News archive 2021

Using cryo-EM, and in collaboration with researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Dortmund and at Jacobs University Bremen, the team of Münster researchers succeeded in explaining the first structure of a latrotoxin.
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Physicists Michael te Vrugt and Prof. Raphael Wittkowski from the Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN) have, together with physicist Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder from the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), developed a new model.
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Previously a junior professor, Carsten Schuck has been appointed as a W3 professor for Experimental Physics.
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After several complications and delays due to Corona, we were pleased to finally host Columbian scientists through the DAAD study visit program.
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Physicist Dr. Eileen Otte opens up new opportunities with one of the 25 coveted and highly competitive PRIME fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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Scientists at the University of Münster have recently developed a new type of nanocontainer that is constructed entirely from biological components.
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Scientists have presented a new approach in the journal Nature Chemistry, showing that stable and yet very well-ordered molecular single layers can be produced on silicon surfaces - by self-assembly.
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Can we make matter intelligent? This is a question being studied by an interdisciplinary team in Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1459 “Intelligent matter: From responsive to adaptive nanosystems.”
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Collaborative Research Centre 1459

Focusing on the interface between materials research and organic synthesis as well as catalysis and biological applications, the Research Training Group will receive funding of around five million euros for an initial period of four and a half years. The spokespersons of the program are Prof. Armido Studer and Prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University).
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Visiting from the University of São Paulo, Professor de Camargo is collaborating on upconversion of nanoparticles and quantum dots projects at the SoN. She brings with her a wealth of experience in structural-functional characterization of solid-state materials and interdisciplinary, collaborative research.
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With funding of more than 1.2 million euros from the German Research Foundation, PD Dr. Kehr conducts research on advanced multifunctional nanobiomaterials for local drug delivery and cell/biomaterial interactions.
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“We have shown that not only carbon can be used to create fascinating structures. The various contributions made from different angles – by chemists and physicists... all required a high degree of creativity. This enabled us to explore a new path in bond formation reactions in surface chemistry,” explains  Melanie Wittler, a PhD student in Chemistry.
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Chemist Prof Frank Glorius is coordinating the project "Use and Development of Machine Learning for Molecular Applications - Molecular Machine Learning." The focus of the project is on molecular problems such as the prediction of chemical reactions or the development of new algorithms for the modeling of molecular properties.
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"The motif of using light energy to build more complex, chemical structures is also found in nature," explains Frank Glorius. "Just as plants use light in photosynthesis to synthesize sugar molecules from the simple building blocks carbon dioxide and water, we use light-mediated energy transfer to produce complex, three-dimensional target molecules from flat basic structures."
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Dr. Andisheh Motealleh describes how cell-biomaterial interactions are used in medicine and explains why one of the things her research does is influence the well-being of cancer patients.
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The laboratories of Prof. Dr. Carsten Grashoff and Prof. Dr. Ralf Jungmann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Munich) have developed a novel approach that allows the visualization and quantification of molecular processes even in highly crowded subcellular structures.
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A new research alliance headed by Dr. Wolfram Pernice is developing fast, energy-efficient optical hardware alternatives. The alliance will receive almost six million euros from the European Commission, as part of the FET Proactive (Horizon 2020) funding line.
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“In contrast to traditional electronics, which usually work in the low GHz range, optical modulation speeds can be achieved up to the 50 to 100 GHz range,” explains lead author Johannes Feldmann. This means that the process permits data rates and computing densities, i.e. operations per area of processor, never previously attained.
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