Inspiring future scientists 🔬✨ 12 students spent 5 days at our summer camp, gaining hands-on research experience, exploring cutting-edge science and working with our researchers. 🫶 Thank you to all who made this inspiring week possible! More: www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience

Great cooperation on a highly interesting topic!

Check out or joint work with the Erpenbeck lab on fluorescence lifetime imaging of membrane tension. Beautiful data that shows that mechanical properties and processes are highly important in biology. @solvationsci.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @ruhr-uni-bochum.de tinyurl.com/yrntes73

Great to see three RESOLV Groups publishing jointly in this prestigious magazine. Congratulations!

1/4 Check out our work with the Sulpizi and Havenith labs @nature.com. We show that light can slow down diffusion of small objects (carbon nanotubes), find a THz signature for it in the water and support it by simulations. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @solvationsci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌍🔬 Our Summer School brought more than 100 participants from over 20 countries to Bochum for 4 days full of lectures, hands-on lab practicals, career talks and networking. 🫶 A big thank you to all who made this Summer School such an inspiring experience. More: www.solvation.de/news/current...

🌍 Spring Onboarding 2026 RESOLV welcomed new international members to introduce the program and offer the opportunity to meet new colleagues. Highlight of the day: a visit to Zeche Zollverein and a shared dinner. Welcome to RESOLV! ✨ #SolvationScience #iGSS #iMOS www.solvation.de/news/current...

🚀 Take your research beyond the classroom! Get the chance to win a fully funded 3-month research stay in Germany. ➡️ Apply by 1st June for our Student Challenge: www.solvation.de/education/st... Open to Master & PhD students (natural sciences, medical sciences, or engineering). #SolvationScience

I have recently started my independent research at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de as part of the RESOLV excellence cluster @solvationsci.bsky.social and have openings for Bachelor, Master, and PhD students! Check out my website below: forschung.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/hanna-hin...

RESOLV welcomes new ECR Group Leaders In the past weeks Dr. Hanna Hinrika Cramer and Dr. Guanqi Qiu have joined the RESOLV Team. We wish them both continued success and a rewarding experience in their new roles. Read more: www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience #SolvationScience

🔬✨ Girls’ Day at RESOLV ✨🔬 18 girls became scientists for a day at our labs and got a taste of real research – discovering that chemistry and physics can be exciting. Maybe we’ll meet some of you in the future again – as young scientists! 🚀 www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience

If you are interested in near infrared (NIR) absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy: Here is a a simple, low cost instruction. tinyurl.com/44k6xj53 You can also equip It with a xy stage controller for high throughput screenings. Congrats to Krisko. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @solvationsci.bsky.social

200+ guests joined us to launch our 3rd funding period! 🎉 From inspiring talks to cutting-edge solvation science, we’re excited for the next 7 years driving sustainable chemistry and innovation. 🚀 Read more: www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience © Photos: RUB, Marquard & RESOLV

🚀 A flagship project and strong momentum for sustainable chemistry: The Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability was opened in Bochum in the presence of Science Minister Ina Brandes. Read more: news.rub.de/english/2026... #SolvationScience © Photos: RUB, Marquard

“Jugend forscht” participants at RESOLV 🔬✨ Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming around 80 students as part of the NRW “Jugend forscht” competition, held this year at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Read more: www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience #JugendForscht © Photos: Maren Meyer

Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes hat das Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability im Ruhrgebiet eröffnet. Internationale Top-Leute forschen hier an Lösungen für die Chemie von morgen. Zugleich feierte @solvationsci.bsky.social den Auftakt seiner dritten Förderperiode.

🌳Welcoming international guests and networking in the countryside 🌳 This week, the RESOLV community gathered for their annual retreat for listening to inspiring talks and networking. Many thanks to our special guests Klaus Engel, Andrew Zahrt, King Kouk Hii and Robert Franke. #SolvationScience

Congrats to Christina on her work in ACS Sensors. She developed a new biofunctionalization strategy for biosensors to detect CRP in human serum, which is an important biomarker for inflammation. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @solvationsci.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Detection of C-Reactive Protein in Serum with Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensors

The human immune system is central in the defense against pathogens but is also involved in autoimmune diseases. Inflammatory processes are orchestrated by biomolecules, including the inflammation mar...

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🌟 Celebrating diversity in science 🌟 We welcomed inspiring speakers and 50 guests for discussions on empathy in science, DEI in academia and industry, and unconscious bias. 🫶Thank you to all participants. We look forward to 2027! Read more: www.solvation.de/news/current... #SolvationScience

Celebrating diversity in science

One of RESOLV’s cardinal principles is fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and respect. It is our mission to cultivate a climate of belonging and create an environment where everyone can thrive.

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🌊🎧 Did you know we can hear polymer-water interactions? Researchers from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign turned PNIPAM’s collapse into sound, revealing water’s role. A new way to ‘see’ molecular changes! Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #SolvationScience

"Think.Try.Transform" RESOLV spokesperson Martina Havenith meets former RUB rector Elmar Weiler on the new podcast of Ruhr Innovation Lab. The two researchers explain how an idea became a cross-university research cluster and how it works. thinktrytransform-der-podcast.podigee.io/2-vom-antrag...

Start of RESOLV’s third funding period With the beginning of the new year, the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV has officially started its third funding period (2026 to 2032) with new Research Areas. Learn more about our new Research Areas: www.solvation.de/research #SolvationScience

Our next step applying non-statistical self-assembly to ⚡️light-driven charge separation in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! Donors and acceptors in heteroleptic coordination cages, electrochemistry, time-resolved spectroscopy! @grk2376.bsky.social @solvationsci.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Research opportunities for researchers at risk RESOLV supports at-risk researchers who can no longer pursue their work in their home countries due to persecution or violence. You can apply at any time. Details how to apply can be found here: www.solvation.de/education/re... #SolvationScience

Congrats to Juliana! She measures in ACS Nano the rate constants of nanosensors on the single molecule level. She found two kinetic pathways and one can use this knowledge for Kinetically Improved Sensor Selectivity (KISS). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de tinyurl.com/738ypxf9

Kinetic Insights Into Carbon Nanotube-Based Neurotransmitter Sensors by Single Molecule Experiments

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are powerful building blocks for near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent biosensors. They can be chemically tailored to detect specific biomolecules. Their performance ...

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Check out Valeriia's elegant photochemistry approach in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social to incorporate quantum defects in nanomaterials without compromising quantum yield or making later biofunctionalization more challenging. Congrats! lnkd.in/eaxaECt6 @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Right in time for X-mas 🎄: find #JustAccepted in @jacs.acspublications.org how @shingkwam.bsky.social stuffs crown ether-decorated Pd2L4 cages with cations and anions at the same time! Happy Holidays! @tu-dortmund.de @solvationsci.bsky.social @grk2376.bsky.social doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

🎄 Season's Greetings 🎄 We did it again! This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team. Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions. Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026. 🚀 We wish you all the best and a successful new year! 🍀

Check out Björn's cool insights into near infrared signals from photosensitizers. It is correlated but does not origin from singlet oxygen. The signal is present in all samples we looked at (labeled vesicles, plants,...). @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de tinyurl.com/5dvsrnde

NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes visits RESOLV Last week, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture and Science visited us. A laboratory tour and discussions with our scientists provided insights into solvation research and plans for speeding up the transfer of research results into practice.

Academia meets industry Yesterday, we welcomed around 100 scientists and company representatives to celebrate the World Science Day for Peace and Development at our annual networking event. This year’s focus: young researchers and career opportunities in industry. #SolvationScience #WorldScienceDay

New opportunity for Early Career Researchers! 🚀 Our Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) and DAAD offer again two PhD scholarships for international doctoral students. ❗Complete your application by December 7, 2025! ➡️ More information: www.solvation.de/career/gradu...