Research Articles

Nico Alleva, Jian Zhang, David Y. W. Ng, Tanja Weil, Torsten John (2026). Functionalizing Nucleic Acids: Synthesis and Purification Strategies for Bioconjugates as Biomaterials. Small.

Albin Lahu, Shao‐Lin Wu, Maximilian Schuler, Francesca Mazzotta, Ardit Ramadani, Emirhan Koca, Ingo Lieberwirth, Katharina Landfester, Torsten John, David Y. W. Ng, Tanja Weil (2026). Co‐Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Yu-Liang Tsai, Primiana Cavallo, Qi Lu, Jiyao Yu, Christopher P. Ender, Julian Link, Katrin Amann-Winkel, Kristina Endres, Christopher v. Synatschke, Torsten John (2025). Design of the Hydrophobic Core of Self-Assembling Peptide Fibrils for Enhanced Neural Regeneration. Small Science.

Svenja Weigold, Kerstin Brödner, Torsten John, Jan Freudenberg, Uwe H. F. Bunz, Tanja Weil, George Fytas, Klaus Müllen (2025). Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Polyphenylene Dendrimers with Different Surface Functionalization in Solvent/Non‐Solvent Mixtures. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics.

Manuel Hayn, Torsten John, Juhaina Bandak, Lena Rauch‐Wirth, Bernd Abel, Jan Münch (2024). Hybrid Materials From Peptide Nanofibrils and Magnetic Beads to Concentrate and Isolate Virus Particles. Advanced Functional Materials.

Jeffrey Gorman, Stephanie M. Hart, Torsten John, Maria A. Castellanos, Dvir Harris, Molly F. Parsons, James L. Banal, Adam P. Willard, Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen, Mark Bathe (2024). Sculpting photoproducts with DNA origami. Chem.

Stephen O. Aderinto, Torsten John, Abdulmujeeb Onawole, Raphael Peter Galleh, Jim A. Thomas (2024). Iridium(III)-based minor groove binding complexes as DNA photocleavage agents. Dalton Transactions.

Torsten John, Aldo Rampioni, David Poger, Alan E. Mark (2024). Molecular Insights into the Dynamics of Amyloid Fibril Growth: Elongation and Lateral Assembly of GNNQQNY Protofibrils. ACS Chemical Neuroscience.

Torsten John, Lisandra L. Martin, Bernd Abel (2023). Peptide Self‐Assembly into Amyloid Fibrils at Hard and Soft Interfaces – From Corona Formation to Membrane Activity. Macromolecular Bioscience.

Torsten John, Stefania Piantavigna, Tiara J. A. Dealey, Bernd Abel, Herre Jelger Risselada, Lisandra L. Martin (2023). Lipid oxidation controls peptide self-assembly near membranes through a surface attraction mechanism. Chemical Science.

Torsten John, Lisandra L. Martin, Herre Jelger Risselada, Bernd Abel (2022). Curvature model for nanoparticle size effects on peptide fibril stability and molecular dynamics simulation data. Data in Brief.

Torsten John, Juliane Adler, Christian Elsner, Johannes Petzold, Martin Krueger, Lisandra L. Martin, Daniel Huster, Herre Jelger Risselada, Bernd Abel (2022). Mechanistic insights into the size-dependent effects of nanoparticles on inhibiting and accelerating amyloid fibril formation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

Xiao Wang, Shanshan Li, Hyungmin Jun, Torsten John, Kaiming Zhang, Hannah Fowler, Jonathan P. K. Doye, Wah Chiu, Mark Bathe (2022). Planar 2D wireframe DNA origami. Science Advances.

Hyungmin Jun, Xiao Wang, Molly F. Parsons, William P. Bricker, Torsten John, Shanshan Li, Steve Jackson, Wah Chiu, Mark Bathe (2021). Rapid prototyping of arbitrary 2D and 3D wireframe DNA origami. Nucleic Acids Research.

Torsten John, Juhaina Bandak, Nilushiya Sarveson, Claudia Hackl, Herre Jelger Risselada, Andrea Prager, Christian Elsner, Bernd Abel (2020). Growth, Polymorphism, and Spatially Controlled Surface Immobilization of Biotinylated Variants of IAPP 21–27 Fibrils. Biomacromolecules.

Torsten John, George W. Greene, Nitin A. Patil, Tiara J. A. Dealey, Mohammed A. Hossain, Bernd Abel, Lisandra L. Martin (2019). Adsorption of Amyloidogenic Peptides to Functionalized Surfaces Is Biased by Charge and Hydrophilicity. Langmuir.

Torsten John, Tiara J. A. Dealey, Nicholas P. Gray, Nitin A. Patil, Mohammed A. Hossain, Bernd Abel, John A. Carver, Yuning Hong, Lisandra L. Martin (2019). The Kinetics of Amyloid Fibrillar Aggregation of Uperin 3.5 Is Directed by the Peptide's Secondary Structure. Biochemistry.

Torsten John, Anika Gladytz, Clemens Kubeil, Lisandra L. Martin, Herre Jelger Risselada, Bernd Abel (2018). Impact of nanoparticles on amyloid peptide and protein aggregation: a review with a focus on gold nanoparticles. Nanoscale.

Torsten John, Bernd Abel, Lisandra L. Martin (2018). The Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring (QCM-D) Technique Applied to the Study of Membrane-Active Peptides. Australian Journal of Chemistry.

Lisandra L. Martin, Clemens Kubeil, Stefania Piantavigna, Tarun Tikkoo, Nicholas P. Gray, Torsten John, Antonio N. Calabrese, Yanqin Liu, Yuning Hong, Mohammed A. Hossain, Nitin Patil, Bernd Abel, Ralf Hoffmann, John H. Bowie, John A. Carver (2018). Amyloid aggregation and membrane activity of the antimicrobial peptide uperin 3.5. Peptide Science.

Torsten John, Trayder Thomas, Bernd Abel, Bayden R. Wood, David K. Chalmers, Lisandra L. Martin (2017). How kanamycin A interacts with bacterial and mammalian mimetic membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes.

Torsten John, Zhi Xiang Voo, Clemens Kubeil, Bernd Abel, Bim Graham, Leone Spiccia, Lisandra L. Martin (2017). Effects of guanidino modified aminoglycosides on mammalian membranes studied using a quartz crystal microbalance. MedChemComm.

Anika Gladytz, Torsten John, Thomas Gladytz, Rayk Hassert, Mareen Pagel, Herre Jelger Risselada, Sergej Naumov, Annette G. Beck-Sickinger, Bernd Abel (2016). Peptides@mica: from affinity to adhesion mechanism. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Mareen Pagel, Rayk Hassert, Torsten John, Klaus Braun, Manfred Wießler, Bernd Abel, Annette G. Beck-Sickinger (2016). Multifunctional Coating Improves Cell Adhesion on Titanium by using Cooperatively Acting Peptides. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition.

Perspectives & Community Engagement

In addition to research articles, we contribute to perspective- and policy-oriented publications on chemistry, early-career researchers, and science-society interfaces.

Torsten John, Kyle E. Cordova, Christopher T. Jackson, Alma C. Hernández‐Mondragón, Bianca L. Davids, Lovish Raheja, Jovana v. Milić, João Borges (2023). Engaging Early‐Career Scientists in Global Policy‐Making. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Torsten John, Maciej Cieślak, Denisa Vargová, Shona M. Richardson, Victor Mougel, Jovana v. Milić (2021). The Role of Early‐Career Chemists in European Policy‐Making. Chemistry – A European Journal.