Today we celebrate the MCEC lustrum! We have organized a scientific symposium to present some of the highlights of the past five years and to look ahead to the next phase of MCEC. BertWeckhuysen has just welcomed all MCEC members from Faculty of Science, Utrecht University TU Eindhoven and University of Twente (inactive)

Very interesting talk by prof. Jens Nørskov from DTU on the Haber-Bosch process and why finding alternatives for activating N2 has been so difficult. Have a look at the abstract of this talk here: mcec-researchcenter.nl/abstracts/abst…

PhD student Laurens Mandemaker (@ldbmandemaker) just publishes in ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal on nano-web surface-mounted MOF films. These nano-web coatings have a higher amount of Lewis acid sites, and are more performant in alfa-pinene oxide isomerization. More info: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/chem.2…

Individual competition is inherent to science, but individual athletes also have a team (e.g. trainer, chef & medical supervisor) to support them. Thomas, Robin & Katinka discuss their cooperative partnerschip during their PhD period: 1 + 1 + 1 > 3 uu.nl/en/background/…

Vandaag gaat het op RTV Utrecht in 'Brunner door de Bocht' over de brandstoffen van vroeger, nu & de toekomst. Voor iedereen die meer wil weten over benzine, diesel, waterstof, biobrandstof, ... en E10 & B7. De chemische structuurmodellen krijg je er 'gratis' bij! Utrecht University

Last Friday the first joint doctorate of the MCEC Research Center program was awarded. Jeroen Vollenbroek got his PhD degree from both University of Twente (inactive) & Utrecht University. Very nice marriage between microreactor technology & catalysis. Proud that I could be together with Mathieu Odijk his promotor!

We are very proud that Freddy Rabouw has been awarded the Heineken Young Scientists Award! @UtrechtUni uu.nl/en/news/freddy…

Nu live op youtube vanuit het monumentale Trippenhuis tijdens VriendenLoterij Open Monumentendag: A van Duijvenvoorde, @[email protected], @vaccinonderzoek en Freddy Rabouw m.youtube.com/watch?feature=… #heinekenprizes #heinekenprijzen

Anne-Eva Nieuwelink successfully defends Ph.D. in first MCEC Research Center Joint Doctorate degree with @UtrechtUni and University of Twente (inactive). Read about the fine marriage between microreactor technology and catalysis --> uu.nl/en/news/anne-e…

Congratulations, Katarina! Katarina Stanciakova obtained yesterday her PhD degree from @UtrechtUni. She has worked on the modelling of water-active site interactions in zeolites, which is of great importance in e.g. biomass valorisation. Proud & wishing you all success.

MCEC Member @wardvanderstam will be present at 'Operatie Breinbreker', a science festival where children and their families can get a glimpse into the day-to-day work at Utrecht University through experiments and workshops. Tune in this Sunday bit.ly/33jW2tV Wetenschapsknooppunt Universiteit Utrecht

Creating value from plastic waste! Catalysis is key to convert plastic waste. Upcycling processes pave the way toward a circular plastics economy, in which plastic is not considered waste, but rather a valuable raw material. Info in Science Magazine: science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65…

"I have collected over a hundred plastic yoghurt containers to use in my experiments. They serve as a constant reminder to the growing mountain of waste, and with this grant I will truly be able to do something about it,”says Veni laurete Ina Vollmer uu.nl/en/news/26-utr…

On October 26-28, we organized the 5th MCEC School for our PhD students and Postdocs as part of their training program. Thanks to all students, members and (guest) speakers for making this online MCEC School a success! Read the short recap: bit.ly/3lfzC3y

'Plastic: Chicken or Egg of the Waste Cycle' - That’s the topic BertWeckhuysen, Jaap den Doelder (TU Eindhoven), Ina Vollmer and Lonneke Slenders (Ioniqa Circular) will discuss during the MCEC Focus Session at CHAINS (NWO Domain Science (Inactive)). Join us next week! mcec-researchcenter.nl/mcec-focus-ses…

Are you attending Day 2 of NWO CHAINS today? At 14:15 we start our Focus Session: 'Plastic: chicken or egg of the waste cycle'. Read more about the focus of our session: mcec-researchcenter.nl/mcec-focus-ses… and see the program NWO Domain Science (Inactive) nwochains.nl/programme.php

Have a look at the timetable of NCCC: n3c.nl/timetable/show… Great to see so many of our PhDs presenting. We wish you lots of success in today's digital sessions!

We challenge aspiring researchers in the field of catalysis to discuss their views and research on ”turning waste into the energy and materials of tomorrow” with a young multi-disciplinary audience of PhDs and PDs from BE and NL: Join us for two days in September! (link in bio)

Many congratulations ARC CBBC! To commemorate the consortium’s five-year anniversary, ARC CBBC organizes today the 'Reinventing Chemistry Together' symposium. Have a look at the online program --> arc-cbbc.nl/2021/03/reinve…

High-Throughput Activity Screening and Sorting of Single Catalyst Particles with a Droplet Microreactor Using Dielectrophoresis Nature Catalysis Paper: nature.com/articles/s4192… Utrecht University-University of Twente (inactive)-MCEC Research Center #TeamScience NWO Nieuws Press Release: uu.nl/en/news/a-need…