Press Releases


Tuesday, 06. February 2018

Otto-Warburg Medal 2018 for Opto Geneticist

This year UniCat Professor Dr. Peter Hegemann will be awarded the Otto-Warburg Medal. With the award Prof. Hegemann will be honored for his research in the field of light-driven ion channels, the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) announc


Monday, 05. February 2018

Tribute to a Catalyst Expert

The Cluster of Excellence UniCat will award Dr. Tracy Lohr, Northwestern University, USA, the Clara Immerwahr Award on February 9, 2018 at the Technische Universität Berlin. The chemist will be honored for her outstanding contributions to the field of tan


Monday, 13. November 2017

A super adhesive made from intestinal bacteria

Manufacturing mussel-based underwater adhesives for healing bone fractures with the help of reprogramed intestinal bacteria / spin-off planned


Friday, 29. September 2017

Sustainability Needs Catalysis Research

"Unifying Systems in Catalysis" (UniSysCat), the succession project of UniCat, is qualified for submitting a full proposal.


Thursday, 13. July 2017

A Decade of Excellent Catalysis Research

The 10th anniversary of their existence is being celebrated with the symposium entitled “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis: Status Quo and Challenges” at the TU Berlin.


Friday, 07. July 2017

10th Anniversary of UniCat: Symposium on "Unifying Concepts in Catalysis: Status Quo and Challenges."

The Cluster of Excellence, UniCat, and its graduate school, the BIG-NSE are going to celebrate their 10th anniversary at the TU Berlin from July 12th – 14th.


Wednesday, 25. January 2017

New Chemistry Lab for Start-ups

The Inkulab – a laboratory container system, fully equipped with a ventilation system, and laboratory and safety facilities – was inaugurated at the TU Berlin’s Charlottenburg Campus. It provides tailor-made infrastructure for start-ups working in the natu