The 8^th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry organized by abiosus e.V. in cooperation with the Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR), the German Society for Fat Science (DGF), and the Division of Sustainable Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) is taking place from March 29 -31, 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The 7th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry organized by abiosus e.V. in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the German Society for Fat Science (DGF), and the Division of Sustainable Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) is taking place from March 23 -25, 2014 in Karlsruhe, Germany

The 6th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry organized by abiosus e.V. in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the German Society for Fat Science (DGF), and the Division of Sustainable Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) took place from March 17 -19, 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany

The journal Nachrichten aus der Chemie published recently "Primo Levi, Das ist ein Mensch" by Jürgen O. Metzger.

A Special issue of Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. (Issue 1, 2012) with 11 contributions to the "4th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry" and edited by Jürgen O. Metzger and Michael A. R. Meier was published recently

Book of Abstracts des 4th Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry

The special issue of European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology with the most important contributions to the "2nd Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry" which was coorganized by the FNR and sponsored by the BMELV in 2009 has just been published on-line. All articles of this issue can be downloaded free of chargewww3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/69502350/home

Don´t miss to participate also in the 3rd Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry taking place very soon March 14-16, 2010 in Emden, Germany.

German Society of Fat Science (DGF) awarded Normann medal to J.O. Metzger on the occasion of  the 7th Euro Fed Lipid Congress, 18.-21. Oktober 2009, Graz, Austria. J. O. Metzger gave the DGF Normann Medal Lecture on "Fats and oils as renewable feedstock for chemistry.

Ausschreibung: "Leiter/in einer Forschungsnachwuchsgruppe für das Gebiet Stoffliche Nutzung von Fetten und Ölen als nachwachsende Rohstoffe"

Peak Coal und Klimawandel, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, 15. - 17.11.2009
Verfügbarkeit von Kohle, Folgen für Klimawandel und der Traum von der sauberen Kohle
Hoffnungsträger Kohle - reichlich, billig, sauber: Ist Kohle tatsächlich so verfügbar wie unterstellt? Was bedeutet das für den Klimawandel? Kann es saubere Kohle wirklich geben? Sollte die chemische Industrie nach dem Peak Oil auf eine Renaissance der Kohlechemie setzen?

3nd Workshop on Fats and Oils as Renewable Feedstock for the Chemical Industry
Emden, Germany, 14.-16.03.2010
The second circular with detailed information is now available. Please visit the conference
homepage for up to date information as well as on-line registration and abstract submission, workshop-flyer.

"Wöhler Prize for J. O. Metzger", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007,46, 676