News

Congrats to Benedikt and team from the SFB/TRR225 consortium for the development of a FRET-based alginate bioink platform for the real-time monitoring of MMP activities!

Congratulations to Alena & team. Together with a team of scientists at Hoshi University in Tokyo and several from other labs in Würzburg, she continued her development of APIT, an oxidase with potential as anti-cancer drug.

Congratulation to Prisca and team! We are excited to share insights into molecular interactions within interferon-polymer conjugates deploying time-resolved limited proteolysis mass spectrometry.

"Congratulations to Lena Scheller and the team from Ann-Christin Pöppler and our group! Together, they shed light on the solubilization process of vitamins, which can serve as an interesting starting point to make vitamins better bioavailable in the future!"

On the 6th of November, Yoshinori Kato and Yusuke Iwasaki from the Hoshi University visited our labs and gave a talk about the detection of oxidative stress using LC-MS/MS. We look forward to the next meet-up!

Lea Hofman, Timo Keim, Oskar Steinlein and Tobias Stepic visited our partner university, the Hoshi University, in Tokyo in October 2024.

Prisca & team demonstrated an elegant approach to immobilize myostatin antagonists on extracellular matrices, with immediate relevance for bone turnover. Congratulations!!

On 03 July 2024, Matthias Ruopp defended his PhD thesis entitled "Biochemical, enzymatic and mechanical optimization of drug candidates and drug delivery for inflammation related diseases". Amazing job and all the best for the future!

Congratulations to Debora and team! They published their sensors, differentiating tumor biopsies from healthy tissues - in less than 10 minutes. These sensors hold promise to substantially reduce surgery times, as the decision to continue tissue removal might be shifted into the operation theater!

On 02 July 2024, Joel van Dorp completed his PhD with the defense of his dissertation entitled "Site-specific biomolecule modification for directed surface attachment". Congratulations!

After developing Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 cleavable peptides, Prisca & team have published a blueprint for the systematic development of protease sensitive linkers. Congratulations!

We congratulate Alena and team for publishing their work on PEGylated Aplysia punctata ink toxin as a potential tumor therapeutic agent!

On 01 February 2024, Simon Hanio defended his PhD thesis entitled "The impact of bile on intestinal permeability of drug substances". Great job!

Oskar Steinlein, Timo Keim, and Lorenz Meinel visited our partner university in Tokyo in December 2023.

On November 10, 2023, Dr. Niklas Hauptstein was awarded the VAA Foundation's Excellence Prize at the VAA Annual Conference in Mannheim. Dr. Hauptstein completed his doctorate under Prof. Lorenz Meinel at the University of Würzburg, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, on the topic of "Site directed molecular design and performances of Interferon-α2a and Interleukin-4 bioconjugates with PEG alternative polymers". The prize is awarded for outstanding dissertations.