Currently one junior group leader and eight full professors are heading the research groups at the Organisch-Chemischen Institut. They are supportet by several analytical divisions belonging to the institute. Read more about the research of the individual groups and their contribution to international and interdisciplinary networks.

Under the theme ‘Do It Yourself for Chemists’, Prof. Dr. Gustavo Fernandez and Sebastian Baumert prepared the last-minute Christmas celebrations with an audience of around 500 at the Christmas lecture of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy . With humour and spectacular experiments, the chemists from the OC Institute proved that chemistry has a solution for everything.

The Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Münster has awarded three outstanding theses in the Chemistry (Nico Spreckelmeyer), Food Chemistry (Louisa Sophie Tölke) and Business Chemistry (Sandrine Mandau).

The chemists Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zeier are represented in the current citation ranking of the US company "Clarivate Analytics" and are therefore among the highly cited researchers worldwide.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the CRC 1450 “inSight” and the CRC 1459 “Intelligent Matter” with around 25 million euros for another four years.
CRC 1459 "Intelligent Matter"

The International Graduate School “BACCARA” is set to receive around five million euros from the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Organic Chemistry Institute is pleased to welcome two new junior research groups, Dr Robert Hein and Dr Johannes Tölle. Together with Dr Line Muradi (née Næsborg), three junior research groups are currently conducting research at the institute.

A team led by chemist Prof Dr Frank Glorius has synthesised so-called heteroatom-substituted cage-like 3D molecules. The innovative structures could help address key challenges in drug design by serving as more stable alternatives to traditional, flat, aromatic rings.

The chemist Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius has received the Emil Fischer Medal of the German Chemical Society (GDCh). The GDCh honours his "pioneering contributions to organic synthesis methodology and the design of functional molecules" with the award, which is endowed with 7500 euros.

A team from the University of Münster, ETH Zürich and Leibniz-Universität Hannover has investigated a key component of the so-called GM1 cholera toxin complex for the first time using a fluorinated GM1 analogue. The findings on the molecular mechanisms of the strong interaction may help to enable the development of inhibitors that prevent life-threatening cholera infections.

Every year for the past 44 years, the University of Münster Society has honoured young academics at the University of Münster for their excellent research achievements. This year, chemist Dr. Line Næsborg and physicist Prof. Dr. Kai Schmitz received the 10,000 euro prize in equal shares.

The developers of artificial intelligence-based software that automates the complex process of chemical analysis took first place at the "Demoday" of the REACH - EUREGIO Start-up Center at the University of Münster. Six university start-ups took part in the competition in the castle auditorium.

The Universitätsgesellschaft Münster e. V. awarded the promotion prize to junior research group leader Dr. Line Næsborg and junior professor Dr. Kai Schmitz on July 3. The chemist Dr. Line Næsborg is researching the sustainable and environmentally friendly use of light energy, while the particle physicist Dr. Kai Schmitz is devoting his work to gravitational waves.

David MacMillan, a professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, is a pioneer of photocatalysis with visible light. The Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy has now awarded the 56-year-old Scotsman an honorary doctorate for his outstanding research in this field.

A team from the University of Münster and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam has now developed a combined vaccine lead from synthetic fluorinated sugar molecules that is effective against meningococci B and C simultaneously.

David MacMillan is one of the most successful researchers of our time in the field of catalysis and molecular chemistry. He is also a pioneer of photocatalysis with visible light. For his outstanding research in this field, he will receive an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy on 11 June. Norbert Robers spoke with the exceptional researcher.

Researchers led by Prof Dr Armido Studer from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster presents a new strategy, with which the so-called difluoromethyl group can be precisely introduced at specific sites in pyridine derivatives. This method could potentially identify candidates for new drugs and agrochemicals.

A team led by chemist Prof Frank Glorius has developed an algorithm that identifies molecular structures that are particularly relevant to a given problem. It uses these structures to encode the properties of molecules for various machine-learning models.

The European Research Council has awarded an ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros to Prof. Armido Studer. The grant will enable Studer to realise a project in the field of so-called radical water activation in the coming five years.

A team led by chemist Prof Frank Glorius from the University of Münster shows that a machine-based method prevents widespread “bias” in chemical publications.

Organic chemist Ryan Gilmour has received a 150,000 euro ERC Proof of Concept Grant. He is now exploring how a strategy to create fluorinated building blocks can be brought to the market.

A team led by Prof. Armido Studer has introduced a strategy for converting carbon-nitrogen atom pairs in a frequently used ring-shaped compound into carbon-carbon atom pairs. The method has potential in the quest for active ingredients for new drugs, for example.

The European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) has accepted the chemist Prof. Dr. Armido Studer as a new member in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of organic synthesis.

A team of chemists led by Prof. Frank Glorius have presented a new approach in which a single carbon atom is inserted into the carbon skeleton in order to adjust the ring size and to form a new ring. The method could be relevant, for example, for the production of active ingredients in new pharmaceutical products.