Please find soon the daily program of upcoming events below.
Here you can find a draft overview of the currently running initial phase program (Excel file; status: Nov. 23, 2023) and here one of all basic lectures (PDF file; status: Nov. 8, 2023).
In case you wish to see past activities, please press the "show all" button and choose the year and month you want to see.
Program of past initial phases HERE! [Old BIG-NSE Website]
Monday Oct. 2, 2023 - Bike tour and picnic
EC2/BIG-NSE social activities
Titel: Bike tour and picnic - if the weather permits
Participants: All EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone else interested
Planned venue: Tiergarten
We meet at 1 pm in front of the Villa Bell with the bikes, then go for a short relaxed bike tour around Tiergarten, having a short look at the Siegesäule, Schloss bellevue, Hautbahnhof, Kanzleramt, Reichstag and Brandenburger Gate.
From approx. 2:30 pm picnic and diverse games (frisbee, boules etc.) at Tiergarten, closed to the Beethoven-Hayn-Mozart memorial.
Friday Oct. 6, 2023 - Introductory lecture Thomas
EC2/BIG-NSE online introductory lecture
Titel: Introductory lecture about UniSysCat
Lecturer: Prof. Arne Thomas (TUB), Speaker of UniSysCat
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Planned venue: BEL205a (next to my office)
In case of an online lecture, the link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start. If you are not any of them and still wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Monday Oct. 09, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023 - Introduction to administrative aspects of a PhD at TU-Berlin
EC2/BIG-NSE introductory lecture
Titel: Introductory lecture about administrative aspects of a PhD at TU-Berlin
Lecturer: Anne Jenss - Office for academic affairs, School II, TU-Berlin
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Planned venue: BEL205a
Attention: the lecture principally addresses new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students.
Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023 - Presentation of CIF (Chemical Invention Factory)
EC2/BIG-NSE introductory lecture
Titel: Online presentation of CIF (Chemical Invention Factory)
Lecturer: Martin Rahmel, Managing Director CIF
Participants: All UniSysCat members
Planned venue: BEL205a
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EC2/BIG-NSE is happy to welcome Martin Rahmel on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 2 to 3 pm.
During his online presentation, he will highlight a much overlooked career pathway, at least in the chemical domain, the foundation of a startup!
Martin knows what he will talk about by experience. In 2013, he co-founded a "spin-out" of the former Cluster of Excellence “UniCat”, the company DexLeChem GmbH. Having been first responsible for "Business Development and Finances", he then became Managing Director in 2018, the same year where the company made its first profit.
Since September 2020 Martin has been back at the TU Berlin as Director of the Chemical Invention Factory (CIF). TU Berlin is currently investing over 11 million Euro to build the CIF on the Campus Charlottenburg, an incubator for startups and technology transfer in the field of Green Chemistry: the first of its kind! Relying on his own broad experience in the field, and motivated by his conviction that more academic results should be used in real applications, Martin relentlessly works on achieving the mission of the CIF: unfold the impact of chemical research results on sustainability!
Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: expectedly online
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Oct. 12, 2023 - SAB meeting instead of the German course
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: SAB visit
ATTENTION: Today, our joint UniSysCat/EC2/BIG-NSE Scientific Advisory Board visits the Cluster.
It would be meaningful for you to listen to all presentations. They start at 9 am and finish at approx. 5 pm; Venue: H 3005 (main TU building).
I would exceptionally recommend you to miss the German course on that day to be able to hear all talks (program here).
JP
Friday Oct. 13, 2023 - SAB visit to EC2 instead of excursion
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: SAB visit
ATTENTION: Today, our Scientific Advisory Board visits us.
I will give one presentation (09:00-09:30 am), then two EC2/BIG-NSE students will give one too (09:30-10:20). Then the SAB will talk with all present EC2/BIG-NSE students (-->11:00 am). Program here.
Your presence is expected :-)
Venue: BEL301, Villa Bell of the TU
Monday Oct. 16, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023 - Basic lecture Cruz-Bournazou (+excursion)
EC2/BIG-NSE online basic lecture
Titel: Solar fuels: from materials chemistry towards devices
Lecturer: Dr. Mariano Nicolas Cruz-Bournazou (TU-Berlin/Kiwi-Lab)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Planned venue: TUB in Wedding, Ackerstrasse 76!
Meeting point: Front door of the Ackerstr. 76 at 12:50 pm!
ATTENTION: ExceptionalIy, this lecture will be held in the Ackerstrasse (AG Neubauer Ackerstrasse 76, ACK24, 13355 Berlin instead of Villa Bell. A short visit of the Neubauer labs will therefore take place immediately after the lecture (15:30-16:00). Please try to be on time; be aware that the location is not easy to find, therefore plan enough time!
Wednesday Oct. 18, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Oct. 18, 2023 - Basic lecture Schomäcker I
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering I
Lecturer: Prof. Reinhard Schomäcker; last minute change: this part of the lecture will be given by PD Dr. Michael Schwarze
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
Attention: This lecture will exceptionally start at 2 pm (until 3:30 pm)
Wednesday Oct. 18, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Planned venue: BEL205a
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Oct. 18, 2023 - First social evening with WS23 batch students
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Social evening with the new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Lecturer: none
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: Café Hardenberg 18:45 - 21:00
Thursday Oct. 19, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Friday Oct. 20, 2023 - First excursion to TU (TU1)
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: First excursion to TU: DRAFT!!!
Lecturer: none
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| 08:30 | Meeting point | BEL205 | JP | |||
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Hess | 3rd floor | TC320 | Prof. Hess | |
| 09:20 | 9:50 | Schomäcker | Labs 1st floor | TC | Simon, Maik and Philipp | |
| 09:55 | 10:30 | Strasser | Labs Ground floor | TC | Sven | |
| 10:35 | 10:50 | Nunes Alves | Ground floor | TC19 | Apoorva and Farzin | |
| 10:55 | 11:30 | Zebger | Entrance hall, ground floor | TC | Dr. Zebger | |
| 11:35 | 12:45 | Lunch | Mathe cafeteria | |||
| 12:45 | 13:15 | Repke | TK | Dr. Brösigke | ||
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Lenz | PC | Prof. Oliver Lenz, Anna-Kathrin Kwiatkowski | ||
| 14:15 | 14:45 | Thomas | 2nd floor | BA | Hüseyin K. | |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Group picture | in front of the usual column |
Monday Oct. 23, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Oct. 23, 2023 - Basic lecture Brösigke
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Engineering analysis of methane and CO2 activation
Lecturer: Dr. Georg Brösigke
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023 - Basic lecture Mroginski
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Modeling biological systems
Lecturer: Prof Dr. Maria Andrea Mroginski (TUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
The online-lecture link, in case it takes place on line after all, will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023 - Basic lecture Schomäcker II - CANCELLED
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
ATTENTION: This lecture is CANCELLED!
Titel: Fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering II
Lecturer: Prof. Reinhard Schomäcker
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Planned venue: NEW: Online!
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023 - Social evening - CANCELLED
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
ATTENTION: This social evening is CANCELLED!
Titel: Social evening with all EC2/BIG-NSE students
Lecturer: none
Participants: All EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: BEL205b - Pizza evening?
Thursday Oct. 26, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Oct. 26, 2023 - Basic lecture Trunschke
EC2/BIG-NSE online basic lecture
Titel: Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis and experimental requirements for FAIR data and digital research
Lecturer: Dr. Anette Trunschke (FHI)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a (or online?)
In case of an online-lecture link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Friday Oct. 27, 2023 - Second excursion to TU (TU2)/First to HU (HU1)
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Second excursion to TU: DRAFT!!!
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| 08:45 | Meeting point | BEL205 | JP | |||
| 09:00 | 10:00 | Kaupp/Mroginski | C074 | C | Dr. Vladimir Pelmentschikov/Prof. Maria Mroginski | |
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Driess | C272--> C264 | C | Dr. Shenglai Yao | |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Oestreich | C141 | C | Dr. Philipp Pommering | |
| 11:15 | 12:30 | Lunch | Mensa or Math cafeteria | |||
| 12:30 | 12:45 | Group pic | ||||
| 12:45 | 13:45 | Trip to HU Mitte | ||||
| 13:45 | 14:15 | Dobbek | Philippsstr. 13 | Prof. Holger Dobbek | ||
| 14:15 | 14:45 | Zouni | Philippsstr. 13 | Olli Hart | ||
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Hegemann | Invalidenstraße 42 | Dr. Ramprasad Misra, Camille Brouillon, Nicolas Liem? | ||
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Burkhe? | dito | Dr. David Burkhe? |
Monday Oct. 30, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Oct. 30, 2023 - Basic lecture Al Naji
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: An expedition in the twelve principles of Green Chemistry: From the concept to an operated industrial unit
Lecturer: Dr. Majd Al Naji
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301 (or BEL205a in case BEL301 is not available)
Monday Oct. 30, 2023 - Excursion to BasCat
EC2/BIG-NSE excursion
Titel: Excursion to the BasCat labs
Guide: Dr. Majd Al Naji
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: BasCat labs
Dr. Al Naji will simply take the participants of his lecture to BasCat (15:30-16:30) one he is finished.
Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023 - Basic lecture Lenz - CANCELLED
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
ATTENTION: Unfortunately, this lecture has to be cancelled due to health reasons of the lecturer.
Titel: Enzymatic catalysis
Lecturer: Dr. Oliver Lenz (TUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301 (or BEL205b, in case not possible in BEL301)
Wednesday Nov. 01, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 01, 2023 - Basic lecture Oestreich
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Catalysis with main group elements
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Oestreich
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205b (BEL301 is occupied)
Wednesday Nov. 01, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: NEW: in BEL205a
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 02, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 02, 2023 - Basic lecture Hess
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Modelling catalyst degradation through experiment and computation
Lecturer: Prof. Hess (TU)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301 (or BEL205b, in case not possible in BEL301)
Friday Nov. 03, 2023 - Excursion to FU
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Excursion to FU/FHI: DRAFT!!!
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| 09:10 | Meeting point: U Dahlem-Dorf outside the little straw roof house | |||||
| 09:20 | 09:30 | Walk from U Dahlem-Dorf to Arnimallee 22 | ||||
| 09:45 | 10:15 | Risse | A124 | Arnimallee 22? | Prof. Risse bzw. Zohreh Asadi | |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Keller | 231 | Arnimallee 22? | Simon-Viktor Ghysbrecht | |
| 11:15 | 12:15 | Lunch Mensa | ||||
| 12:30 | 13:00 | Dau | 1.2.28 | Arnimallee 14 | Dr. Stefan Mebs, Dr. Janosh Brandhorst | |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Nürnberg | 1.2.17 | Arnimallee 14 | Dr. Nürnberg | |
| 14:15 | 14:30 | Horch | 1.1.41 | dito | Dr. Marius Horch | |
| 14:30 | 15:15 | Heberle/Kozuch | 1.1.33 | dito | Prof. Heberle, Dr. Jacek Kozuch, and María Gonzalez Viegas | |
| 15:15 | 15:45 | Schlesinger | -1.1.15 | dito | ? | |
| 15:45 | The End |
Friday Nov. 03, 2023 - Basic lecture Nürnberg
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Light-driven enzymatic reactions
Lecturer: Dr. Dennis Nürnberg (FU)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: FU - during the excursion at FU
The online-lecture link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Monday Nov. 06, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Nov. 06, 2023 - Basic lecture Schlesiger
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Basics and applications of laboratory-based X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy
Lecturer: Dr. Christopher Schlesiger, AK Kanngießer (TUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301
The online-lecture link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Tuesday Nov. 07, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Nov. 07, 2023 - Basic lecture Bergmann
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Electrocatalysis and operando investigations
Lecturer: Dr. Arno Bergmann (FHI)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
The online-lecture link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Wednesday Nov. 08, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 08, 2022 - Basic lecture Horch
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Understanding catalyst dynamics by time-resolved and non-linear vibrational spectroscopy
Lecturer: Dr. Marius Horch, FUB
Venue: BEL205a
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
The online-lecture link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean.philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Wednesday Nov. 08, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Planned venue: BEL205a
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 08, 2023 - Social evening
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Social evening with all EC2/BIG-NSE students
Lecturer: none
Participants: All EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: Ice skating evening?
Thursday Nov. 09, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 09, 2023 - Basic lecture Nunes Alves
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Machine learning to predict kinetic rates for protein-ligand binding
Lecturer: Dr. Ariane Nunes Alves, TU
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205a
In case of an online lecture, the link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start. If you are not any of them and still wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Friday Nov. 10, 2023 - Excursion to IRIS/Catlab/BESSY and HU
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Excursion to Adlershof: IRIS/Catlab/Bessy then HU labs: DRAFT!!!
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| 08:45 | Meeting point S Berlin-Nordbahnhof | JP | ||||
| 09:02 | 09:43 | Joint trip to Adlershof with S-Bahn | S2/S8 | |||
| 09:45 | Meeting at S Adlershof on the S-Bahn platform, back of the train when coming from city center | |||||
| 09:45 | 10:00 | Joint walk to IRIS | ||||
| 10:00 | 11:00 | Visit of IRIS | IRIS building, Am Großen Windkanal 2, 12489 Berlin | Dr. Thomas Lunkenbein | ||
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Visit of BESSY | BESSY | Dr. Axel Knop-Gericke | ||
| 12:00 | 13:15 | Lunch at HU Berlin | HU Mensa Adlershof | |||
| 13:15 | 13:30 | Walk to LCP building | ||||
| 13:30 | 15:00 | Visit to the labs of AG Braun, Limberg, and Ray | 0'233 | LCP building (Lehrraumgebäude Chemie/Physik, between the Chemistry and Physics buildings) | Jesvita, Siad Wolff, and Amanda/Wanli | |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Visit to the labs of Prof.. Janina Kneipp | 2'311 | dito | Janina | |
| 15:30 | End |
Monday Nov. 13, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Nov. 13, 2023 - Basic lecture Thomas
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Nanostructured catalysts
Lecturer: Prof. Arne Thomas (TUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301
In case of an online-lecture, the link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (lonjaret@big-nse.tu-berlin).
Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023 - Basic lecture Braun
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Principles in homogeneous catalysis
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun (HU)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL301
In case of an online lecture, the link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start. If you are not any of them and still wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023 - Basic lecture Roderer
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Principles in homogeneous catalysis
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun (HU)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: Online
The link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start. If you are not any of them and still wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (jean-philippe.lonjaret@tu-berlin).
Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023 - Scientific English course
EC2/BIG-NSE soft skills course
Titel: Scientific English
Lecturer: Phoebe Blackburn (Phenomenal words)
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: expectedly online
The link (if any necessary) will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 16, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 16, 2023 - Basic lecture Ray
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Physical methods in bioinorganic chemistry
Lecturer: Prof. Kallol Ray (HUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: online!
The link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (lonjaret@big-nse.tu-berlin).
Friday Nov. 17, 2023 - Excursion to FMP
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Excursion to FMP (Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin):
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| 09:05 | 1st Meeting at S Friedrichstr.; on the platform (back part) of the S2 to Buch | |||||
| 09:08 | 09:33 | S2 to Buch from S Friedrichstr. | ||||
| 09:35 | 2nd Meeting point at S-Bahn station Buch; at the bus 353 stop in direction of Campus Buch | |||||
| 09:38 | 09:44 | Bus 353 from S Buch to Bus station Campus Buch | ||||
| 09:44 | 09:46 | Walk to FMP (Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin) | ||||
| 10:00 | 14:00 | 3rd Meeting point at FMP - Entrance hall | Entrance hall | Dr. Roderer | ||
| 10:00 | 10:45 | NMR facility - Presentation of the Lange Group | Start in room A1.28 | Building 81 | NN | |
| 10:45 | 11:30 | Cryo-EM facility | Dr. Roderer and C. Diebolder | |||
| 11:30 | 12:00 | Presentation of the FMP | Seminar room A3.16 | Dr. Roderer | ||
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch break | Mensa Campus Buch | |||
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Presentation of Roderer Group | Seminar room A3.16 | Dr. Roderer | ||
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Presentation of Sun Group | dito | Dr. Utesh | ||
| 14:30 | 15:30 | FMP tour | Start in A3.16 | Dr. Roderer | ||
| 15:30 | Trip back to Berlin |
Monday Nov. 20, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Nov. 20, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Presenting your research with confidence
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Presenting your research with confidence
Lecturers: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: Online
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023 - Soft skills workshop III: Intercultural communication - Part 1
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop "Intercultural communication" - Part 1/2
Lecturers: Claudia Grothoff, IKUD
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: BEL301, BEL205a or online
Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023 - Social evening with Claudia Grothoff
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Social evening with Claudia Grothoff
Lecturer: none
Participants: All EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: Café Hardenberg
Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023 - Soft skills workshop III: Intercultural communication - Part 2
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop "Intercultural communication" - Part 2/2
Lecturers: Claudia Grothoff, IKUD
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: BEL301, BEL205a or online
Thursday Nov. 23, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Nov. 23, 2023 - Basic lecture Lenz
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Enzymatic catalysis
Lecturer: Dr. Oliver Lenz (TUB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students + anyone from UniSysCat interested
Venue: BEL205b
Friday Nov. 24, 2023 - Excursion to HZB/FHI
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Excursion to HZB (Helmoltz-Zentrum-Berlin) and FHI (Fritz-Haber-Institut):
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| Trip to HZB Wannsee, Hahn-Meintner-Platz 1 | ||||||
| 09:30-09:45 | Meeting at HZB entrance and identity control | |||||
| 10:00 | 12:30 | Visit of HZB | Prof. van de Krol/Miriam Guerra | |||
| 12:30 | 13:20 | Lunch at HZB | ||||
| 13:25 | 14:30 | Joint trip to FHI - Walk 15 mn, Bus 118 from Wilhelmplatz to U Krumme Lanke, U3 to U Freie Universität | ||||
| 14:30 | 15:30 | Visit of the Roldan lab, Department of Interface Science | Faradayweg 4-6 | |||
| 14:30 | 14:50 | E-chemistry (Geb F, 3rd Floor) | Dr. Sebastian Oener | |||
| 14:50 | 15:00 | Guided tour over the campus | Dr. Martin Penno | |||
| 15:00 | 15:20 | Bochum-Apparatus (Geb P) | Dr. Nicolai Berdunov | |||
| 15:20 | 15:30 | Guided tour over the campus to Richard-Willstätter-Haus | Dr. Martin Penno | |||
| 15:30 | 16:15 | Visit of the Theory Department, Richard-Willstätter-Haus | Faradayweg 10, M-Building | Dr. Sebastian Matera/Dr. Vanessa Bukas? | ||
| 16:15 | End |
Friday Oct. 24, 2023 - Basic lecture v. de Krol
EC2/BIG-NSE basic lecture
Titel: Solar fuels: from materials chemistry towards devices
Lecturer: Prof. Roel v. de Krol (HZB)
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Planned venue: HZB, during the excursion there
In case of an online-lecture. the link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
If you are are one of them and wish to participate, please contact J.P. Lonjaret (lonjaret@big-nse.tu-berlin).
Monday Nov. 27, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023 - General Assembly of UniSysCat
Work titel: General Assembly of UniSysCat
Lecturer: Program will be communicated on the UniSysCat webpage
Participants: UniSysCat & EC2/BIG-NSE members
The online event link, in case there is one, will be communicated to all UniSysCat members by the UniSysCat office a few days before start.
Thursday Nov. 30, 2023 - Online German course
EC2/BIG-NSE online soft skills course
Titel: German course
Lecturer: Diverse ones, depending on the student's level - Deutschakademie Berlin
Participants: Only new batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-lecture link will be communicated by the Akademie to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Friday Dec. 01, 2023 - Excursion to UP/MPIKGF
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
During the Initial Phase, Fridays are mostly excursions days!
Titel: Excursion to University Potsdam (UP) and Max-Planck-Institut for Colloid Research and Interfaces (MPI-KGF)
Lecturer: Diverse
Participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
Program:
| Start | End | Lab | Room | Building | Contact person | |
| Trip to U. Potsdam | ||||||
| 09:45 | Meeting at the S-Bahn Potsdam Golm | |||||
| Visit of U. Potsdam | ||||||
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Visit of AG Müller-Werkmeister | 0.56 | 29 | Dr. Till Stensitzki | |
| 10:40 | 11:10 | Visit of AG Leimkühler | B1.02 | 25 | Prof. Silke Leimkühler | |
| 11:15 | 11:45 | Visit of AG Saalfrank | D0.01 | 25 | Prof. Peter Saalfrank | |
| 11:55 | 12:55 | Lunch at UP | ||||
| 13:00 | 13:30 | Visit of AG Wendler | B2.06 | 25 | Prof. Petra Wendler | |
| 13:30 | 13:45 | Walk to MPI-KGF | ||||
| Visit of MPI-KGF | ||||||
| 13:45 | 14:15 | Visit of AG Antonietti | Meeting at the entrance of the institute | Dr. Mateusz Odziomek, Dr. Roza Bouchal | ||
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Visit of AG Dimova | 0.116 | Dr. Rumiana Dimova |
Monday Dec. 04, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 1/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 1/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Dec. 04, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 2/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 2/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Dec. 05, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 3/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 3/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Tuesday Dec. 05, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 4/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 4/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Dec. 06, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 5/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 5/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Wednesday Dec. 06, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 6/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 6/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Dec. 07, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 7/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 7/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Thursday Dec. 07, 2023 - Soft skills workshop: Individual presentation coaching 8/8
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: Soft skills workshop: Online presentation coaching 8/8
Coaches: Hugh Kearns (IThinkWell), Dr. J.P. Lonjaret
Presenter: One of the new batch students
Other participants: New batch EC2/BIG-NSE students
The online-workshop link will be communicated to the new batch students a few days before lecture start.
Monday Dec. 11, 2023 - EC2/BIG-NSE Christmas Party
EC2/BIG-NSE initial phase program
Titel: EC2/BIG-NSE Christmas meeting
Participants: All EC2/BIG-NSE students
Venue: Hopefully BEL301
14:00 - 16:00: Preparation room (WS23 batch)
16:00 - 21:00: Party!
21:00-22:00: Cleaning
Tuesday Jan. 9, 2024 - Technical check/rehearsal EC2/BIG-NSE Workshop
Titel: Technical check/rehearsal of EC2/BIG-NSE workshop
Time: 1-2 pm
Participants: New batch students + JP
Venue: C264, where the real workshop will take place on Jan. 12.
Friday Jan. 12, 2024 - 17th EC²/BIG-NSE Workshop
New batch PhD students present the work plan of their future PhD
DRAFT!
Titel: 17th EC2/BIG-NSE workshop
Lecturers: Diverse: see below
Participants: UniSysCat faculty
Venue: C264, Chemistry Berlin, TU-Berlin
As every year, once their "initial phase" is finished, the new PhD students of EC2/BIG-NSE have the opportunity to present their PhD work plan in front of the UniSysCat community.
The first presentation is planned to start at about 12:50 and the last one to finish around 16:00. Scope of the presentations ranges from theory to application on all aspects of catalysis: Organic/Inorganic chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, biotechnologies, biocatalysis etc.: all interested scientists are welcome!
Tentative timetable(in progress)
| Time | Lecturer | Supervisor(s) | Program |
| 12:40-12:50 | Prof. Maria Andrea Mroginski | Welcome words and moderation first session: | |
| 12:50-13:10 | Daniil Lepikhov | Ariane Nunes Alves (TU), Silke Leimkühler (UP), Maria Andrea Mroginski (TU) | Aldehyde oxydase constant of Michaelis prediction using machine learning |
| 13:10-13:30 | Denise Poire | Marius Horch (FU), Maria Andrea Mroginski (TU) | Obtaining a dynamic picture of biological carbon fixation by computational spectroscopy and simulations |
| 13:30-13:50 | Zishuo Zhang | Ingo Zegber (TU), Maria Andrea Mroginski (TU) | Elucidating coupling and reactivities in an ATPase driven reductase complex by vibrational spectroscopy and quantum chemical computations |
| 13:50-14:10 | Coffee break | Moderation: | NN |
| 14:10-14:30 | Laura Mages | Dennis Nürnberg (FU), Athina Zouni (HU), Patrick Scheerer (Charité) | Improved photosystem coupling and a novel spectral-tuning approach in light-driven formate production |
| 14:30-14:50 | Enlin Zheng | Daniel Roderer (FMP/FU), Adam Lange (FMP/HU), Han Sun (FMP/TU) | Structural basis of rhomboid protease substrate recognition and transmembrane helix arrangement by cryo-EM and integrative modeling |
| 14:50-15:10 | Coffee break | Moderation: | NN |
| 15:10-15:30 | Jonas Motter | Peter Neubauer (TU), Han Sun (TU) | Identification and characterization of halogenases acting on nucleoside scaffolds |
| 15:30-15:50 | Camila Dias | Majd Al Naji (BasCat/TU/U Leipzig), Markus Antonietti (MPIKG/UP), Peter Neubauer (TU) | Reductive catalytic fractionation of waste cellulosic-biomass to functional chemicals and subsequently to green polymers |
| 15:50-16:00 | Prof. Maria Andrea Mroginski | Closing remarks | |
| 17:00-18:00 | UniSysCat General Assembly | in the H 3005 room (Hauptgebaüde: TU main building) | Arne Thomas |
| 18:00- | UniSysCat New Year Celebration | in the H 3005 room (Hauptgebaüde: TU main building) |
After the EC2/BIG-NSE workshop, first a UniSysCat General assembly will take place in the same room, then the annual UniSysCat New Year celebration will be hosted at the "Empore" of the Chemistry Building, in front of room C130. All UniSyscat members are welcome!