Professor Nico Bruns im Interview mit der VolkswagenStiftung

Von energieintensiven Geräten über Belüftungsanlagen bis hin zu Verbrauchsmaterialien: Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungslabore verbrauchen viel Energie und andere Ressourcen. Warum es sich lohnt, Labore nachhaltiger zu organisieren, erklärt Prof. Dr. Nico Bruns im Interview mit der VolkswagenStiftung.

Herzlich Willkommen: Marc Armbrüster ist seit April Professor für „Anorganische Festkörper- und Materialchemie“ am Fachbereich Chemie.

Chemistry team of the TU publishes new drug discovery approaches

Ring-shaped molecules often have better pharmacological properties, but the development of these active substances is difficult. Now the working group led by Professor Felix Hausch at the Clemens Schöpf Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at TU Darmstadt has shown in three publications how molecular rings can be built using a modular assembly and how this translates to better properties. This opens up new approaches, for example for the treatment of depression, obesity or chronic pain.

A warm welcome: Tanja Franken has been a new professor at the Department of Chemistry since October. The 38-year-old scientist, whose field of research is technical chemistry/catalysis, completed her doctorate at RWTH Aachen University and was a post-doc at the Paul Scherrer Institute & ZHAW in Switzerland. Most recently, Franken was a junior professor for catalytic and electrocatalytic systems and processes at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. She describes the acquisition of an ERC Starting Grant there last year as her most important scientific milestone to date. We asked Professor Franken a few questions about her start at TU Darmstadt: