Moderation: Wolfgang Gerhartz
Have you been overlooked again for this year's Nobel Prize? Of course you're right, this disregard is a blatant injustice! But what can you do? The selection criteria are shrouded in mystery and those in Stockholm do what they want. But there are alternatives, just as glamorous and only for the best of the best. If you are curious, "here you will be helped!"
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Online lecture by Klaus Roth on 18 April 2023, 3 pm s.t.
Moderation: Wolfgang Gerhartz
The name Dieter Oesterhelt is closely associated with the bacteriorhodopsin he discovered, which performs incredible feats in the cell membranes of the archebacterium Halobacterium salinarum: When exposed to light, it transports protons from the inside of the cell through the membrane to the outside. How Dieter Oesterhelt stumbled into his future field of research by chance, recognised his good fortune and, thanks to insatiable curiosity, a great deal of skill and a good deal of tenacity, achieved a chemical masterpiece, will be recounted here. He was often honoured for his research achievements, including the prestigious Albert Lasker Prize in 2021. He was incomprehensibly denied the long-deserved Nobel Prize, a mistake that can no longer be corrected.
Online lecture by Klaus Roth on 11 October 2022, 3 pm s.t.
Moderation: Wolfgang Gerhartz
Around 1700, Berlin was a hotbed of activity. Bright minds were recruited from all over Europe and flocked to the city. They were welcome, no questions were asked about religion, they were allowed to try their luck. In this colourful start-up scene, a few alchemists made a discovery of the century with Berlin blue. The start-up company they founded flourished and the entire business plan consisted of a top-secret recipe. The future of the company seemed secure, but just a few years later the entire manufacturing process was suddenly and unexpectedly published in full detail in the Philosophical Transactions of the English Royal Society. It was a vile betrayal and the search for the culprit dragged on for 300 years. It was only recently that the case was finally closed. Let's roll up this alchemical Berlin "crime scene" once again.
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Moderation: Wolfgang Gerhartz
Every year around the first Advent, many domestic kitchens are transformed into small bakeries where biscuits and other baked goods are made together. The aroma of freshly baked Christmas biscuits, cinnamon stars, stollen and gingerbread wafts through the parlours. No other festival is as closely associated with smells as Christmas and this sensory impression remains in our blissful memories for a lifetime. Let's pick up the scent trail and try to fathom the chemical basis of the Christmas scent. The effort will be rewarded, because with our new knowledge, the Christmas treats are guaranteed to taste even better.
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Klaus Roth