Uhlig, K.; Börner, H. G.; Wischerhoff, E.; Lutz, J.-F.; Jaeger, M. S.; Laschewsky, A.; Duschl, C.: On the interaction of adherent cells with thermoresponsive polymer coatings. Polymers 6 (4), pp. 1164 - 1177 (2014)
Börner, H. G.; Kühnle, H.; Hentschel, J.: Making “smart polymers” smarter: modern concepts to regulate functions in polymer science. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 48 (1), pp. 1 - 14 (2010)
Diez, I.; Hahn, H.; Ikkala, O.; Börner, H. G.; Ras, R. H. A.: Controlled growth of silver nanoparticle arrays guided by a self-assembled polymer-peptide conjugate. Soft Matter 6 (14), pp. 3160 - 3162 (2010)
Hirsch, A. K. H.; Diederich, F.; Antonietti, M.; Börner, H. G.: Bioconjugates to specifically render inhibitors water-soluble. Soft Matter 6 (1), pp. 88 - 91 (2010)
Verch, A.; Hahn, H.; Krause, E.; Cölfen, H.; Börner, H. G.: A modular approach towards functional decoration of peptide-polymer nanotapes. Chemical Communications 46 (47), pp. 8938 - 8940 (2010)
Börner, H. G.: Strategies exploiting functions and self-assembly properties of bioconjugates for polymer and materials sciences. Progress in Polymer Science 34 (9), pp. 811 - 851 (2009)
Börner, H. G.: Bioconjugates of polymers and sequence-defined peptides by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer radical polymerization. ACS Symposium Series 1024, pp. 265 - 278 (2009)
Gallyamov, M. O.; Tartsch, B.; Potemkin, I. I.; Börner, H. G.; Matyjaszewski, K.; Khokhlov, A. R.; Möller, M.: Individual bottle brush molecules in dense 2D layers restoring high degree of extension after collapse-decollapse cycle: directly measured scaling exponent. European Physical Journal E 29 (1), pp. 73 - 85 (2009)
Kühnle, H.; Börner, H. G.: Biotransformation on polymer-peptide conjugates: a versatile tool to trigger microstructure formation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48 (35), pp. 6431 - 6434 (2009)
Rocha, S.; Cardoso, I.; Börner, H.; Pereira, M. C.; Saraiva, M. J.; Coelho, M.: Design and biological activity of β-sheet breaker peptide conjugates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 380 (2), pp. 397 - 401 (2009)
Schillinger, E. K.; Mena-Osteritz, E.; Hentschel, J.; Börner, H. G.; Bäuerle, P.: Oligothiophene versus beta-sheet peptide: synthesis and self-assembly of an organic semiconductor-peptide hybrid. Advanced Materials 21 (16), pp. 1562 - 1567 (2009)
Supported by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and the UK Guarantee Scheme, the 'Condensates at Membrane Scaffolds – Integrated Systems as Synthetic Cell Compartments’ doctoral network seeks 17 PhD candidates. This international and interdisciplinary program aims to train future biomedical and biotechnology researchers to explore cellular…
Scientists can now predict structural colors in bacteria. By sequencing a wide range of bacterial DNA and developing an accurate predictive model, reseachers uncovered how bacteria organize themselves into specific patterns within colonies to interfere with light and create iridescence.Their findings hold great promise for sustainable, pigment-free color production.
Biomolecular condensates may play a crucial but overlooked role in remodeling membrane structures within cells. Rumiana Dimova and her team demonstrated that these droplets can shape parts of the endoplasmic reticulum into nanotubes and double-membrane discs without the need for specific curvature-molding proteins.
Imagine switching on a light and being able to understand and control the inner dynamics of a cell. This is what the Dimova group has achieved: by shining lights of different colors on replicates of cells, they altered the interactions between cellular elements. Controlling these complex interactions enables us to deliver specific drugs directly into the cells.
Little is known yet about the interaction between these biomolecular condensate droplets and the membrane-bound organelles. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam developed synthetic membraneless organelles and visualized what happens when they meet a membrane.
Prof Silvia Vignolini, Ph.D. is establishing the new Department "Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials". She is working at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science and perfectly complements the institute's profile of research on chemistry, materials and sustainability.