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UniSysCat is the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Systems in Catalysis. We revolutionize catalysis research by learning from nature. Let's shape the chemistry of tomorrow: green & sustainable.
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At this years Symposium, we interviewed four awardees and asked them about their career paths, their experiences as young researchers in the competitive academic world and their advice for young researchers. Be inspired by their answers: lnkd.in/ebccJH5r
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
At this years Symposium, we interviewed four awardees and asked them about their career paths, their experiences as young researchers in the competitive academic world and their advice for young researchers. Be inspired by their answers: lnkd.in/ebccJH5r
This is how diverse the laboratories of UniSysCat are! Just as diverse as the labs is the research: we bring together different disciplines of the natural sciences - from #biology, #chemistry, #physics to #materials science & #engineering.
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Follow us for more photos and stories from #UniSysCat 💚
September 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is how diverse the laboratories of UniSysCat are! Just as diverse as the labs is the research: we bring together different disciplines of the natural sciences - from #biology, #chemistry, #physics to #materials science & #engineering.
Follow us for more photos and stories from #UniSysCat 💚
Follow us for more photos and stories from #UniSysCat 💚
📽️ At X-FELs, scientists capture the motions of samples in snapshots that can be strung together into "molecular movies". Thus, X-FELs are a bit like super magnifying microscopes combined with a camera - really great tools. There are only a handful of such X-FELs in the world!
#scicomm #charité
#scicomm #charité
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
⚡The photos were taken on a research trip: Andrea and Patrick were in the US conducting experiments at the "SLAC X-FEL" together with an international team from the USA, United Kingdom and Sweden.
SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, X-FEL means X-ray free electron laser.
SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, X-FEL means X-ray free electron laser.
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
⚡The photos were taken on a research trip: Andrea and Patrick were in the US conducting experiments at the "SLAC X-FEL" together with an international team from the USA, United Kingdom and Sweden.
SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, X-FEL means X-ray free electron laser.
SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, X-FEL means X-ray free electron laser.
The #UniSysCat team of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt focuses on understanding how signal transduction of membrane proteins works and how certain enzymes function. To do this, they analyze the structure of these molecules using X-rays.
#spectroscopy #crystallography #charité
#spectroscopy #crystallography #charité
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The #UniSysCat team of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt focuses on understanding how signal transduction of membrane proteins works and how certain enzymes function. To do this, they analyze the structure of these molecules using X-rays.
#spectroscopy #crystallography #charité
#spectroscopy #crystallography #charité
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt from #Charité doing?
🧑Scientists from Berlin's University of Medicine in a catalysis research cluster? Yes, of course, they are studying structure and function of proteins and enzymes (biocatalysts).
🧑Scientists from Berlin's University of Medicine in a catalysis research cluster? Yes, of course, they are studying structure and function of proteins and enzymes (biocatalysts).
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🔎 What are the researchers in the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Patrick Scheerer and Dr. Andrea Schmidt from #Charité doing?
🧑Scientists from Berlin's University of Medicine in a catalysis research cluster? Yes, of course, they are studying structure and function of proteins and enzymes (biocatalysts).
🧑Scientists from Berlin's University of Medicine in a catalysis research cluster? Yes, of course, they are studying structure and function of proteins and enzymes (biocatalysts).
🦠 Researchers in Ingo Zebger's group at @tuberlin.bsky.social for example study hydrogenase, an enzyme that can split and reassemble #hydrogen gas. Its ability makes it promising for #energy storage in hydrogen-based systems like fuel cells and electrolysers.
#catalysis #chemistry #spectroscopy
#catalysis #chemistry #spectroscopy
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🦠 Researchers in Ingo Zebger's group at @tuberlin.bsky.social for example study hydrogenase, an enzyme that can split and reassemble #hydrogen gas. Its ability makes it promising for #energy storage in hydrogen-based systems like fuel cells and electrolysers.
#catalysis #chemistry #spectroscopy
#catalysis #chemistry #spectroscopy
Spectroscopists can measure the tiny movements of a molecule, which no human eye can see, using special instruments. And from these measurements, they can draw conclusions about the structure and function of the molecule. These kind of measurements using light are called vibrational #spectroscopy.
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Spectroscopists can measure the tiny movements of a molecule, which no human eye can see, using special instruments. And from these measurements, they can draw conclusions about the structure and function of the molecule. These kind of measurements using light are called vibrational #spectroscopy.
💡How does #spectroscopy work?
Molecules like enzymes react to light. For example, they start to move: Light provides the energy needed to cause parts of a molecule vibrate, just as we humans can get energized by eating a piece of glucose and then go out and do sports!
Read more in the next post...
Molecules like enzymes react to light. For example, they start to move: Light provides the energy needed to cause parts of a molecule vibrate, just as we humans can get energized by eating a piece of glucose and then go out and do sports!
Read more in the next post...
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
💡How does #spectroscopy work?
Molecules like enzymes react to light. For example, they start to move: Light provides the energy needed to cause parts of a molecule vibrate, just as we humans can get energized by eating a piece of glucose and then go out and do sports!
Read more in the next post...
Molecules like enzymes react to light. For example, they start to move: Light provides the energy needed to cause parts of a molecule vibrate, just as we humans can get energized by eating a piece of glucose and then go out and do sports!
Read more in the next post...
🔎 What is the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Ingo Zebger doing?
⚡They work with light! Ingo Zebger heads the research group “Spectroscopic characterization of metalloproteins” at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They use light to study how enzymes function, the natural catalysts in our body and other organisms.
⚡They work with light! Ingo Zebger heads the research group “Spectroscopic characterization of metalloproteins” at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They use light to study how enzymes function, the natural catalysts in our body and other organisms.
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🔎 What is the #UniSysCat group of Dr. Ingo Zebger doing?
⚡They work with light! Ingo Zebger heads the research group “Spectroscopic characterization of metalloproteins” at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They use light to study how enzymes function, the natural catalysts in our body and other organisms.
⚡They work with light! Ingo Zebger heads the research group “Spectroscopic characterization of metalloproteins” at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They use light to study how enzymes function, the natural catalysts in our body and other organisms.
Don't miss our next UniSysCat colloquium 💚
Feel free to join, just write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link!
More info: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
#anywherechemistry #compchem #catalysis
Feel free to join, just write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link!
More info: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
#anywherechemistry #compchem #catalysis
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Don't miss our next UniSysCat colloquium 💚
Feel free to join, just write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link!
More info: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
#anywherechemistry #compchem #catalysis
Feel free to join, just write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link!
More info: www.unisyscat.de/news-events/...
#anywherechemistry #compchem #catalysis
💚 HEUTE in der fahimi bar: Taucht beim #PubQuiz in die Forschung der 7 Berliner Exzellenzcluster ein. Im Fokus des Quiz steht diesmal #MattersofActivity.
📆 Montag, 8. September 2025, 19 Uhr
📌 fahimi bar, Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin
fahimibar.de/en/fahimi-en...
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/WeaSx
📆 Montag, 8. September 2025, 19 Uhr
📌 fahimi bar, Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin
fahimibar.de/en/fahimi-en...
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/WeaSx
September 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
💚 HEUTE in der fahimi bar: Taucht beim #PubQuiz in die Forschung der 7 Berliner Exzellenzcluster ein. Im Fokus des Quiz steht diesmal #MattersofActivity.
📆 Montag, 8. September 2025, 19 Uhr
📌 fahimi bar, Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin
fahimibar.de/en/fahimi-en...
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/WeaSx
📆 Montag, 8. September 2025, 19 Uhr
📌 fahimi bar, Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin
fahimibar.de/en/fahimi-en...
Mehr Infos: shorturl.at/WeaSx
🧪Here you see the use of a "rotating disk electrode". By this setup, fundamental electrochemical investigations on catalysts are possible.
💚If you want to know more about the research of Peter Strasser’s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Kevin Fuchs / UniSysCat
💚If you want to know more about the research of Peter Strasser’s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Kevin Fuchs / UniSysCat
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🧪Here you see the use of a "rotating disk electrode". By this setup, fundamental electrochemical investigations on catalysts are possible.
💚If you want to know more about the research of Peter Strasser’s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Kevin Fuchs / UniSysCat
💚If you want to know more about the research of Peter Strasser’s group, don‘t hesitate to contact us.
Photos © Kevin Fuchs / UniSysCat
💧Where does the #hydrogen for a fuel cell come from? Green hydrogen can be obtained by #electrolysis: using electricity from renewable energy sources, water is split into hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolyzer. The photo shows an electrolyzer used to test different catalysts for water splitting.
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
💧Where does the #hydrogen for a fuel cell come from? Green hydrogen can be obtained by #electrolysis: using electricity from renewable energy sources, water is split into hydrogen and oxygen in an electrolyzer. The photo shows an electrolyzer used to test different catalysts for water splitting.
This photo from the Strasser lab @tuberlin.bsky.social shows an experimental setup by which fuel cells can be tested. A fuel cell is an #energy converter: it converts chemical energy into electrical energy, often using hydrogen as the carrier of the chemical energy.
#greenchemistry
#greenchemistry
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This photo from the Strasser lab @tuberlin.bsky.social shows an experimental setup by which fuel cells can be tested. A fuel cell is an #energy converter: it converts chemical energy into electrical energy, often using hydrogen as the carrier of the chemical energy.
#greenchemistry
#greenchemistry
⚡Sven Brückner, Pierre Schröer and Carla Coll are preparing samples for UV/Vis spectroscopy. By shining laser light on a sample and measuring its response, they can draw conclusions about the properties and behavior of molecules in the sample, as well as the exact course of chemical reactions.
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
⚡Sven Brückner, Pierre Schröer and Carla Coll are preparing samples for UV/Vis spectroscopy. By shining laser light on a sample and measuring its response, they can draw conclusions about the properties and behavior of molecules in the sample, as well as the exact course of chemical reactions.
🔎What is the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Peter Strasser researching?
🧪An age without fossil carbon? That’s the dream of Strasser’s group "Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy and Materials Sciences" at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They study catalysts for clean energy storage and conversion technologies.
🧪An age without fossil carbon? That’s the dream of Strasser’s group "Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy and Materials Sciences" at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They study catalysts for clean energy storage and conversion technologies.
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🔎What is the #UniSysCat group of Prof. Peter Strasser researching?
🧪An age without fossil carbon? That’s the dream of Strasser’s group "Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy and Materials Sciences" at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They study catalysts for clean energy storage and conversion technologies.
🧪An age without fossil carbon? That’s the dream of Strasser’s group "Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy and Materials Sciences" at @tuberlin.bsky.social. They study catalysts for clean energy storage and conversion technologies.
📢The next #UniSysCat colloquium is calling, feel free to join: Pedro Reis, machine learning scientist at Bayer, will talk about his work on modelling #proteins
🗓️Sept 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
📍C264 @tuberlin.bsky.social
🤓Please write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/8JbDl
🗓️Sept 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
📍C264 @tuberlin.bsky.social
🤓Please write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/8JbDl
September 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
📢The next #UniSysCat colloquium is calling, feel free to join: Pedro Reis, machine learning scientist at Bayer, will talk about his work on modelling #proteins
🗓️Sept 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
📍C264 @tuberlin.bsky.social
🤓Please write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/8JbDl
🗓️Sept 10, 5:15-6:30 pm
📍C264 @tuberlin.bsky.social
🤓Please write to info@unisyscat.de for the zoom link
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/8JbDl
🎛️ #BasCat researcher Dr. Michael Geske and PhD student Mishai Avila Zapata are standing next to a profile reactor in the "Analysis Lab“. The reactor can be used to investigate new catalysts and their performance under various conditions over a longer period of time (under "steady-state conditions").
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🎛️ #BasCat researcher Dr. Michael Geske and PhD student Mishai Avila Zapata are standing next to a profile reactor in the "Analysis Lab“. The reactor can be used to investigate new catalysts and their performance under various conditions over a longer period of time (under "steady-state conditions").
PhD student Aybike Terzi in the "Catalysis Lab" of #BasCat, standing before her facility Lorelei which she describes with enthusiasm: "Lorelei isn’t just any apparatus… Each measurement isn’t just a data point; it embodies the passion, precision & perseverance at the core of our scientific journey."
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PhD student Aybike Terzi in the "Catalysis Lab" of #BasCat, standing before her facility Lorelei which she describes with enthusiasm: "Lorelei isn’t just any apparatus… Each measurement isn’t just a data point; it embodies the passion, precision & perseverance at the core of our scientific journey."
🧪 #BasCat has four laboratory areas for different fields of investigations, experiments and applications. Here you see the "Synthesis Lab", BasCat’s largest lab where new materials are designed using state-of-the-art techniques and innovative methodologies. #greenchemistry @tuberlin.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🧪 #BasCat has four laboratory areas for different fields of investigations, experiments and applications. Here you see the "Synthesis Lab", BasCat’s largest lab where new materials are designed using state-of-the-art techniques and innovative methodologies. #greenchemistry @tuberlin.bsky.social
🔎 What are the researchers in #BasCat – UniCat BASF JointLab doing?
🌍 BasCat is a laboratory at @tuberlin.bsky.social founded in 2011 by the Cluster of Excellence #UniCat together with @basfde.bsky.social. The lab is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on sustainable chemistry.
🌍 BasCat is a laboratory at @tuberlin.bsky.social founded in 2011 by the Cluster of Excellence #UniCat together with @basfde.bsky.social. The lab is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on sustainable chemistry.
September 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🔎 What are the researchers in #BasCat – UniCat BASF JointLab doing?
🌍 BasCat is a laboratory at @tuberlin.bsky.social founded in 2011 by the Cluster of Excellence #UniCat together with @basfde.bsky.social. The lab is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on sustainable chemistry.
🌍 BasCat is a laboratory at @tuberlin.bsky.social founded in 2011 by the Cluster of Excellence #UniCat together with @basfde.bsky.social. The lab is dedicated to heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on sustainable chemistry.
💧The blue containers are saturators for liquids that are fed into reactors together with a gas stream, for instance water or alcohols.
💚 To find out more about the "Reaction Engineering" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social, check out their website or contact us!
Photos by Thomas Humphrey. © UniSysCat
💚 To find out more about the "Reaction Engineering" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social, check out their website or contact us!
Photos by Thomas Humphrey. © UniSysCat
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
💧The blue containers are saturators for liquids that are fed into reactors together with a gas stream, for instance water or alcohols.
💚 To find out more about the "Reaction Engineering" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social, check out their website or contact us!
Photos by Thomas Humphrey. © UniSysCat
💚 To find out more about the "Reaction Engineering" group at @tuberlin.bsky.social, check out their website or contact us!
Photos by Thomas Humphrey. © UniSysCat
☀️ The team also develops photocatalytic processes to split water or remove contaminants in order to provide green #hydrogen or purified water. Photocatalysts are activated by light. Researchers are searching for and developing new catalysts that are abundant, cheap, and are activated by sunlight.
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
☀️ The team also develops photocatalytic processes to split water or remove contaminants in order to provide green #hydrogen or purified water. Photocatalysts are activated by light. Researchers are searching for and developing new catalysts that are abundant, cheap, and are activated by sunlight.
🎛️ One of the team's tasks is to test new catalysts and find ideal conditions for their use - often a laborious and complex process. To speed that up, the team uses "parallel reactors", as seen in the photo. These enable a simultaneous testing of catalysts at different reaction conditions. #catalysis
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎛️ One of the team's tasks is to test new catalysts and find ideal conditions for their use - often a laborious and complex process. To speed that up, the team uses "parallel reactors", as seen in the photo. These enable a simultaneous testing of catalysts at different reaction conditions. #catalysis