EuChemS Historical Landmark Award 2020 – Europe

The Justus Liebig Laboratory in Gießen (Hessen) has been awarded the EuChemS Historical Landmarks Award – European Level!
It was awarded in recognition of:

“[…]the role it played in the history of chemistry and the European sense of belonging between people and ideas.”

– EuChemS

Justus von Liebig, who worked in the laboratory from 1824 to 1852, is considered as one of the founders of organic chemistry and revolutionized chemistry education as we know it, by combining research and teaching in a laboratory.

Nowadays, his laboratory is a museum and part of the UNESCO World Heratige. The collection includes historical documents, chemical apparatus, scientific instruments and much more! The Liebig-Museum is described as a time capsule where visitors can experience the original function and the working conditions of the time when chemistry first entered the universities.

For more information visit the EuChemS Award-Page.

Wilhelm Trautschold – Liebig’s laboratory at Gießen 1841
https://www.liebig-museum.de/geschichte/

GDCh.academy

The GDCh (German Chemical Society) is offering a variety of chemistry related advanced training courses on their academy website.
The program includes:

Online courses
Live courses with exchange options (breakout rooms, chats, etc.)
E-learning courses
Digital course with a variety of learning materials and flexible learning times (live sessions, chats / forums, self-study, etc.)
Face-to-face courses
Courses take place on site (with appropriate hygiene concepts)

If you are interested to see what courses are availiable, check out the
2022 training program.

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Alternate Versions of the Periodic Table

To remind you of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019) find here a list of some unusual periodic tables:

Alternative periodic tables (laboratory news)

The Mayan Periodic Table of Elements

Periodic Table of Videos by the University of Nottingham

Periodic System of Endangered Elements by the American Chemical Society

Periodic Table Challenge

The IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) has started a periodic table challenge. It is a new and expanded online challenge. The challenge about the periodic table of the elements 2019 aimed at a global audience of young students during the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019).

Discover the amazing world of chemical elements and guess right at https://iupac.org/periodic-table-challenge/.