Biomolecular Systems and Design Lab


We focus on understanding and engineering the dynamic behavior of biomolecules in complex environments using biophysical and computational chemistry.

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Recent Publications

Towards a Sustainable Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Early‐Career Chemists
The concepts of sustainability and sustainable chemistry have attracted increasing attention in recent years, being of great importance …
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Towards a Sustainable Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Early‐Career Chemists
Hybrid Materials From Peptide Nanofibrils and Magnetic Beads to Concentrate and Isolate Virus Particles
Peptide nanofibrils (PNFs) are considered a novel and highly efficient class of retroviral transduction enhancers due to their ability …
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Hybrid Materials From Peptide Nanofibrils and Magnetic Beads to Concentrate and Isolate Virus Particles
Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami
Natural light-harvesting systems spatially organize densely packed dyes in different configurations to either transport excitons or …
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Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami
Iridium(III)-based minor groove binding complexes as DNA photocleavage agents
Transition metal complexes containing the qtpy ligand (2′:4,4′′:4′,4′′′-quaterpyridyl) are known to be DNA intercalators or minor …
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Iridium(III)-based minor groove binding complexes as DNA photocleavage agents
Molecular Insights into the Dynamics of Amyloid Fibril Growth: Elongation and Lateral Assembly of GNNQQNY Protofibrils
The self-assembly of peptides and proteins into β-sheet rich amyloid fibrils is linked to both functional and pathological states. In …
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Molecular Insights into the Dynamics of Amyloid Fibril Growth: Elongation and Lateral Assembly of GNNQQNY Protofibrils
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