It is with great pleasure to announce that the Van ‘t Hoff Chirality Symposium will be held June 2nd 2022 at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. We have an excellent line-up of speakers, who will discuss chirality from the molecular to the macroscopic level. See for more information the attached flyer. Please mark this event in […]
Supramolecular Course 2022 – registration
The Supramolecular Chemistry course is designed for PhD students working in the field of supramolecular chemistry in The Netherlands. This course was initiated more than 20 years with the objective to train PhD students in the theory, analytical techniques, and practice of supramolecular chemistry. It consists of 3 sessions of 2 days that take place […]
ERC Consolidator grant for Daniela Wilson
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Daniela Wilson a Consolidator Grant; congratulations! Daniela Wilson and her research group aim to develop synthetic motile assemblies that they term ‘synmotes’ with cilia-like and flagella-like movement. With this, they address the challenge of developing nano carriers with the ability to move, sense and adapt, in order to […]
ERC Starting Grant for Willem Velema
We congratulate our FMS Staff member Willem Velema, Assistant Professor in the Physical Organic Chemistry Group within the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) of Radboud University, with his ERC Starting Grant. ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent researchers at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team […]
Late Night Conferences with Wilhelm Huck 2022 series
Late Night Conference with Wilhelm Huck’s first episode of season 2 kicks off Thursday, January 6th, 2022 at 20h00 on our YouTube channel Late Night Conference with WH and LIVE at Elinor Ostromgebouw in Radboud University*!! In our first episode, Hans Clevers, Professor of Molecular Genetics at Utrecht University, will be sharing his journey on harnessing stem cells […]
Save the date – FMS Annual meeting 13 May 2022
Unfortunately we had to cancel the annual meeting for November 26, 2021. Please save the new date; 13 May 2022 in Zwolle […]
Sijbren Otto receives James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry
Prof. Sijbren Otto of the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry has been awarded the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. He receives the award for his leading contribution to establishing the field of systems chemistry. The American Chemical Society is the number 1 chemical society in the world. Please […]
The Netherlands Supramolecular Chemistry Awards 2021
The Research Center for Functional Molecular Systems presents the Netherlands Awards for Supramolecular Chemistry 2021, which recognize outstanding scientists in the field of supramolecular chemistry. The Netherlands Supramolecular Award is awarded to Professor Takuzo Aida. In 1988, he conducted the co-facial assembly of amphiphilic porphyrins into one-dimensional architectures; the first reported supramolecular polymers. Since then, […]
Jana Roithová appointed new KNAW member
We congratulate Jana Roithová with her appointment as new KNAW member. She will be installed on September 13th, 2021. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organisation dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. […]
2021 Ammodo Science Award for Patricia Dankers
The Ammodo Foundation presented the 2021 winners of the Ammodo Science Awards for fundamental research. We are very pleased that Patricia Dankers is one of this year’s awardees. We congratulate her for this well-deserved recognition for the science performed by her and her group. […]
