Leipzig University’s Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger is one of the most distinguished female scientists in the world in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering, according to a recent award. Beck-Sickinger is one of twelve women worldwide to be honoured with the award in the 2023 list…
Engineering novel molecules and materials with specific properties can yield significant advances for industrial processes, drug discovery and optoelectronics. However, the search for novel molecules and materials is comparable to looking for a needle in a haystack, since the number of molecules in…
Technically, it would be possible for future space missions to detect DNA, lipids and other bacterial components on icy moons with an ocean beneath the ice in our solar system – assuming these building blocks of life exist beyond Earth. This is the conclusion reached by an international team of…
The Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC), in which Leipzig University is involved, will be expanded in the coming years into a major research centre based in Central Germany that will play a decisive role in shaping structural change in the region after the coal phase-out. This was…
In the 1860s, the chemists, Lothar Meyer and Dmitri Mendeleev, independently presented the first periodic system. Since then, the well-known tabular arrangement of the elements has been the guiding principle of chemistry. A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the…
Promotionsverteidigung
Promotionsverteidigung
Twice a year, Leipzig University and the Studentenwerk Leipzig organise a family breakfast in the Mensa am Park. Student parents from all Leipzig universities and their children as well as pregnant women are invited.
Promotionsverteidigung
Promotionsverteidigung
Twice a year, Leipzig University and the Studentenwerk Leipzig organise a family breakfast in the Mensa am Park. Student parents from all Leipzig universities and their children as well as pregnant women are invited.
Orange your City
Orange Your City – On 25 November, Leipzig University will once again take part in the worldwide lighting campaign to mark the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.” To raise awareness, the Augusteum and the Paulinum (facing Augustusplatz) will glow in bright orange. This…