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New catalyst boosts efficiency of CO2 conversion

— EPFL researchers have developed an encapsulated cobalt-nickel alloy that significantly improves the efficiency and durability of high-temperature CO2 conversion, a promising technology for carbon recycling and sustainable fuel production.

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Cracking the code of amorphous drugs for diabetes treatment

— Scientists at EPFL and AstraZeneca have developed a method to map the atomic-level structure of amorphous drugs, demonstrated on a GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate for diabetes and obesity treatment.

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New insights into organic semiconductor nanoparticles for solar H2

— Connor Firth develops a new method for co-catalyst deposition which shows improved performance in a paper published in Advanced Energy Materials. 

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ISIC Memento – Conferences and Thesis

Mechanism of Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed MHAT Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes

19-05-202519-05-2025

With: Prof. Patrick Holland, Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, USA
Place and room: CH G1 495
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Ligand-Enabled Redox Gold Catalysis

19-05-202519-05-2025

With: Nitin T. Patil  
Place and room: Genopode A
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Electronic Structure Reading Group: Computing thermal conductivity with the Green-Kubo method and neural networks

21-05-202521-05-2025

With: Marcel Langer
Place and room: MA B2 485
Category: Conferences – Seminars

TBA

21-05-202521-05-2025

With: Prof. David Berkowitz, University of Nebraska, USA https://chem.unl.edu/person/david-berkowitz/  
Place and room: BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Prof. Nikita Kavokine's Inaugural Lecture: What is Quantum Plumbing?

22-05-202522-05-2025

With: Professor Nikita Kavokine Quantum Plumbing Lab (LNQ)
Place and room: CM 1 5
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64838167543
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

Stereocontrol in Photochemical Reactions

22-05-202522-05-2025

With: Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon, University of Winsconsin-Madison, WI, USA https://yoon.chem.wisc.edu/tehshik/
Place and room: GĂ©nopode C
Category: Conferences – Seminars

ChemBio Seminar by Prof. Nora Kory – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – CH637

23-05-202523-05-2025

With: Prof. Nora Kory
Place and room: CE 1 5
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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ISIC Seminars

Modern Organic chemistry-Success stories (CH-642)

Organized jointly by Professors Nicolai Cramer, Jieping Zhu and Jerome Waser, the seminars usually take place on Wednesday at 17:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place in BCH 2218.

Physical Chemistry Seminars (CH-630)

The Physical Chemistry Seminar Series at ISIC.
Unless it is otherwise specified, the seminars take place on Thursday at 17:15 in BCH 2201.

Highlights energy research and chemical engineering (ChE-612)

The seminar series “Chemical Engineering and Energy Seminars ” is organized by Prof. Wendy Queen and take place on Friday at 16:15.

Chemical Biology Seminar Series 3 (CH-637)

The Chemical Biology Seminars Series is Organized by Prof. Christian Heinis, Prof. Beat Fierz and Prof. Angela Steinauer.. It takes place every Tuesday at 16:15 unless otherwise indicated.

AI in chemistry and beyond: Trends in the field (ChE-607)

The Machine Learning Seminars are organized by Prof. Berend Smit, Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf and Prof. Jiri Vanicek, the seminars usually take place on Tuesdays at 15:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place on Zoom.