EuChemS Brussels News Updates, March 2019
Hello and welcome to the March edition of Brussels News Updates, the EuChemS newsletter keeping you up-to-date with the latest developments on the chemical sciences, as well as our news, activities and upcoming events!
On 8 March, we celebrated International Women’s day, which once more spotlighted the continuing gender inequality within society, but also within the scientific arena more specifically. Data indeed shows that whilst some progress has been made in reducing discrimination and encouraging equal opportunities for women, progress remains too slow and unequal across countries.
EuChemS broached the subject in a workshop organised on 7 March in the European Parliament on education, employability and EU research funding. The event was hosted by Member of the European Parliament van Nistelrooij, and featured a panel of speakers representing European institutions, academia and industry. You’ll find our full debrief below!
You can read the full newsletter online here.
European Highlights, Research, Innovation, Education, Entrepreneurship
Bridging education, employability and EU research funding
How are education, employability and research funding linked, and how can we ensure they are connected in a way that encourages equal opportunities for European chemical scientists? This was the topic for discussion at the EuChemS workshop ‘‘Chemical sciences for Horizon Europe, education and employability’’ in the European Parliament on 7 March, hosted by MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij. Read our top take-aways from the session!
Women in science
The new edition of the She Figures reportprepared by the European Commission puts into focus a clear message: women continue to be under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Read our full debrief!
Horizon Europe: deal on time?
Members of the European Parliament have urged that a preliminary deal on Horizon Europe be made ahead of the May European elections, even if some matters, including the budget, would have to be settled after the new Parliament reports ScienceBusiness. Read the full story here.
Executive Board meeting in Lisbon
On 18 -19 February, the EuChemS Executive Board met in Lisbon, Portugal for the first Executive Board meeting of the year. Discussions focused on a wide range of issues, including upcoming activities and initiatives for the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT2019), as well as next year’s 50-year anniversary of EuChemS (initially known as FECS). Following discussions, the Executive Board was given the opportunity of visiting the congress centre which will host the 8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress in 2020!
‘’Is anyone reading our work?’’
The European Commission is currently preparing a project know as the “Knowledge4Policy” (K4P) platform, a set-up that aims to enable more fluid exchanges between scientists, policymakers and journalists. Beginning of March, the first focus group was held in which several scientists were asked to discuss their worries and their perception of how decision-makers access and use their research findings. Read the full debrief here.
Antimicrobial resistance: no signs of slowing down
A recent report released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveals that antimicrobials used to treat a variety of diseases continue to witness a drop in their effectiveness. Click for the full story.
Consultation and Roadmaps
Public consultation: Gender Equality in the EU
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather opinions on the current situation regarding gender equality in the EU and the priorities for the next 5 years.
Drop us a line if you would like to contribute to an EuChemS response!
Deadline to send us feedback: 20 May 2019
Public consultation: EFSA draft assessment of five phthalates used in plastic food contact materials
EFSA's Food Ingredients and Packaging (FIP) has launched an open consultation on five phthalates used in plastic food contact materials
Drop us a line if you would like to contribute to an EuChemS response!
Deadline to send us feedback: 1 April 2019
Funding, Nominations and Awards
European Chemistry Gold Medal
Every two years, the exceptional achievements of one scientist working in the field of chemistry in Europe are rewarded. The winner is awarded a gold medal and the opportunity to give the opening lecture at the next EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC). The call for nominations was opened on 1 March and will be open until 30 September 2019. Submissions can be made here.
Deadline: 30 September 2019
Website: https://www.euchems.eu/awards/european-chemistry-gold-medal/
EuChemS Events
EYCN Delegate Assembly, 21st JCF Frühjahrssymposium and 2nd European Young Chemists' Meeting
Bremen, Germany, 17 – 23 March
Website: http://bit.ly/2HwNXHV
1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security (GHI2019)
Leiden, Netherlands, 24 – 28 March 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2PrzhL8
6th European Chemical Biology Symposium / Meeting of EuChemS Division “Chemistry in Life Sciences”
Madrid, Spain, 3 – 5 April 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2E7ojHD
37th Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
San Sebastian, Spain, 26 – 30 May 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2UUxfWe
14th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC2019)
Lecce, Italy, 2 – 6 June 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2yaNa9V
Organic Battery Days 2019 (OBD 2019)
Jena, Germany, 3 – 5 June 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2F9UGGi
Other Events
Food Safety in the EU: Maintaining High Standards and Ensuring Transparency of Information
Brussels, Belgium, 11 April 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2HmPcdC
European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN) General Assembly
Krakow, Poland, 12 – 14 April 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2F5oGlm
11th Annual International Symposium on University Rankings and Quality Assurance 2019
Brussels, Belgium, 20 June 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2TPd8vH
IUPAC 50th General Assembly, 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, and Centenary
Paris, France, 5 – 12 July 2019
Website: http://bit.ly/2F8hhS3
EuChemS News
The 1st edition of Chemistry in Europe 2019 is available online.
The newsletter includes a number of interesting and highly relevant contributions, news, and upcoming events, such as an editorial by Pilar Goya, EuChemS President; an analysis on the survey on the employability of European chemists; input from the European Young Chemists’ Network and Members; well as news concerning the IYPT2019, and more!
EuChemS Year Book 2018 recently published
Read our recently published Year Book for an insightful overview of the many activities and initiatives EuChemS has been a part of over 2018. You can download it here.
SCS Spring Meeting 2019, Empa Dübendorf, April 5, 2019
The Swiss Chemical Society Spring Meeting is a one day symposium and provides a high quality program with national and international speakers of a certain topic.
It is also the platform for the Werner Prize Ceremony and the Werner Award Lecture.
SCS Spring Meeting 2019: «Novel Pathways in Materials Science»
Empa-Akadmie, Dübendorf
Fri, April 5, 2019, 09.00-17.30h
The organizers, Dr. Brigitte Buchmann and her team invites you to join the event and is looking forward to welcoming you in Dübendorf in early April 2019.
SCS Spring Meeting 2019, Flyer
Registration
Please register until before March 30, 2019 on the Symposium Website
Participation is free for SCS mebers and costs CHF 50.00 for non-members.
Program
| 09.00 | Welcome Coffee, Registration |
| 09.30 | Opening of the symposium, welcome message Dr. Brigitte Buchmann, Head of Department Mobility, Energy and Environment, Empa |
| 09.45 | Prof. Dr. Mercouri Kanatzidis, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston (USA) «Chemistry and Devices from Halide Perovskites Semiconductors» |
| 10.35 | Dr. Maryna Bodnarchuk, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Empa, Dübendorf (SUI) «Colloidal Quantum Dots: from their Discovery to Applications» |
| 11.25 | Prof. Dr. Edward Sargent, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto (CAN) |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | SCS General Assembly 2019 |
| 13.30 | Werner Prize Award Lecture 2019 Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher, EPFL Lausanne (SUI) «Protect and serve: acetal formation during biomass fractionation as a toolkit for reducing degradation and introducing new reactivity» |
| 14.20 | Prof. Dr. Christophe Copéret, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, ETH Zurich (SUI) «Molecular Understanding and Controlled Functionalization of Surfaces Towards Single-Site Catalysts and Beyond» |
| 15.10 | Coffee Break |
| 15.40 | Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janek, Institute of Physical Chemistry & Center for Materials Research, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, (GER) and BELLA, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER) «Advanced Solid Electrolytes and the Development of Solid State Batteries» |
| 16.30 | Prof. Dr. Michele Ceriotti, Labaratory of Computational Science and Modelling, EPFL Lausanne (SUI) «Physics-Based Machine Learning for Atomistic Modelling» |
| 17.20 | Closing remarks, Aperitif |
Sponsors
Exhibitors
David Spichiger, SCS
01.02.2019
ChemPubSoc Europe News, March 2019
Behind the Science: Cleaving Double Bonds in Fullerene Derivatives
Dr. Jonathan Faiz, Deputy Editor of ChemPlusChem, talked to Professor Yasujiro Murata, Kyoto University, Japan, about his work on open-cage C60 derivatives that was published in ChemPlusChem. Discover more on ChemistryViews.org and enjoy free access to the full article in ChemPlusChem.
> Link interview
> Link ChemPlusChem article
Celebrating the International Year of the Periodic Table
Check out the collection of IYPT2019 activities on ChemistryViews.org.
Find out more about funny, serious, fascinating, surprising projects around the periodic table. And the list is still growing.
David Spichiger, SCS
22.03.2019
EPFL strengthens its brand identity for its 50th anniversary
EPFL’s new brand identity is centered on its acronym. The logo, composed of the School’s four letters, is simple yet sophisticated, and it proudly bears Switzerland’s hallmark red color. “We wanted a logo that reflects our school’s energy, pioneering spirit, technological leadership and international reach. In other words, our identity as a startup that has grown rapidly and is now an adult,” says EPFL President Martin Vetterli.
The School worked with Lausanne-based branding agency Moser Design to develop its new brand identity. Two online surveys were carried out to evaluate how EPFL is perceived both within its community and by the general public. Some 20,000 people participated in the survey, pointing to brand attributes such as excellence, international reputation, engineering, innovation, research and Swiss-based.
The font selected for the new logo, Helvetica Neue, was created in Switzerland and is well-known around the world. It was born in the 1960s, like EPFL, and it symbolizes Switzerland’s place at the forefront of technology at the time. The agency reworked the original font slightly to make it more contemporary, easier to read and unique, and to better reflect where EPFL is today. “Developing a new brand identity for an institution like EPFL was an exciting challenge. The School profoundly affects the lives of those who study or teach there. As a hub of research and knowledge, EPFL is a source of personal and professional fulfillment. We wanted to reflect all of that in the new design,” says Caroline Moser, CEO of Moser Design.
The new visual identity consists of more than just the logo, as it covers the full range of graphic elements that convey the School’s brand. The logo itself figures prominently on campus, in the form of a 2.6-meter-high metal sculpture next to the Rolex Learning Center.
Source: Mediacom / news.epfl.ch
David Spichiger, SCS
19.03.2019
Job Offer Johannes Kepler Universität Linz: Professur für chemische Verfahrenstechnik
Am Institut für Verfahrenstechnik an der Technisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz ist eine
Professur für chemische Verfahrenstechnik
in Form eines unbefristeten privatrechtlichen Angestelltenverhältnisses gemäß § 94 Abs. 2 Z 1 UG ehest möglich zu besetzen. Die Anstellung erfolgt gemäß § 98 UG.
Aufgabe des Stelleninhabers bzw. der Stelleninhaberin wird es sein, das Fachgebiet in Lehre und Forschung zu vertreten und weiter zu entwickeln. Bewerbungsvoraussetzung ist eine Habilitation oder habilitationsäquivalente Forschungsleistung im Bereich der Chemischen Verfahrenstechnik. Die detaillierten Anforderungen sind in einem Stellenprofil dokumentiert, das im Internet unter der Adresse www.jku.at/professuren abrufbar ist. Für eventuelle Fragen steht Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Brüggemann (+43 732 2468 9082, ) zur Verfügung.
Es ist eine auf freiwilliger Basis beruhende Vereinbarung eines Gehaltes, das über dem kollektivvertraglich vorgesehenen Mindestgehalt von derzeit 71.822,80 € liegt, vorgesehen. Abhängig von der derzeitigen Position (gegenwärtiges Gehalt) beträgt der Rahmen des jährlichen Bruttogehaltes (kollektiv-vertragliches Mindestgehalt zuzüglich freiwillige Überzahlung) 80.000,- € bis 100.000,- €.
Die Johannes Kepler Universität strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils an Frauen im wissenschaftlichen Personal an und fordert deshalb qualifizierte Frauen nachdrücklich auf, sich zu bewerben. Bei gleicher Qualifikation wird bevorzugt eine Frau berufen. Begünstigt behinderte Bewerber/innen werden bei entsprechender Eignung besonders berücksichtigt.
Interessent/inn/en werden gebeten, ihre Bewerbung unter Beachtung der im Stellenprofil angegebenen Kriterien samt den dort verlangten Anlagen sowie dem Formblatt in elektronischer Form bis zum 24. April 2019 an den Rektor der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz () zu senden. Falls die Übersendung der Anlagen in elektronischer Form nicht möglich ist, sind diese in fünffacher Ausfertigung derart zu übersenden, dass diese längstens innerhalb einer Nachfrist von einer Woche nach Ende der Bewerbungsfrist beim Rektor einlangen.
David Spichiger, SCS
10.03.2019
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