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Poster prize at Bunsen Tagung 2025 awarded to Michelle Mahler¹

Michelle Mahler (AK Kielb) received a poster prize at Bunsen Tagung 2025.

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Second prize in the "Most Interesting Results Competition" on Marvin's First Anniversary event for Katrin Drysch²

Katrin Drysch, a PhD student from the group of Prof. Barbara Kirchner was awarded the second prize of the "Most Interesting Results Competition" at the event celebrating “Marvin's First Anniversary: 365 Days of Supercomputing” on March 25.

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Study on the biological impact of the absorption of drugs on nanoplastics³

In a recent publication in Scientific Reports, an international research team with involvement of Prof. Barbara Kirchner has investigated how nanoplastic particles in the body can influence the effectiveness of antibiotics.

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Prof. Stefan Grimme is awarded the 2025 Chemistry Europe Award⁴

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Prof. Stefan Grimme is identified as "Highly Cited Researcher 2024"⁵

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Sigrid Peyerimhoff Research Award for Anna Kny⁶

Anna Kny received the Sigrid Peyerimhoff-Forschungspreis 2024 for her outstanding publication „Chiral self‐organized single 2D‐layers of tetramers from a functional donor‐acceptor molecule by the surface template effect “ (Nanoscale 15 (2023) 10319-10329). This award is intended to support a young scientist in the field of physical and theoretical chemistry at the University of Bonn who can demonstrate an outstanding publication in these fields.

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DAAD Scholarship for Yashna Dawer⁷

Yashna Daver, a master student from the group of Prof. Barbara Kirchner is awarded a STIBIT Degree Completion Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme wurde mit dem Van-der-Waals-Preis für Senior Scientists (für 2025) ausgezeichnet.⁸

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Grimme was awarded the van der Waals Prize for Senior Scientist (for 2025).⁹

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Sigrid Peyerimhoff Awards for Stefan Flesch and Claudia Gräve¹⁰

Two members of our working group were recently awarded with Sigrid Peyerimhoff awards.

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Klartext-Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation: zwei Bonner Forscher unter sieben ausgezeichneten Wissenschaftlern¹¹

Dr. Jan Niklas Hansen und Dr. Jan Ruland sind mit dem Klartextpreis für Wissenschaftskommunikation 2023 ausgezeichnet worden. Sieben Promovierte der Naturwissenschaften und der Informatik hat die Klaus Tschira-Stiftung für besonders gelungene Wissenschaftskommunikation ausgezeichnet, darunter die beiden Bonner Wissenschaftler. Dr. Jan Niklas Hansen forscht am Institut für angeborene Immunität der Universität Bonn. Dr. Jan Ruland war bis vor kurzem Doktorand am Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie der Universität Bonn und ist jetzt Mitarbeiter der Firma Biontech.

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Prof. Stefan Grimme is the most cited researcher at the University of Bonn¹²

according to an evaluation by research.com

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Catalysis scheme developed at the University of Bonn is inexpensive, sustainable, and effective¹³

A novel catalysis scheme enables chemical reactions that were previously virtually impossible. The method developed at the University of Bonn is also environmentally friendly and does not require rare and precious metals. The researchers recorded the exact course of the catalysis in a kind of high-speed film. They did this using special lasers that can make processes visible that last only fractions of a billionth of a second. The results allow them to further optimize the catalyst. They have been published in the international edition of the renowned journal “Angewandte Chemie.”

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Photoinduced Metallonitrene Formation by N2 Elimination from Azide Diradical Ligands¹⁴

Femtosecond ultraviolet-pump/mid-infrared-probe spectroscopy reveals that singlet and triplet azide-anion diradical ligands facilitate the efficient formation of a metallonitrene from a diamagnetic azido precursor.

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Photolysis of an Archetypal Model Complex. Photooxidation Versus Photoreduction of Azido(porphinato)iron(III)¹⁵

Photolysis: The yield and product distribution of the photolysis of the archetypal azidoporphinatoiron(III) complex are examined by stationary and transient IR spectroscopy in conjunction with chemical quenching reactions with iodide and an isonitrile. The complex decomposes almost equally to the Fe(II) and the nitrido-Fe(V) product, with small absolute yields. Moreover, subsequent bimolecular reactions of the products are considered.

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Bonner Forschende klären hemmenden Wirkmechanismus von Antibiotika auf das Wachstum von Staphylococcus aureus¹⁶

Noch immer verstehen wir nicht genau, wie Antibiotika Bakterien abtöten. Dieses Verständnis ist jedoch erforderlich, um neue Antibiotika entwickeln zu können. Forschende der Universität Bonn und des Universitätsklinikums Bonn (UKB) haben jetzt mithilfe von Hochleistungs-Mikroskopen den Effekt von verschiedenen Antibiotika auf die Zellteilung von Staphylococcus aureus beobachtet. Dabei fanden sie heraus, dass die Biosynthese von Peptidoglykan, Kernbestandteil der bakteriellen Zellwand, die treibende Kraft während des gesamten Prozesses der Zellteilung ist. Zudem klärten sie auf, wie genau unterschiedliche Antibiotika innerhalb von wenigen Minuten die Zellteilung blockieren. Die Ergebnisse sind im Fachjournal „Science Advances“ veröffentlicht.

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