Sourav De participated in the 19th BCA/CCG Intensive Teaching School at Durham University (UK)

Sourav had the privilege of getting bursary support from IUCr to participate in the 19th BCA/CCG Intensive Teaching School on X-Ray Structure Analysis, organized by the Chemical Crystallography Group of the British Crystallographic Association. The event took place at Durham University, United Kingdom from March 25th to April 2nd, 2023. This intensive teaching school was specifically designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical foundations of single crystal X-ray diffraction. The program consisted of a diverse range of activities, Read More …

Visiting student from University of Padova (Italy)

As part of the NEMZ-KI grant, Sara Franchi visited us for a week to perform single-crystal X-ray diffraction and EPR measurements. In addition to the successful work, he also got to know Budapest, and we also visited Szentendre and Visegrad. We are glad to have you as a guest in our lab, we hope to see you again next year. In the meantime, we wish you continued successful work! Summary of the project Radiometal-based radiopharmaceuticals offer a unique opportunity to Read More …

Inorganics Best Paper Award of 2021

The work of Laura Berecki in cooperation with László Kótai received the Inorganics Best Paper Award of 2021. Fogaça, L.A.; Bereczki, L.; Petruševski, V.M.; Barta-Holló, B.; Franguelli, F.P.; Mohai, M.; Béres, K.A.; Sajó, I.E.; Szilágyi, I.M.; Kotai, L. A Quasi-Intramolecular Solid-Phase Redox Reaction of Ammonia Ligands and Perchlorate Anion in Diamminesilver(I) Perchlorate. Inorganics 2021, 9, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics9050038 Hearty congratulation!

Tamás Gyula Gál successfully defended his doctoral Thesis on 29th April 2022

Tamás Gyula Gál worked in our Research group between 2015 and 2020, in the Chemical Crystallography Research Laboratory of the Structure Research Center. He started his PhD study in 2016, one year after joining the group, at the Eötvös Loránd University, György Hevesy, Doctoral School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science. During his PhD work Tamás studied the structure of bioactive organic compounds and their metal complexes in solid phase by single crystal X-ray diffraction method. This included the exploration of Read More …

The winners of Alajos Kálmán award have been announced

We congratulate the two awardees of the Alajos Kálmán Prize: 2020: Prof Mátyás Czugler 2021: Prof László Párkányi The award ceremony will take place 10:00 Friday, 24 September 2021 at the Main Hall of the Fasori Evangélikus Gimnázium (H-1071 Budapest, Városligeti fasor 17-21.) during the annual meeting of the Hungarian Chemical Society. Prof László Párkányi delivers his awardee lecture with the title: “1976: turning point in crystallographic computing” It is an open lecture, everyone is welcome who are interested in.

6th European Crystallographic School

We are delighted to inform you that the organisation of the 6th European Crystallography virtual School to be held 4-10 July 2021 is progressing well. The move to the on-line platform is performed by the involvement of the Professional Conference Organisers AKCongress. The registration will be open in the middle of January 2021. Bursary for partial wave of the registration fee will be available thanks to the generosity of ECA and IUCr. Both bursary and the early bird registration deadline Read More …

Researcher’s Night

Crystals under Study The Chemical Crystallography Laboratory was open for visitors under the event of Researcher’s Night organised at 27.09.2019. Salt crystals of different origin and colouring components together with flower leafs and stamens could be look under the optical microscope. Visitors could also get to know the X-ray diffraction technique and take a closer look at the instrument.

Participation on ECM32 with Poster Prize to Tamás Gál

  We have been participated at the 32th European Crystallographic Meeting at 18-23 August 2019, Vienna, Austria with an invited lecture in the  IUCr Commission on Data Workshop, a lecture under the topic “Chirality and Polarity in Crystals” and two posters under the topic “From Synthon Engineering to Property Engineering”: Petra Bombicz: Overview of the role of data reviews and tutorial reviews in improving crystallographic science training. Invited lecture Laura Bereczki, Amit Zodge, Tamás Holczbauer, Márton Körösi, Edit Székely, Petra Bombicz: Optical Read More …

1st International Alajos Kálmán Prize, Vienna, 21st August 2019

The International Alajos Kálmán Prize is awarded to an individual researcher, in recognition for outstanding scientific contributions, in the field of structural sciences, within the last 5-10 years. The Prize was established by the Hungarian Chemical Society, and is endorsed by the European Crystallographic Association. It is awarded twice, in a three-year cycle, at the ECMs. The selection of the awardee is conducted by ECA SIG13, although the recognised field is wider, including all structural sciences. The prize consists of Read More …

Our group was awarded an International Excellence (KH) OTKA grant

The Chemical Crystallography Group was awarded an International Excellence (KH) OTKA grant: “Research team with significant achievements of internationally outstanding impact “. Title: Supramolecular chemistry in solid state Principal Investigator: Petra Bombicz Participants: Nóra Veronika May Laura Nagyné Bereczki Roberta Palkó Tamás Holczbauer Abstract: Supramolecular chemistry is a highly interdisciplinary field of science covering chemical, physical and biological features. The supramolecular interactions are responsible for the self-assembly of molecules in liquid and solid states. Study of non-covalent interactions is crucial Read More …