It was an amazing FMS annual meeting 2023 with FMS Scholar awardee of supramolecular chemisty; prof. Thomas Hermans (IMDEA Nanociencia). […]
Sijbren Otto awarded an ERC Synergy Grant
Prof. Sijbren Otto and colleagues from ESPCI Paris (Prof. Andrew Griffiths), Parmenides Foundation (Prof. Eörs Szathmáry) and Ben-Gurion University (Prof. Gonen Ashkenasy) were awarded a 13M euros ERC Synergy Grant for their “MiniLife” project. Their aim is to create, for the first time, a living system from completely abiotic components (so not based on DNA […]
NWO Vidi Grant for Wim Velema
We congratulate Wim Velema with this NWO Vidi Grant which will give him the opportunity to study the RNA-metabolite interactions RNA is a versatile biomolecule involved in almost every process in the cell and a key player in many diseases. In Velema’s project, researchers will study how RNA interacts with small molecules in the cell, […]
Syuzanna Harutyunyan awarded with an NWO XS Grant
We congratulate Syuzanna Harutyunyan with the awarded NWO XS Grant […]
Francesca Grisoni has been awarded an industrial Marie-Curie PhD program (consortium of 14 fellows)
3 million euros awarded for MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022 for research proposal ‘Explainable AI for Molecules – AiChemist’ Francesca Grisoni has been awarded an industrial Marie-Curie PhD program with her participation in a consortium of 14 fellows. The award allows her to fund a PhD student with whom she will collaborate, together with healthcare company […]
ERC Advanced Grant for Luc Brunsveld – TU/e
Research led by Luc Brunsveld on new technological concepts for drug development is awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros. […]
Innovation Competition 2023 Prize for Paul Kouwer and Lotte Gerrits
We congratulate Lotte Gerrits and Paul Kouwer from the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) of Radboud University who have won the Innovation Competition 2023 for the development of a functional gel for cell culture applications. The Innovation Competition (IC) is a training programme organised by Mercator Launch for researchers who have aim to develop […]
2023 Izatt-Christensen Award for Sijbren Otto
We congratulate Sijbren Otto, who received the 2023 Izatt-Christensen Award for being a pioneer of supramolecular systems chemistry, taking supramolecular chemistry into completely new directions. The award will be presented to Otto at the 17th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry that will be held in Reykavík, Iceland (25-29 June) […]
The Netherlands Supramolecular Chemistry Awards 2023
The Research Center for Functional Molecular Systems presents the Netherlands Awards for Supramolecular Chemistry 2023, which recognize outstanding scientists in the field of supramolecular chemistry. The 2023 Netherlands Supramolecular Chemistry Award is awarded to Professor Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University). She is a pioneer in the field of bio-inspired materials science and engineering — a […]
Vici grant for Patricia Dankers
Congratulations to Patricia Dankers with the NWO Vici grant […]
