News from the Section of Chemistry

Per-Ola Norrby, Principal Scientist at AstraZeneca Gothenburg and Professor at Göteborgs universitet and University of Notre Dame, USA, have been elected to receive the Uppsala universitet Ulla and Stig Holmquist's scientific awards in organic chemistry.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

Just recently, this years recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was revealed.

On 23 September partners and supporting organisations of the BATTERY 2030+ initiative met for a workshop at Virje University in Bruxelles. The aim was to discuss the draft of the roadmap that will be delivered to the European Commission in February 2020.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

Last year Uppsala University joined forces with several other universities to start a new research project within quasicrystals. This was possible with the support of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

Starting 15 July, researchers at Uppsala University can publish articles without a publication fee in 576 fully open access journals from Springer Nature.

Text: Christina Svala

Uppsala University Prize for successful knowledge transfer, "Hjärnäpplet", is awarded to Helena Danielson, Professor of Biochemistry and Head of Chemistry - BMC.

Eight new world-class research environments to be funded is the headline for the press release written by Vinnova, and one of these new world-class research environments will be led by professor Kristina Edström.

Wallenberg Academy Fellow Erik Berg at Structural Chemistry is researching lithium-ion batteries, mainly how to extend their lifespan. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation has written a long article about his research so far.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

The conferment ceremony is a graduation party for those that have taken their PhD graduation during recent years. Everyone in Uppsala will notice because of the castle cannons saluting during the morning and ceremony.

Tim Nordh graduated and received his PhD from Structural Chemistry in 2017, he then went on to create Altris. Tim and Altris recently received an award for being one of the ten most innovative entrepreneurs of 2019. It was given by ÅForsk and Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) during Sveriges Innovationsriksdag in Karlskrona.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

Each year the King Carl XVI Gustafs 50 year foundation welcomes researchers within science, technology and environment to the Royal Palace. While there they will receive a grant from King Carl XVI Gustaf, the reception takes place on the 8th of May.

Sustainable, ultra-thin and transparent. A unique combination of characteristics when it comes to solar cells. A technology that could potentially revolutionize the way we power our smart devices, displays and windows. Meet Jacinto Sá, co-founder of Peafowl Solar Power and Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry at Chemistry - Ångström.

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Electron transfer (ET) reactions slow down when they become thermodynamically very favorable, a counterintuitive interplay of kinetics and thermodynamics termed the inverted region in Marcus theory.

We are proud to announce that Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has funded the establishment of a third ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center, here at Uppsala University.

Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden (IKEM) work with giving exposure to exciting jobs within Chemistry. This is done by interviewing young former chemistry students that now work within the industry.

SoFiA receives funding from the FET OPEN 2018 call within the Horizon 2020 program. Coordinated by Prof. Leif Hammarström from Uppsala University, the interdisciplinary project features 8 partner institutions from 6 different countries.

This year it's 150 years ago that Dmítriy Ivánovich Mendeléyev first published the Periodic Law that would later become the periodic table. Unesco has decided to celebrate this by calling 2019 "International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements" (IYPT).

Kristina Edström has become one of 22 chosen to be the 2019 Wallenberg Scholars. This means that she will receive a personal grant of 18 million SEK to be able to do research over 5 years without worrying about finances.

Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden (IKEM) work with giving exposure to exciting jobs within Chemistry. This is done by interviewing young former chemistry students that now work within the industry.

As we mentioned in a previous article, last weekend the 2019 SciFest took place at Fyrishov here in Uppsala. We were there and took some pictures of the booths from the Section of Chemistry.