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Industrielle Forschung trifft auf Akademia – unter diesem Motto steht das Symposium „Forschung der chemischen Industrie“ (FoChIn) der Universität Münster. Nach zwei Jahren Pandemie öffnete der Fachbereich Chemie und Pharmazie am 12. Mai zum zehnten Mal seine Tore für Studierende, Wissenschaftler:innen und Wissenschaftsinteressierte. Ziel ist der Austausch zwischen Universität und der chemischen Industrie. Auf dem Programm standen Vorträge zu moderner organischer Molekülchemie von Wissenschaftlern aus fünf Unternehmen; organisiert hat die Veranstaltung Frank Glorius.
Zum Auftakt des <xref rid="nadc20224129220-fig-0001" ref-type="fig">Symposiums</xref> erklärte Doreen Schachtschabel, wie BASF Biotechnologie in organische Molekülsynthese implementiert und Enzyme für diese Anwendungen mit gerichteter Evolution maßschneidert. Als Vertreter für Boehringer Ingelheim zeigte Ulrich Scholz in seiner Präsentation zur Prozessentwicklung, welche Schwierigkeiten beim Upscaling vom Labor- in den Kilogrammmaßstab zu meistern sind. Komplexe organische Synthese von biologisch aktiven Verbindungen war das Thema von Hilmar Weinmann. Für Janssen Pharmaceutica (Pharmasparte von Johnson &amp; Johnson) spannte er die Brücke zwischen Entdeckung und Herstellung neuer Wirkstoffkandidaten. 20 Studierende aus unterschiedlichen Forschungsfeldern des Fachbereichs Chemie und Pharmazie schlossen die erste Session mit Kurzvorträgen, in denen sie Vorfreude auf die Postersession mit 54 Postern weckten.<figure><img src="https://media.graphassets.com/2rMrGkVQGdZneAsQbAgj"><figcaption><label>Abb. 1: </label>Organisator Frank Glorius (8. v. l.) mit den Vortragenden und einigen Gruppenleitern. Foto: Guido Blanque</figcaption></figure>
Die zweite Session eröffnete Stefan Gradl von Bayer. Er sprach über Wirkstoffentwicklung in der Onkologie sowie Synthesestrategieentwicklung und Screening. Im nächsten Vortrag rückte Sebastian Rendler von Syngenta Crop Protection den Fokus auf Agrochemie. Er referierte über Pflanzenschutzmittel. Zum Abschluss stellte Eloisa Serrano Syntheserouten und Prozessentwicklung vor und gab dabei Einblicke in ihren noch jungen beruflichen Werdegang bei Boehringer Ingelheim. Wie nach der ersten Session standen die Vortragenden den Studierenden für wissenschaftlichen Austausch zur Verfügung.Eine Fortsetzung des FoChIn ist für das nächste Jahr geplant.Mowpriya Das, Marco Pierau

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Symposium „Forschung der chemischen Industrie“ in Münster

Industrielle Forschung trifft auf Akademia – unter diesem Motto steht das Symposium „Forschung der chemischen Industrie“ (FoChIn) der Universität Münster. Nach zwei Jahren Pandemie öffnete der Fachbereich Chemie und Pharmazie am 12. Mai zum zehnten Mal seine Tore für Studierende, Wissenschaftler:...

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Report on the Meeting of the GDCh Board of Directors on March 4, 2022
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the first meeting of the Board of the German Chemical Society this year was again held as an online event and not, as originally planned, as a face-to-face meeting at the invitation of GDCh partner publisher Wiley-VCH on the occasion of its 100th founding anniversary in Weinheim.At the beginning of the meeting at 1 p.m., GDCh President Dr. Karsten Danielmeier welcomed the participants and established that a quorum was present. The Board adopts the minutes of the Board meeting of December 8, 2021, as well as the present agenda and takes note of the decisions made since the last meeting in the online procedure. The second board meeting originally scheduled for September 9, 2022, and the general meeting scheduled for the same day as part of the Bunsen Conference in Giessen are moved by two days. Both events will now take place on September 7, 2022, still at the Bunsen Meeting in Giessen. This change became necessary to avoid a date clash with the meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (GDNÄ), at which the GDCh President will be involved in both the festive program and award ceremonies on September 9, 2022. The date of the last meeting this year remains unchanged: December 8, 2022 at the invitation of BASF in Ludwigshafen.<h2>Report of the President: Guiding principles, strategy and project ideas</h2>The President Dr. Karsten Danielmeier, who has been in office since the beginning of this year, presents the focal points of his presidency in a presentation.The strategy with 3+1 mission statements based on the status as a non-profit association is to be continued. The good reputation of the GDCh must be protected and strengthened; this includes as the core of the brand the combination of members from public research institutions, industry and other fields of employment. The activities on digitalization and internationalization are to be consistently advanced. As new focal points, the president describes the succession of the executive director, who will retire at the end of July 2024, a deepening of contacts with the chemical industry, especially in the context of the Green Deal pursued by the EU Commission, increased member loyalty, especially in the transition from student to full member, the reorganization of the event area, as well as the strengthening of political commitment. To this end, the Executive Board is to determine a focal topic for each year. Finally, Dr. Danielmeier emphasizes the importance of the “wow effect“ (USP) of the GDCh, which should be emphasized more strongly.The President proposes projects and commissions to address the above priorities. Specifically, the following responsibilities of Board members are mentioned: Dr. Frank Dissinger: proposal to modernize the Abitur Award; Prof. Katharina Al-Shamery and Dr. Rolf Albach: expanded options in mentoring; Dr. Timo Fleßner and Dr. Martin Vollmer: development of a research leaders network; Prof. Wolfram Koch: identification of strategic partnerships as well as services of the GDCh for the different target groups. In addition, the following commissions are appointed by the Executive Board: a Search Commission to prepare the succession of the Executive Director and the future orientation of the Executive Board and position, a commission to support the GDCh Executive Board election in summer 2023, a commission to prepare a review and adaptation of the GDCh Statutes, and a commission on member retention in the transition from student member (JCF) to young member/regular member. Finally, the President formulates the following concrete ambitions of the Board work of the years 2022 and 2023:<list list-type="simple"><list-item></list-item></list>The number of members in the GDCh increases to 30,500 by the end of 2023.<list-item>The number of resignations before the age of 35 from currently approx. 1500 per year decreases to below 1300.</list-item><list-item>A successor for the incumbent executive director has been found who will further develop the GDCh brand and society and make them fit for the future.</list-item><list-item>Digitalization and internationalization have progressed further and concrete examples can be named.</list-item><list-item>Contacts with industrial companies have been significantly expanded.</list-item><list-item>Barrier-free access to other chemical societies has been developed and pre-negotiated with other societies.</list-item><list-item>A relevant Topic of the Year has been defined for each of 2022 and 2023 and corresponding actions have been carried out.</list-item>In the discussion, the Executive Board members welcome the focal points presented. The importance of the topic of sustainability is emphasized as well as a significantly stronger orientation towards politics. In this context, the role of the GDCh as a neutral and science-based contact is to be used more than before. Finally, the Board adopts both the projects presented by the President and the ambitions, the achievement of which is to be reviewed at the end of 2023.<h2>GDCh matters</h2>At the beginning of the agenda item the development of the membership is being presented. The responsible department head, Dr. Gerhard Karger, explains the current key figures. While the positive development of the regular members in professional life continues (their number increased to 15,312), a decrease of 270 to now just over 8,000 members is recorded among the young chemists. The reason for this remains the pandemic-related lower number of university presentation events and the associated lack of opportunities for personal recommendation of GDCh membership by both students and teachers. The total number of GDCh members decreased slightly and now amounts to 29,774 as of January 1, 2022.In the next item, the Board informed itself about the work of the Board Commission for the further development of the GDCh event area. At the last commission meeting, the format of the Science Forum in particular was discussed and it was recommended to the Board that from 2025 onwards, spatially and temporally separated lighthouse events with the working titles GDCh – Frontiers of Chemistry, GDCh – Careers for Chemists and GDCh – Chemistry goes Public should be held. The Board follows this recommendation and instructs the Secretariat to draw up a detailed project plan showing the content, technical, time and financial details. A final proposal for the reorganization of the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry is to be put to the vote at the Board meeting in September.A report on the current activities of the JungChemikerForum (JCF) follows, with JCF Chair Lorin Steinhäuser joining as a guest. The JCF is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Lorin Steinhäuser continues to report on the teams that have been in place since 2019 (Sustainability, Equal Opportunity, Science&amp;Education, Mental Health, Start-up, Editorial and Podcast), in which young members work together on projects at the federal level. In addition to various events, projects include scientific publications, as well as,the JCF newsletter, social media presence, and the monthly podcast “Alles Chlor!“. Other activities include the modernization of the website (<a href="https://www.jcf.io" target="_blank">www.jcf.io</a>) and the adaptation of the corporate design to that of the GDCh, as well as the industry tour, which took place virtually last year, or an “Ask Me Anything“, where the former GDCh presidents Matthias Urmann and Peter Schreiner have answered questions so far. Currently there are 54 regional YoungChemistsForums. In the subsequent discussion, the Board unanimously underlines the important role of the JungChemikerForum and thanks it for its outstanding commitment.In the following, the GDCh activities in the context of the Green Deal proclaimed by the EU Commission and here in particular the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) are in focus. Industry and academia are challenged to drive innovation in order to enable the necessary changes in the chemical value chain to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality. The GDCh is intensively involved in this discussion and informs its members and stakeholders through various channels. In the March issue of Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the editorial by Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of BASF, deals with the topic, and another article led by GDCh Board Member Dr. Carla Seidel will appear in April. The Board welcomes the work and supports the further activities planned, including an editorial in Angewandte Chemie with the entire Board as a collective of authors, a webinar to be organized by the GDCh with high-ranking speakers from Brussels, among other places, and another editorial by Dr. Markus Steilemann, CEO of Covestro, in Nachrichten aus der Chemie. The GDCh will also continue to accompany the CSS discussion under “Re-Thinking Chemistry“, the Topic of the Year that the Board has set for itself. Finally, the Board approves the application of the Central Institute of the Medical Service of the German Armed Forces for a supporting GDCh membership.<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>The Board has received a proposal for a candidate for the Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie and decides to nominate him. Furthermore, the Board unanimously follows the recommendation of the responsible committee to no longer name the Alfred Stock Prize for Inorganic Chemistry after Alfred Stock (1876 – 1946) due to the anti-Semitic and Nazi-like attitude of the person who gave the prize its name. The prize as such will remain, a new naming will be discussed and decided in due course.As some members of the Board have left the meeting at this point, there is no longer a quorum. The outstanding decisions, such as the replacement of the Continuing Education Commission and the establishment of a commission to prepare for the DFG Review Board elections, will therefore be made online after the meeting.Under the heading International Affairs, the President reported on recent discussions with the leadership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the European Chemical Society (EuChemS). In both cases, the focus was on getting to know each other personally and on fields of deepened cooperation. Further discussions with other partner organizations are planned.Finally, the Board expresses its horror about the ongoing aggression of Ukraine by Russia, which is against international law, and condemns it deeply. The board makes clear that this does not imply a blanket condemnation of Russian scientists. In this context, express thanks go to Dr. Karin Schmitz and the GDCh Public Relations Department, which, together with the other mathematical/scientific learned societies united in „Wissenschaft verbindet“, has very promptly prepared and published a corresponding statement.The President thanked those present for the disciplined and effective meeting and the constructive contributions and closed the meeting at 17:55.Wolfram KochDas deutschsprachige Protokoll derVorstandssitzung ist verfügbar unter:<ext-link ext-link-type="uri"><a href="https://gdch.link/w7dt" target="_blank">https://gdch.link/w7dt</a></ext-link>

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