We can happily announce that BEAM will be funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation for a second period of 4.5 years!

Press release Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg:
https://pressemitteilungen.pr.uni-halle.de/index.php?modus=pmanzeige&pm_id=5924

Press release Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation: https://www.dfg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung-nr-15

BEAM has thrived through the hard, smart, and creative work of its doctoral researchers, its PIs and the amazing organizational team Dr. Imme Sakwa-Waltz, Lisa Krahnefeld, Nicole Haak, Saskia Walther and Kristin Leimer.

BEAM will have its version of The Next Generation (TNG) and we are looking forward to more

• fantastic science in molecular self-assembly, ranging from fundamental physical chemistry and mathematics via materials science all the way into biotechnology
• innovative workshops, coachings, and projects for empowering and increasing visibility of women and minority groups in German academia (together, e.g., with Gesine Born in our pioneering women project)
• empowerment of doctoral researchers through our mobility program to high-level international partner universities, through the possibility of creating, carrying out and managing their own incubator projects – “hands-on” training in project management leading to scientific progress
• leading gifted undergraduate students – of all study programs carrying BEAM – towards research early through our BEAM student talent program

We may not – yet – be Starfleet Academy but we will carry on with our integrative BEAM spirit that we have developed in the past four years!

At Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences II, Institute of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, a fixed-term position is available as soon as possible until June 30, 2028, for a research assistant (m/f/d) on a part-time basis (50%).

Further information can be found in the job advertisement below.

You can also download it via the link:

A career talk with Prof. Dr. Beate Koksch took place on 21 May. She works at Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Organic Chemistry working group. She is Professor for Organic and Natural Product Chemistry. She shared her experiences in the natural sciences, talked about her career and path into business and gave our doctoral researchers, postdocs and interested students insights into her career.

After this exciting input, she gave a lecture on “Fluorine in peptide, protein and cell engineering” at our BEAM Colloquium.

Thank you very much for coming and for your interesting presentations.