mastodon 4.7.2The NFDI4Cat consortium is working to digitalise catalysis related sciences and to promote innovation.
Call for Contributions: Stronger Together for Research!
We’re excited to share that #NFDI4Cat and @nfdi4ing@nfdi.social are teaming up for the first time to co‑host a joint conference this year!
Under the theme “Serving our communities with research data management services”, we’ll meet from December 7–9, 2026, at the DECHEMA House in Frankfurt.
🔗 Find all details, registration, and submission info here:
https://dechema.de/en/Events/2026/2026_12_07_09_CuttingEdge+Conference-p-20601493.html
This week is the week – it’s happening on Friday!
Don’t miss the online workshop by Physical Sciences in NFDI (@FAIRmat@nfdi.social @punch4nfdi@nfdi.social @NFDI4Cat@nfdi.social) exploring how FAIR data management transforms research across disciplines!
June 12, 2026; 10:00 – 12:00 (CEST)
💻 Location: Online via Zoom
Don’t miss out – register now and be part of the FAIR data future!
🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M3JozoV9QNyZwYw7UXPryw#/registration
New in Bunsen-Magazin (02/2026):
David Linke (NFDI4Cat) on how to make catalysis data FAIR – from molecules to chemical processes.
🔗 Read Open Access https://bunsen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media/Publikationen/BM_Open_Access/2026_BM_2_NFDI4Cat-Data-infrastructure.pdf
SAVE THE DATE 🗓️
We’ll be in Weimar, 17–19 March 2027 for the 60th Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker, organized by DECHEMA
Join the catalysis community to celebrate 60 Years of Impulses – Catalysis Community across time.
🔗 More info: https://dechema.de/en/katalytiker2027.html
At #HMCConference2026, NFDI4Cat shared how to make metadata not just FAIR but usable!
Yuliia Dikova presented a flexible semantic uploader for FAIR RDF workflows → https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19707134
Marc Völkenrath showed how LLMs enhance DCAT‑AP+ metadata generation → https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19679693
Key takeaway: bridging standards & real-world usability across RDM, AI & semantics.
We joined the CATALOOP MSCA Doctoral Network workshop on research data management.
NFDI4Cat and @NFDI4Chem@nfdi.social joined forces. Udo Kragl (4Cat), Fabian Fink (4Chem) & Michael Liebau (4Cat) shared key RDM concepts, FAIR data practices, and tools like ELNs & repositories for sustainable catalysis research.
Thanks to CATALOOP & all participants for a great exchange!
How #FAIR is your catalysis data?
Join the NFDI4Cat Workshop at the 59. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker (March 19, 2026) and discover how digital tools are transforming research — from Data Management Plans to knowledge graphs and open collaboration.
🔗 Learn more: https://nfdi4cat.org/Veranstaltungen/59_+Jahrestreffen+Deutscher+Katalytiker-p-209.html
#NFDITalk: LARA – FAIR at its heart!
Join us on 2 March at 4 PM (CET) for an inspiring session with Dr. Mark Dörr (Uni Greifswald, #NFDI4Cat).
Discover LARA, the semantic, AI-powered open-source assistant shaping the lab of the future — making research smarter, FAIR, and ready for AI.
📅 2 March | 4–5 PM CET
🎥 Online via Zoom & YouTube
🔗 Register: https://www.nfdi.de/talks/
#NFDITalks #FAIRData #OpenScience #LARA #AI #ResearchTools @NFDI@nfdi.social
We’re thrilled to join the @BERD_NFDI@nfdi.social Community Networking Event next week in Munich!
This event brings together researchers, NFDI colleagues, industry partners, and the data community to exchange ideas and explore Open Science, Research Data Management.
Let’s connect, share projects, and build new partnerships for the future of open and collaborative data research.
📅 Date: 29th April 2026
📍 Location: Munich
🔗 More info: https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berdnfdi-community-networking-event/
We look forward to seeing many of you there! 🤝
CoRDI is next week!!!
We can’t wait to see you all in Aachen!💚💙
NFDI4Cat joins Love Data Week 2026! 💙
We’re thrilled to announce that NFDI4Cat will participate in this year’s Love Data Week!
Join our webinar on February 11, 15:30–16:30 CET:
“NFDI4Cat: Orchestrating Catalysis Data for FAIR Principles”
Discover how digital tools and structured data workflows can transform catalysis research through FAIR and sustainable Research Data Management.
Register here: https://nfdi4cat.org/Veranstaltungen/Love+Data+Week.html
Let’s make data FAIR and fabulous this Love Data Week! 💙
Save the Date!
The 17th European Congress on Catalysis – EuropaCat 2027 will take place from 29 August to 3 September 2027 in Ljubljana, Slovenia! 🇸🇮
We’re excited to share that our team plans to be there and connect with the catalysis community from across Europe.
Mark your calendars and get ready for a week full of inspiring science, collaboration, and innovation in the field of catalysis!
Find more information here: https://europacat2027.com/
Next week it’s happening!
The NFDI4Cat Workshop: “Orchestrating Catalysis Data for FAIR Principles” is just around the corner!
📅 Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 15:20–16:20 | Seminarhaus
📍 Part of the "59. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker"
Another #NFDI4Cat Highlight @"59. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker"
The “Career Compass: Speed-Dating to Discover Career Directions” by GeCatS Deutsche Gesellschaft für Katalyse, where our esteemed member Schirin Hanf will be sharing her insights!
NFDI4Cat Workshop: From Metadata to Simulation
Join us on 26 May (10–12 am) at the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2026 in Würzburg!
Discover how metadata, ELNs & semantic workflows connect experiments and simulations — making reaction engineering FAIR & digital.
🔗 Learn more: https://nfdi4cat.org/Veranstaltungen/Annual+Meeting+on+Reaction+Engineering+2026.html
Engineering Catalysts for a Greener Future
Exciting progress in sustainable catalysis!
Our team contributed to a new Journal of Catalysis paper on active-site engineering—combining Pd and P to create a Pd₃P catalyst that doubles activity and reduces poisoning.
A great example of how data-driven design and collaboration (KIT, Uni Padova, hte GmbH, BASF, NFDI4Cat) accelerate greener chemistry.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2026.116733
New publication!
“Repo4Cat: A Data Repository for Catalysis-Related Sciences” is out in IEEE IDAACS 2025
Repo4Cat advances #FAIRdata & #OpenScience in #Catalysis linked with pid4cat, voc4cat & NFDI4Cat training initiatives.
Congrats to the whole team!
NFDI4Cat @ Love Data Week 2026 💙
We’re thrilled to announce that NFDI4Cat will participate in this year’s Love Data Week!
Join our webinar on February 11, 15:30–16:30 CET
“NFDI4Cat: Orchestrating Catalysis Data for FAIR Principles”
Discover how digital tools and structured data workflows can transform catalysis research through FAIR and sustainable Research Data Management.
Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1tanl_QVT9ivqwhS4lSPoA#/registration
Let’s make data FAIR and fabulous this Love Data Week 💙
Event Recommendation “Do they really guide? Guidelines for the use of LLMs in scholarly publishing”
Organized by the NFDI consortia #MatWerk @NFDI4Chem@nfdi.social @nfdi4earth@nfdi.social @NFDI4DS@nfdi.social @Textplus@nfdi.social @konsortswd@nfdi.social and @NFDI@nfdi.social this event brings together editors, researchers and legal professionals to discuss the evolving guidelines for the use of LLMs in scholarly publishing.
We highly recommend attending, as our esteemed member, Sonja Schimmler will be contributing her insights.
NFDI4Cat Workshop: From Metadata to Simulation – Connecting Data, Semantics and Workflows in Reaction Engineering
26 May 2026 | 10:00–12:00 (pre-conference)
Part of the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2026
How can reaction engineering become more data-driven, transparent and reproducible?
The Workshop explaines how semantic workflows connect metadata, ELNs and process simulations, enabling a seamless data flow from experiment to model.
Register: https://dechema.de/en/ReactEng2026.html
Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2026!
26–28 May 2026 | Congress Centrum Würzburg
The Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering, organized by DECHEMA together with VDI is one of the most inspiring events for anyone passionate about chemical reaction engineering, electrochemical processes, and kinetics.
This year, we’ll of course be there again with an on-site workshop!
Register here: https://dechema.de/en/ReactEng2026.html
Don’t miss it, mark your calendars and join the conversation at #REACTENG2026
The High-Throughput Catalysts Design Symposium (HTCD2026) in Lille, March 30–31, 2026, is highly recommended!
Meet our team member mark doerr there and discuss the latest developments in catalysis.
https://www.linkedin.com/events/htcd2026-2ndinternationalsympos7346445953173712896/
Don’t miss the NFDI4Cat Workshop on 26 May during the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering!
Find more info below
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7450544237642706944?viewAsMember=true
Don’t miss the NFDI4Cat Workshop on 26 May during the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering!
Find more info below
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7450544237642706944?viewAsMember=true
🌏 ISCRE29 & APCRE11 | Seoul, South Korea
We’re proud to share that Dr. Sofia Angeli from the #NFDI4Cat consortium will present her research on “The Role of Ni and Ru Sites in Thermo‑Catalytic Ammonia Decomposition over Ni‑BCZY Cermet” on May 12, 2026.
Don’t miss this exciting contribution at one of the world’s leading catalysis conferences!
Learn more: https://iscre29.org/
🐰 Easter surprise alert! 🐰
We’ve hidden a little Easter egg in our latest newsletter 👀
Can you spot it? Comment below when you’ve found it -- but no spoilers! 😄
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spring-newsletter-from-nfdi4cat-nfdi4cat-d3s8f
Exciting news from deRSE26!
At the 6th Conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany (deRSE26) in Stuttgart, Volodymyr Kushnarenko and Michael Liebau presented two posters sharing insights from our work in catalysis-related research and project management:
👉 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18937806
👉 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18938507
We’re thrilled that both contributions were well received and sparked inspiring discussions on sustainable software development and collaboration in research.
SAVE THE DATE ⚙️
We’ll be in Würzburg, 3–5 May 2027, for the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering (AMoRE 2027) – organized by DECHEMA.
Join us for cutting‑edge insights, collaboration, and innovation in reaction engineering.
🔗 More info: https://dechema.de/en/AMoRE2027.html
We had a great time at #react26! 🎉
Our #NFDI4Cat workshop at the Annual Meeting on Reaction Engineering 2026 drew an engaged audience.
We showcased our latest tools and how easy it is to upload your own catalysis data to Repo4Cat.
Huge thanks to all participants for the lively discussions — and to our amazing speakers: Alexander Sommer‑Behr, Michael Liebau, Marc Völkenrath & Sofia Angeli! 🙌
Learn more via the NFDI4Cat channels 🔗 https://nfdi4cat.org/nfdi4cat/en/
Chemistry education meets Data Science!
Germany’s chemical industry fund FCI invests €1.6 million to integrate data science into university chemistry programs. 23 institutions are rethinking how chemistry is taught – from AI and lab automation to electronic lab notebooks.
Several NFDI4Cat partners are among the funded institutions, helping to shape this digital transformation in chemistry education.
Read press release here: https://www.vci.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/fci-foerderung-data-science.jsp
How does #NFDI create impact?
A new overview page featuring almost 40 real success stories makes it easy to see what the consortia have already achieved, both on a small scale and across the bigger picture.
We at #NFDI4Cat are featured with two examples:
Repo4Cat & LARAsuite
Explore the full overview here:
https://www.nfdi.de/success-stories/?lang=en
