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Whether for cling film or hydrogen production, in chemistry, everything strives for efficient, inexpensive catalysts. Surprisingly, little is known about how they work on a molecular level. Prof. Murielle Delley from the University of Basel aims to change this and is developing methods to promote the production of more efficient, sustainable catalysts. She has now been awarded the 2024 Ruzicka Prize for her work on the controlled surface modification of cobalt phosphide with sulfur. A portrait.

Cells constantly process complex signals, be they for survival, metabolism, development, or cell death. Anyone who can spy on this internal communication has a decisive advantage regarding the development of new therapies. Michelle Frei, the new Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology and Molecular Imaging, and her team are developing chemical tools to better visualize and study cellular processes using fluorescent markers. In this article, she introduces herself.

Since 2017, Elvan Kut Bacs has been striving to provide pharmacists with the best possible training for their future tasks, sometimes using unorthodox teaching methods. The lecturer and program coordinator of the Master's program in Pharmacy at D-CHAB has now been awarded the Golden Owl 2024 for her dedicated teaching. In this interview, she reveals what makes good teaching and why fiction can sometimes be helpful, especially in fact-based science.

This year's annual ranking of the world's most cited researchers by Clarivate lists 6,886 researchers who have strongly influenced their own or several research areas through their publication activities. The list contains the most cited publications of the last ten years. Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Maksym Kovalenko and Gisbert Schneider (D-BSSE, D-CHAB) are among the 22 highly cited researchers at ETH Zurich. 

The prize for the most promising invention of the past year goes to Marie Amélie Perrin and Victor Mougel. They have developed a method that enables rare earth elements to be efficiently recovered from electrical waste.