The 3rd Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry (TFOC) Symposium was organised in common by the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). GDCh hosted the symposium in the Bavarian countryside at Kloster Seeon, Germany, on 8 to 11 August. More than 60 invited young scientists from US, UK, Germany and — for the first time — from a guest country (Brazil) discussed their latest research and possible future trans-disciplinary and trans-national co-operation. The attendance of ACS President Marinda Wu, RSC CEO Robert Parker, and GDCh Vice President Eckhard Ottow showed the ext...