Niemeyer Group at Uni Essen / Germany
@niemeyergroup.bsky.social
Research group in Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry. Trying to merge Interlocked Molecules with Catalysis.
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Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Registration for SupraChem2026 is open!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Join us in Dortmund from March 8th - 10th 2026 for sharing the latest developments in supramolecular chemistry, including poster presentations, about 20 contributed talks and prize lectures for the new GDCh SupraChem PhD award!
Watching the Nobel Prize announcement with pizza! Congratulations to the awardees! Well deserved! @nobelprize.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Watching the Nobel Prize announcement with pizza! Congratulations to the awardees! Well deserved! @nobelprize.bsky.social
After a thourough peer-review (as it should be), we are proud to say that our review on Supramolecular Self-Association of Organocatalysts has now been published in Nat. Rev. Chem.! Great work by Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance - Nature Reviews Chemistry
Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After a thourough peer-review (as it should be), we are proud to say that our review on Supramolecular Self-Association of Organocatalysts has now been published in Nat. Rev. Chem.! Great work by Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bela, Jey, Jochen, Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social presented the group´s research at the Symposium for Confinement Controlled Chemistry @grk2376.bsky.social in Bochum @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Good to see chemistry from a different perspective! Good work everyone!
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bela, Jey, Jochen, Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social presented the group´s research at the Symposium for Confinement Controlled Chemistry @grk2376.bsky.social in Bochum @ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Good to see chemistry from a different perspective! Good work everyone!
The work by Somayyeh, Maike and Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social on optimized synthetic routes towards BINOL-based crown ethers has now been published in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.! @beilstein-institut.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
3,3'-Linked BINOL macrocycles: optimized synthesis of crown ethers featuring one or two BINOL units
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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August 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The work by Somayyeh, Maike and Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social on optimized synthetic routes towards BINOL-based crown ethers has now been published in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.! @beilstein-institut.bsky.social
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Congratulations to all!
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...
Congratulations to Matthias, who became PhD no. 8 from our group! He made great progress towards mechanically chiral catenanes, plus writing a review and contributing to other projects! See www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article... and enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Congratulations to Matthias, who became PhD no. 8 from our group! He made great progress towards mechanically chiral catenanes, plus writing a review and contributing to other projects! See www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article... and enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply!
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Preise & Ehrungen | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Happy to share that the recently founded Working Group „Supramolecular Chemistry“ of the German Chemical Society will Award its very first PhD Prize in memory of Carsten Schmuck. Please apply!
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
www.gdch.de/netzwerk-str...
Happy to share that our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. was highlighted with a Cover Feature! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks to Sasha Ediger (designmodus.com) for the beautiful image!
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Happy to share that our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. was highlighted with a Cover Feature! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks to Sasha Ediger (designmodus.com) for the beautiful image!
Sophia obviously has a good time at the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! Enjoy your last day Tomorrow!
July 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sophia obviously has a good time at the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! Enjoy your last day Tomorrow!
Congratulations, Steve! Well deserved!
Honored to receive the #RSCPrizes Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry. Credit has to go to the hard work and creativity of many outstanding researchers over 10 years at 3 institutions (@qmul.bsky.social, @unisouthampton.bsky.social, @unibirmingham.bsky.social). Short🧵
June 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Congratulations, Steve! Well deserved!
We are happy to share that Sophia from our group has been selected as a participant for this year´s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry. Congratulations Sophia and enjoy your time in Lindau in July!
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | Lindau Mediatheque
The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry) takes place from 29 June to 4 July 2025. #LINO25 welcomes around 35 Nobel Laureates in Lindau. They will exchange ideas with more than 600 Young ..
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April 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are happy to share that Sophia from our group has been selected as a participant for this year´s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry. Congratulations Sophia and enjoy your time in Lindau in July!
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025
After a record-breaking 18 days from submission to final decision, we are happy to share the latest work by Sohom, Shubhadip and Jan in Chem. Eur. J.! They developed a rotaxane transporter for reversible macrocycle release and recapture!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Directional Macrocycle Transport, Release and Recapture enabled by a Rotaxane Transporter
A transporter for a directional macrocycle transport, release and recapture was constructed. This was achieved using a rotaxane featuring a dibenzo-24-crown-8 macrocycle, dibenzylammonium (DBA)/methy...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
After a record-breaking 18 days from submission to final decision, we are happy to share the latest work by Sohom, Shubhadip and Jan in Chem. Eur. J.! They developed a rotaxane transporter for reversible macrocycle release and recapture!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Most happy that you are staying with us, Jan! Looking forward to many years of science together!
I am happy to share that i have been appointed permanent scientist (Akademischer Rat) at the faculty of #chemistry at @unidue.bsky.social in the group of Prof. Jochen Niemeyer. @niemeyergroup.bsky.social
I am looking forward to the new tasks and to a lot of exciting #science!
I am looking forward to the new tasks and to a lot of exciting #science!
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Most happy that you are staying with us, Jan! Looking forward to many years of science together!
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Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
Supramolekulare Chemie | Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Supramolecular chemistry has officially "grown up" in Germany. On behalf of the 10-person Founding Team👇, I am happy to announce the creation of section SupraChem within the German Chemical Society! 🍾 GDCh members please consider joining asap via www.gdch.de/suprachem @gdch.bsky.social
After almost one month of hard work, we have finished our move. The Niemeyer group can now be found on the fifth floor of the chemistry building (S07 S05)! Following Jochen´s promotion to full professor in 2023, we could now move into wonderful new synthesis labs, analytical labs and offices!
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
After almost one month of hard work, we have finished our move. The Niemeyer group can now be found on the fifth floor of the chemistry building (S07 S05)! Following Jochen´s promotion to full professor in 2023, we could now move into wonderful new synthesis labs, analytical labs and offices!
We have a new publication! The group by Ivo Leito investigated acidity-reactivity relationships of acidic catalysts, including one of our phosphoric acid catalysts! Now online in Molecular Catalysis!
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Towards quantifying catalytic activity of homogeneous Brønsted acid catalysts
A novel approach is presented for the quantification of catalytic activity of acid catalysts used in homogeneous general acid catalysis, based on the …
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February 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We have a new publication! The group by Ivo Leito investigated acidity-reactivity relationships of acidic catalysts, including one of our phosphoric acid catalysts! Now online in Molecular Catalysis!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨PhD available - UK home fees ONLY🚨 we will shortly be advertising for a fully-funded PhD studentship (fees + stipend) to work in our group on molecular capsules. For informal enquiries send me an email including your CV. Retweets appreciated! Full details to come soon.
February 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🚨PhD available - UK home fees ONLY🚨 we will shortly be advertising for a fully-funded PhD studentship (fees + stipend) to work in our group on molecular capsules. For informal enquiries send me an email including your CV. Retweets appreciated! Full details to come soon.
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Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
James Fraser Stoddart obituary: chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
An early love of construction toys led the Scottish chemist to thread molecules together, opening up a new field of chemistry.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Obituary: James Fraser Stoddart (1942-2024) chemist and nanotechnology pioneer who built molecular machines
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
https://go.nature.com/40MvkI9
Group news! We welcome Zihan (left) and Tibor (right) as new PhD students in our group! Tibor finished his Master in Bielefeld and joined in Nov 2024. Zihan just finished his Master in our group and joined this month. All the best for your research in the coming years. Great to have you with us!
January 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Group news! We welcome Zihan (left) and Tibor (right) as new PhD students in our group! Tibor finished his Master in Bielefeld and joined in Nov 2024. Zihan just finished his Master in our group and joined this month. All the best for your research in the coming years. Great to have you with us!
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Peng-Lai, @stefanborsley.bsky.social, Martin & our collaborators Alessandro and @giusepponelab.bsky.social demonstrate how a catalyst transduces chemical energy to perform mechanical work in www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com. tinyurl.com/jny7nen5. Animation @scicommstudios.bsky.social😀
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Peng-Lai, @stefanborsley.bsky.social, Martin & our collaborators Alessandro and @giusepponelab.bsky.social demonstrate how a catalyst transduces chemical energy to perform mechanical work in www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com. tinyurl.com/jny7nen5. Animation @scicommstudios.bsky.social😀
Following his successful PhD defense in October, Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social was awarded with the prize for the best PhD thesis at the Faculty in 2024. Next to obtaining some prize money, Jan also had the chance to present his research to the entire faculty. Congratulations for this great award!
January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Following his successful PhD defense in October, Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social was awarded with the prize for the best PhD thesis at the Faculty in 2024. Next to obtaining some prize money, Jan also had the chance to present his research to the entire faculty. Congratulations for this great award!
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Here is a tentative Supramolecular Chemistry starter kit. Please let me know if you wish to be added ! #ChemSky
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Here is a tentative Supramolecular Chemistry starter kit. Please let me know if you wish to be added ! #ChemSky
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n
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Reposting this #molswitch #molmachine starter pack. If you want to be included in it, please let me know
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposting this #molswitch #molmachine starter pack. If you want to be included in it, please let me know
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
go.bsky.app/EwimNbK
Happy to see this pubslished! Wonderful collaboration between Rainer Meckenstock, Christian Merten @mertenlab.bsky.social and others! Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social and Matthias could provide an enantiomerically pure substrate for the enzymatic pathway! doi.org/10.1111/1462...
A CoA‐Transferase and Acyl‐CoA Dehydrogenase Convert 2‐(Carboxymethyl)cyclohexane‐1‐Carboxyl‐CoA During Anaerobic Naphthalene Degradation
We identified a CoA-transferase and an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in converting 2-(carboxymethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxyl-CoA during anaerobic naphthalene degradation. This confirms the thn gene c...
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December 23, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Happy to see this pubslished! Wonderful collaboration between Rainer Meckenstock, Christian Merten @mertenlab.bsky.social and others! Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social and Matthias could provide an enantiomerically pure substrate for the enzymatic pathway! doi.org/10.1111/1462...