Recent News – Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/ MTA TTK | Research Centre for Natural Sciences Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Staff members of the administration of RCNS visited the laboratories http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/staff-members-of-the-administration-of-rcns-visited-the-laboratories/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:48:45 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1665 Judith Mihály, Róbert Kun and András Wacha introduced some of the laboratories to the visitors.

]]> Winner of the Best Paper Award of INORGANICS http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/winner-of-the-best-paper-award-of-inorganics-2/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:40:51 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1651 Researchers of the institute won the Best Paper Award for their publication:

A Quasi-Intramolecular Solid-Phase Redox Reaction of Ammonia Ligands and
Perchlorate Anion in Diamminesilver(I) Perchlorate
By Lara Alexandre Fogaça, Laura Bereczki, Vladimir M. Petruševski, Berta Barta-
Holló, Fernanda Paiva Franguelli, Miklós Mohai, Kende Attila Béres, Istvan E
Sajó, Imre Miklós Szilágyi and Laszlo Kotai
Inorganics 2021, 9(5), 38; doi: 10.3390/inorganics9050038

]]> Winners of the 2023 János Bolyai Research Grant http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/winners-of-the-2023-janos-bolyai-research-grant/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:16:39 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1625 Congratulations to Anita Bajusz-Rácz, to Zoltán Sebestyén and to Györgyi Szarka!

]]> Sensor development cooperation: RSC 2023 Analytical Science Horizon Prize: Robert Boyle Prize http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/sensor-development-cooperation-rsc-2023-analytical-science-horizon-prize-robert-boyle-prize/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:50:33 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1617 The Functional Interfaces Research Group and the Biological Nanochemistry Research Group of the Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry of RCNS are part of an international collaboration „Biosensor Surface Innovators” with the University of Toronto and Comenius University Bratislava, which has been awarded the 2023 Analytical Science Horizon Prize: Robert Boyle Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The Prize recognises the design, development and bioanalytical application of an ultra-high frequency acoustic wave device (EMPAS) for the antifouling-based detection of biological species in complex media such as serum.

Description on RSC site

https://www.rsc.org/prizes-funding/prizes/2023-winners/biosensor-surface-innovators/)

RSC video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678_I1vSZ0U&list=PLLnAFJxOjzZso0SkN1nmrI69S5rnmpxnW&index=3)

Prof. Michael Thompson (University of Toronto) will give a lecture entitled “Engineering anti-fouling surface chemistry for theranostics: from early stage cancer detection to biocompatible medical devices” on 25 July 2023 at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences.

]]> Science dissemination on the occasion of Earth Day http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/science-dissemination-on-the-occasion-of-earth-day/ Wed, 31 May 2023 14:30:25 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1554 Secondary school students participated at the institute’s Earth Day program. After Prof. János Szépvölgyi’s lecture, they visited four laboratories dealing with environmental protection projects.

]]> Kata Horváti, new member of the Hungarian Young Academy http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/kata-horvati-new-member-of-the-hungarian-young-academy/ Mon, 15 May 2023 12:23:30 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1546 Kata Horváti, researcher of the Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, has been elected a member of the Hungarian Young Academy (FKA) for the period 2023-2028. With this appointment, the Research Centre for Natural Sciences is now represented by 2 members in the 60-member organisation, together with Tamás Beke-Somfai (Biomolecular Self-assembly Research Group).

Hungarian Young Academy

]]> Károly Héberger received prestigious Hungarian state award http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/karoly-heberger-received-prestigious-hungarian-state-award/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:58:53 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1510 Károly Héberger was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary by the President of Hungary. Congratulations.

]]> Márton Nagyházi successfully defended his PhD thesis on 23rd of February 2023. Congratulations! http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/marton-nagyhazi-successfully-defended-his-phd-thesis-on-23rd-of-february-2023/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:13:32 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1488 The title of the dissertation is: Synthesis and Catalytic Application of Novel Cyclic and Bicyclic (Alkyl)(amino) Carbene – Transition Metal Complexes. The supervisor was: Dr Róbert Tuba.

]]> Success on a student conference http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/success-on-a-student-conference/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:03:21 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1486 Patrícia Hegyi successfully presented her research results at the 23rd National Conference of Researching Students, organized by the Hungarian Research Student Association on the 17-18th of February in Tokaj. Patrícia is a 12th-grade student of the Révai Miklós High School in Győr, who has been conducting research in the Polymer Chemistry and Physics Research Group under the supervision of Klára Verebélyi and Béla Iván. Her presentation entitled “Development of the potential utilization of β-pinene, a biologically renewable industrial by-product” was shortlisted by the Committee for the Carpathian Basin Final.

]]> Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship http://www.ttk.hu/aki/en/marie-sklodowska-curie-post-doctoral-fellowship-2/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.ttk.hu/aki/?p=1479 Mayra Quemé-Peña was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Congratulations!

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