FMS Research Center

Research topics

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Chemical Biology

'Organic Chemistry with Biological Relevance'

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Materials for advanced applications

'Creating function out of hierarchical organization'

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Adaptive — out-of-equilibrium — systems

'Discovering the complexity of living systems'

The Netherlands Supramolecular Chemistry Scholar Award 2022

We congratulate Professor Rachel O’Reilly being the winner of the Netherlands Scholar Award for Supramolecular Chemistry 2022 presented by the Research Center for Functional Molecular Systems. This award recognizes outstanding scientists in the field of supramolecular chemistry. Rachel O’Reilly holds a professorship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, and is also […]

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Van ‘t Hoff Chirality Symposium – June 2nd Amsterdam

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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