweets appreciated. Candidates please contact me directly.
🌟👩🔬 Proud and honored to join the #Científicas e #Innovadoras platform of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities @cienciagob.bsky.social Thank you #FECYT and #UMyC for this recognition. cientificasinnovadoras.fecyt.es/cientificas/... #womeninSTEM #GENAM @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Honored to receive the 2025 #YoungResearcher Award 🏅 from the @rseq-quimica.bsky.social and truly grateful for the chance to share my research at the XXI Symposium of Young Chemical Researchers of the #RSEQ and be part of such a vibrant community. 👩🔬🧪 Congrats to all the awardees! 👏 #JIQ #GENAM
Thank you @icmabcsic.bsky.social for organizing such an inspiring event and for the superb hospitality! I truly enjoyed connecting with ICMAB scientists and colleagues across the #MaterialsScience community 🤝🔬 #ScienceCommunity #ICMAB #FutureLeaders #CSIC
We’ve wrapped up the first edition of the #FutureLeaders in Materials Science program! Four days full of research, inspiration, and discussions about the future of materials science. Thanks to everyone for making it a success! 🌟 🔗 icmab.es/first-editio... #ConvocatoriasAEI
It felt very special to be back at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where I started my own PhD ten years ago, to take part in the PhD defense of Miguel Martínez García.
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Excited to have been selected for the @icmabcsic.bsky.social’s Materials Science #FutureLeaders program!🎇 Looking forward to four days of training, networking, and exchanging ideas in #MaterialsScience 🌍 Grateful to ICMAB-CSIC for this amazing opportunity #ICMAB #ShapingTheFuture
🔥 Last call! Young researchers, are you ready to lead the future of #MaterialsScience? 🌍 4 days in Barcelona 🤝 Training, networking & career boost ✨ Share your vision at @icmabcsic.bsky.social 📅 Apply by Sept 4 → icmab.es/shaping-the-... #FutureLeaders #ICMAB #YoungResearchers
Impressions from this week MPIP-JGU-TUe Mini Symposium at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research🧪📸 Inspiring atmosphere and great exchanges with colleagues from Eindhoven and Mainz! @mpip-mainz.mpg.de @weilgroup.bsky.social #SupramolecularChemistry #ScienceExchange #TUe #JGU #MPIP
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Great talks and discussions at yesterday’s MPIP-JGU-TUe Mini Symposium hosted by @weilgroup.bsky.social at @mpip-mainz.mpg.de with colleagues from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social It was a pleasure to bring our communities together for a day of science and exchange!
We are very excited for today's Mini Symposium together with our guests from TU Eindhoven and JGU Mainz! www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038... Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions! Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!
17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck scientists! This puts the Max Planck Society at the top of the European ranking. mpg.de/25324951/erc... Congratulations to all grantees 🎉👏 #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu
17 ERC Starting Grants for Max Planck
In 2025, the Max Planck Society received 17 Starting Grants from the ERC. This puts the MPG at the top of the European ranking.
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Our review on the applications of supramolecular chemistry just out in @chemsocrev.rsc.org Written with my Chemistry academic family 😁 Thanks to all involved pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025
Supramolecular chemistry is a rapidly evolving field that has focused on building a foundation of fundamental understanding in controlling molecular self-assembly, through the use of non-covalent inte...
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
Cheers to Kaithlyn on completing her BSc thesis defense with flying colors! 🥳 We are so proud of your achievements and the dedication you have shown. Looking forward to see where your resilience and passion will bring you ✨ #BSc #proudsupervisor #supramolecular #chemistry
Today, Dr. Yingke Wu, group leader of our Nanodiamond group, gave a wonderful lecture on Carbon Materials as part of the MPIP Lecture Series "Advanced Soft Matter Science." Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials! @mpip-mainz.mpg.de @yingkewu.bsky.social
This month we were happy to welcome Marko Beslać, coming all the way from @tue.nl to @mpip-mainz.mpg.de for a short stay to dive into the advanced spectroscopic characterization of supramolecular systems 🧬🔬 Great to see young minds exploring big ideas! #Supramolecular #Chemistry #Chirality
🎓 Applications open for the first Carsten Schmuck PhD Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry!
Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply! www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
Scientists at the MPI-P and global partners have developed a new type of air filter using a liquid coating to trap even nanoscale particles – just like mucus in the nose. 🌬️ The result: better air quality, less energy use, and a big step toward smarter filtration. 🌍 www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/en/pm2025-19
Am 8. Juli wurde der Max-Planck-Campus Mainz feierlich eröffnet. Im Fokus: die neu gegründete Liquids-Initiative. Beteiligt sind das MPI für Polymerforschung, @mpic.de und das Max Planck Graduate Center mit der @unimainz.bsky.social 🧪🌍 #MaxPlanckCampus #LiquidsInitiative #Forschung #Mainz