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A team of chemists from the University of Münster developed a novel concept in which a mixture of molecules that behave like mirror images is converted to a single form. To this end, they use light as external energy source. The conversion is relevant e.g. for the preparation of drugs. The study is now published in the journal “Nature”.

Together with his research group, chemist Prof. Frank Glorius is organizing a symposium on issues of sustainability in chemistry, which will be held for the first time on August 24th in Münster University's castle.

After many years of conversion and renovation work, the University of Münster’s Geomuseum is now open again since yesterday (August 10). Inside the museum, visitors can trace the history of the Earth from the Big Bang up to the present day.

How plants manage their metabolism in the daily light-dark transition is a tour de force. Biologists at the University of Münster have now analysed what happens at the molecular level and found that thousands of protein switches enable plants to make the transition from dark to light. An atlas of protein modifications is now open to the public.

Bone fractures can occur very quickly. But not all fractures are the same. In order to provide the best possible care for patients in such cases, interdisciplinary consultation in diagnostics and therapy is essential. This is where the EXPERT project at the Medical Faculty of the University of Münster comes in. University physicians are planning to develop a digital experts’ forum.

A team led by Prof. Ryan Gilmour at the Organic Chemistry Institute has reported in “Nature Communications” on the rapid generation of new fluorinated molecular fragments for drug discovery using organocatalysis.

The Comms & PR Department of Münster University is calling on all staff, students, alumni/alumnae and friends of the University to take part in a photo competition on the theme of “My favourite place at Münster Uni”. You can take part up to 6 September 2023 and submit your photo by email or publish it on Instagram, using the hashtag #UniMSFotowettbewerb23.

Dentists could assume a decisive role in recognising victims of domestic violence. Studies on this are rare, however. In her dissertation, Dr. Jana Bregulla lays bare research gaps and calls for the issue of dealing with domestic violence to be embedded in university teaching and further training courses.

With around 8,000 employees, 15 faculties and more than 45,000 students, the University of Münster offers plenty of opportunities for networking and teamwork. In a dossier published over the past six months, the Communications and Public Relations Department has taken a close look at the theme of collaboration. To round, three international universities provide insights into their work.

The Graduate School of BACCARA was established on 1 July 2020. A programme covers the fields of materials science, (macro-)molecular chemistry, electrochemistry, catalysis and battery cell research for energy storage as well as life cycle analysis and recycling. In their guest contributions, two doctoral students present the importance that interdisciplinarity has in their everyday research.

An international team of chemists led by Professors Frank Glorius (University of Münster) and Kendall N. Houk (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) has succeeded for the first time in using structural editing to insert a four-membered molecular ring into a larger, aromatic ring. This resulted in a structurally complex bicyclic ring system.

The European Commission is funding the "Ulysseus European University", a network of European universities, for another four years. Münster University has joined as a new member in this second funding period. Ulysseus will receive 12.8 million euros in funding to support international university alliances to become universities of the future.

The "European Academy of Sciences" (EURASC) has elected Prof. Ryan Gilmour from the Organic Chemistry Institute of the University of Münster to its ranks. Acceptance into the Academy is considered a great honour and recognition of scientific work.