Tamas Holczbauer, as Inviting Lecturer, took part at the 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry in Sendai, Japan and visited the Laboratorium of Prof. Masaki Kawano at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Co-authors: L. Bereczki, N.V. May, D.V. Horváth, R. Palkó, T. Soós, P. Bombicz Title: New porous frameworks assisted by hydrogen and halogen bonds Abstract: The discovery of the metal organic frameworks (MOFs) has opened a new branch of research two decades ago. The covalent organic frameworks (COFs) were synthesized Read More …
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FWO-MTA mobility project – first visit
By the help of a joint FWO-MTA mobility grant Dr. Vincent Ching and Kevin Nys visited our laboratory between 12-16 June 2018. The title of the project is “Structural analysis of copper-drug complexes relevant for chelation therapy by using pulsed-EPR and SXRD methods”. By the help of this FWO-MTA mobility grant our goal is to use pulsed-EPR methods to determine the couplings of far ligand protons for the CuL2 complexes of some hydroxypyridinecarboxylic acids (HPC) in order to detect the Read More …
Professor Alajos Kálmán passed away on 26th December 2017.

He was one of the most prominent scientists in crystallography of our time. He was a most productive, widely respected, much-admired and inspiring scientific leader. We recall him as an enthusiastic and entertaining head, colleague, teacher and friend who loved crystallography and made a huge contribution to it. We treasure our memories with him. He will be missed by the crystallographic community. Biography
Tamás Holczbauer has been awarded the J. Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The aim of the J. Bolyai Research Scholarship is to cater for young researchers the possibility of realizing their research programs.
Petra Bombicz is appointed to be the Editor-in-Chief of Crystallography Reviews from 1st January 2018.
Crystallography Reviews publishes English language reviews on topics in crystallography and crystal growth, covering all theoretical and applied aspects of biological, chemical, industrial, mineralogical and physical crystallography. The intended readership is the crystallographic community at large, as well as scientists working in related fields of interest.
The group received an OTKA grant
OTKA grant of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office – NKFIH Title: Basics of “crystal engineering”: supramolecular interactions, polymorphysm, temperature and pressure Principal Investigator: Petra Bombicz Participants: Tamás Holczbauer Nóra V. May Laura Nagyné Bereczki Dániel Fegyverneki Gyula Tamás Gál
Nóra V. May has been awarded the J. Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The aim of the J. Bolyai Research Scholarship is to cater for young researchers the possibility of realizing their research programs. The proposal of Nóra V. May, titled “Structural investigation of bioactive compounds by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy”, have been accepted.
Ivan Bernal and Roger Lalancette visited our laboratory
Prof Ivan Bernal from Houston University and Prof Roger Lalancette from Rudgers University, USA visited our laboratories on 9 June 2017. (Nóra V. May, Petra Bombicz, Roger Lalancette, Laura Nagyné Bereczki, Susan A. Bourne, Ivan Bernal)
Susan A. Bourne visited our laboratory
Prof. Susan A Bourne, the Head of Chemistry Department, the University of Cape Town, South Africa visited us between 7 and 12 June 2017 and delivered a lecture on Chromophoric framework solids for sensing and storage. Chromophoric framework solids for sensing and storage Susan A. Bourne Centre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town Abstract Polymeric coordination compounds, and their subset metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have provided a rich source of interest to researchers in Read More …
Petra Bombicz is in the Programme Committee of the triennial IUCr Congress
The congress will be held in Hyderabad, India in 2017. Petra Bombicz is the member of the European Chemical Crystallography group. https://www.iucr2017.org/