📣 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 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠 📍 Holzmarkt | 🗓 June 28 ⏰ Applications close Feb 23 👉 Apply now! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm
UniSysCat
@unisyscat.bsky.social
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/
PhD in Berlin? The city offers a broad spectrum of doctoral programs w/ funding opportunities & collaborations w/ research institutions. www.doctoral-programs.de/welcome @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. 👇
Neue Messgeräte revolutionieren die Erforschung des Lebens
DFG übernimmt die Hälfte der Anschaffungskosten für Massenspektrometer an der TU Berlin
tu.berlin
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. Follow us for more photos and stories from #UniSysCat 💚
💚 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.
⚗️ Startschuss für die Chemical Invention Factory (CIF) an der #TUBerlin. Auf dem Campus Charlottenburg entsteht Europas größte Laborinfrastruktur für #GrüneChemie. Ab 2027 forschen hier bis zu 12 Teams zu marktfähigen Produkten, Forschungspat*innen können aus @berlinualliance.bsky.social kommen.
🚀 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!
⚗️ Startschuss für die Chemical Invention Factory (CIF) an der #TUBerlin. Auf dem Campus Charlottenburg entsteht Europas größte Laborinfrastruktur für #GrüneChemie. Ab 2027 forschen hier bis zu 12 Teams zu marktfähigen Produkten, Forschungspat*innen können aus @berlinualliance.bsky.social kommen.
🔎 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).
🔎 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
🔎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
🔎 What are the researchers in #BasCat – UniCat BASF JointLab doing? 🌍 BasCat is a laboratory at @tuberlin.bsky.social founded in 2011 by the Cluster of Excellence #UniCat together with @basfde.bsky.social. The lab is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on sustainable chemistry.
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Reinhard Schomäcker and Prof. Michael Schwarze doing? 🧪 In the group "Reaction Engineering" at @tuberlin.bsky.social everything is about developing and optimizing chemical reactions to make them sustainable and efficient. #greenchemistry
Construction of the new research center for #optobiology is beginning! We are delighted that @humboldtuni.bsky.social & Charité will gain this extraordinary competence center for #photobiology & optical #neurobiology with #optogenetics & #microscopy. 🧬🔬💡
Spatenstich für den Forschungsneubau Optobiologie an der #HumboldtUni. Gemeinsam mit der Charité und der @berlinualliance.bsky.social entsteht ein Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Spitzenforschung. Auf rund 3.800 m² entstehen Laborflächen für 110 Wissenschaftler*innen 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachri...
📢 The #UniSysCat summer #newsletter is out now! We are pleased to keep you updated about the latest research highlights, current news and events from our cluster of excellence. #catalysis #chemistry #research 🌐 Feel free to download it from our website or subscribe: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
🔎What is the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Peter Hegemann doing? 🧬Peter Hegemann is professor of "Experimental Biophysics" at @humboldtuni.bsky.social. His team is doing research on photoreceptor proteins with the aim to find out how these can sense light and react to it. #optogenetics #biophysics
🌍Können wir mit #Chemie die Welt retten? 💪Auf jeden Fall kann, muss und wird die Chemie dazu beitragen unsere Welt nachhaltiger zu machen! 💡Im Podcast #exzellenterklaert beschreiben zwei Experten von #UniSysCat wie wir mit viel Innovationsgeist und Mut zur Veränderung die #Chemiewende schaffen.
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Peter Neubauer doing? 🌿Peter Neubauer leads the "Bioprocess Engineering" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social. His team is researching how renewable resources can be converted into valuable products with biotechnological methods. #sustainability
Bakterien als Klimaschützer? 🌍 Forschende von @unisyscat.bsky.social der #HumboldtUni, @tuberlin.bsky.social & @unipotsdam.bsky.social zeigen wie nickelhaltige Enzyme als Vorbild für nachhaltige Katalysatoren dienen könnten 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachri...
🌱⚗️ Forschungserfolg im Verbund: Erstmals zeigt ein Team von @unisyscat.bsky.social/ @humboldtuni.bsky.social & #TUBerlin, wie Nickel-Ionen CO₂ spalten & in CO umwandeln. Die Ergebnisse haben Potenzial für den Klimaschutz & Grüne Chemie. @berlinualliance.bsky.social 💪⬇️
🌱⚗️ Forschungserfolg im Verbund: Erstmals zeigt ein Team von @unisyscat.bsky.social/ @humboldtuni.bsky.social & #TUBerlin, wie Nickel-Ionen CO₂ spalten & in CO umwandeln. Die Ergebnisse haben Potenzial für den Klimaschutz & Grüne Chemie. @berlinualliance.bsky.social 💪⬇️
Durchbruch in der Katalyse-Forschung: mit Nickel CO2 spalten
Uralter Mechanismus in Bakterien aufgeklärt – wichtige Erkenntnisse für den Klimaschutz
tu.berlin
🦠Research Highlight: Three #UniSysCat research teams from @fmp-berlin.de and the Kozuch group from @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social joined to study the structure of the tetrameric proton channel of the influenza A virus as function of the pH. #biochemistry #medicine #NMR ➡️Read more: shorturl.at/If63R
🔜 #UniSysCat colloquium calling: Dr. Marcus Tze-Kiat Ng from Dunia Innovations visits @tuberlin.bsky.social on Wednesday, August 13 and will give a talk on his research on "autonomous laboratory systems". #AI #KI 🖐️You'd like to join? Please write to info@unisyscat.de ➡️More info: shorturl.at/jCUP3
🧪Research Highlight: From pollutant to valuable chemical product – Two new #UniSysCat studies show how bacteria convert the greenhouse gas CO₂. The studies have recently been published in #NatureCatalysis. @dobbek-lab.bsky.social & @humboldtuni.bsky.social & @tuberlin.bsky.social & @nature.com
New online! Metalloradical-driven enzymatic CO2 reduction by a dynamic Ni–Fe cluster
Metalloradical-driven enzymatic CO2 reduction by a dynamic Ni–Fe cluster
Nature Catalysis, Published online: 01 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01388-5The mechanism by which the [NiFe4S4] cluster of carbon monoxide dehydrogenases (CODHs) catalyses CO2 reduction is poorly understood. Now the structures of all catalytically relevant states of a CODH are solved, revealing the dynamics of the cluster during turnover and the role of Ni in CO2 activation.
bit.ly
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Arne Thomas doing? ⚙️ Arne Thomas, co-speaker of UniSysCat, leads the "Functional Materials" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They design nanostructured and porous materials for instance for filtration, storing gases or as catalyst carriers.
Nachhaltige Chemieindustrie? Zwei Experten von @unisyscat.bsky.social sprechen in der neuen Podcast-Folge von #exzellenterklaert über die grüne Zukunft der #Chemie und wie wir sie gemeinsam erreichen. Unser Tipp zum Wochenende. 🎧 exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io #wisskomm
Exzellent erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alle
57 Exzellenzcluster – ein Podcast: Regelmäßig berichtet „Exzellent erklärt“ aus einem der Forschungsverbünde, die im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie des Bundes und der Länder gefördert werden. Die Reise...
exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io
🧪Wie schaffen wir die #Chemiewende? – darum geht's im #Podcast “ #exzellenterklaert" mit #UniSysCat. Benjamin Steininger und Martin Rahmel sprechen über die grüne Zukunft der #Chemie und erörtern wie wir sie erreichen. 🎧Reinhören: exzellent-erklaert.podigee.io @tuberlin.bsky.social #wisskomm
🧪 Research Highlight: New superacids for applications in green chemistry discovered! A team led by UniSysCat researchers Martin Oestreich @silicon-martin.bsky.social & Martin Kaupp (both @tuberlin.bsky.social) synthesized for the first time halogen-substituted silicon cations. ➡️ shorturl.at/5WXUz
New superacids for green chemistry
A UniSysCat team presents new, extremely reactive silicon cations for potential applications in recycling and green chemistry, including the chemical decomposition of so-called „forever chemicals“.
shorturl.at