Students
Elena Babenko
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süssmuth
PhD Topic: Discovery, Biosynthesis and Mechanism of Lipolanthines.
Contact: elena.babenko@campus.tu-berlin.de
Nico Brüssow
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dittmann
PhD Topic: Genomic mining and biosynthesis of bioactive peptides from cyanobacteria.
Contact: bruessow@uni-potsdam.de
Milo Cornellisen
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Total synthesis of Darobactin.
Contact: Milo.Cornelissen@chem.tu-berlin.de
Claudia Feurstein
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meyer, PD Dr. Jung
PhD Topic: Structure function characterization and re-design of antifungal peptides
Contact: c.feurstein@tu-berlin.de
Jonathan Franke
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hackenberger
PhD Topic: Targeted delivery of next generation P(V) bioconjugates.
Contact: JFranke@fmp-berlin.de
Luise Franz
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hackenberger
PhD Topic: Rationally designed cell-penetrating peptides for the cell-specific delivery of functional protein cargoes
Contact: franz@fmp-berlin.de
Peng Gao
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Albicidin analogues overcoming resistance mechanisms.
Contact: peng.gao@campus.tu-berlin.de
Manuel Gemander
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Total Synthesis and SAR Studies of Lipolanthine-Type Peptide Antibiotics
Contact: manuel.gemander@chem.tu-berlin.de
Daniela Gjorgjevikj
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wahl
PhD Topic: Peptide-based modulation of the bacterial transcription machinery
Contact: daniela.gjorgjevikj@fu-berlin.de
Lena Grass
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wahl
PhD Topic: Structures and Functions of Bacterial DExH-Box RNA Helicases
Contact: L.Grass@fu-berlin.de
Maxine Gripberg
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wahl
PhD Topic: Novel spliceosome interactions in human
Contact: m.gripberg@fu-berlin.de
Lena Heber
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meyer/ PD Dr. Jung
PhD Topic: Structure-function characterization and redesign of antifungal peptides.
Contact: l.heber@tu-berlin.de
Carl Helmer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wahl
PhD Topic: Green Chemistry: Characterization of Biorelevant Enzymes on a Biochemical and Structural Level.
Contact: carlh97@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Alina Herfort
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Seitz
PhD Topic: Synthese und Evaluierung posttranslational modifizierter Multirepeateinheiten der C-terminalen Domäne von RNA-Polymerase II.
Contact: alina.herfort@student.hu-berlin.de
Dou Hong
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
Project: The Total Synthesis of novel antifungal NRP-PK hybrids.
Contact: dou.hong@campus.tu-berlin.de
Nikolai Klishin
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Möller
PhD Topic: Structural analysis of the interaction between Paxillin and Integrins
Contact: nikolai.klishin@uni-potsdam.de
Kendra Njo
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rappsilber
PhD Topic: Epitope mapping of clinically relevant antibodies by advanced proteomics.
Contact: kendra.njo@dzne.de
Zeinab Mahfouz
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Koksch
Project: Bioactive beta and gamma peptides
PhD Topic: Bioactive beta and gamma peptides
Contact: mahfouz93@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Judith Müchler
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hackenberger
PhD Topic: Cell-permeable probes for the analysis of protein-protein interactions and protein modifications.
Contact: muechler@fmp-berlin.de
Shalini Muralikumar
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mroginski
Project: Conformational dynamics of peptides in solution and at
a membrane interface by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
PhD Topic: Dynamics of Chimeric AFP (Anti-fungal Peptides) Peptides.
Alexander Rau
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rappsilber
PhD Topic: Modelling of novel protein-protein interactions identified by cross-linking mass spectrometry.
Contact: rau@tu-berlin.de
Yulia Perevedentseva
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Möller
PhD Topic: Peptides enwind crucial raw materials: the “natural 16separation” of lanthanides.
Emanuele Piemontese
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Seitz
PhD Topic: Phospho(glyco)peptides as tools to probe the readers of the RNA-Polymerase II C-Terminal domain.
Contact: emanuele.piemontese@hu-berlin.de
Joana-Lysiane Schäfer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Keller
PhD Topic: Rare event simulation for bioactive peptides.
Contact: schaefej51@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Stella Scholz
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dittmann
Project: Coupling of ribosomal and non-ribosomal synthesis
PhD Topic: Functional characterization of novel NRPS/RiPP hybrid biosynthetic pathways in cyanobacteria
Contact: koessler@uni-potsdam.de
Stephan Starke
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meyer, PD Dr. Jung
PhD Topic: A systems biology approach to dissect the function of the antifungal protein AnAFP for Aspergillus niger.
Contact: s.starke@tu-berlin.de
Christian Stieger
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hackenberger
PhD Topic: Chemoselective phosphonamidate-based tools for protein targeting and labeling.
Contact: stieger@fmp-berlin.de
Anna Tutsch
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mroginski
PhD Topic: Structure and Mode of Action of Antimicrobial Peptide Microvionin.
Contact: a.tutsch@campus.tu-berlin.de
Marius Wenz
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Keller
Projects: In search of binding competent structures of the tWW domain using classical molecular dynamics simulations.
(Cooperation with AG Freund, FU Berlin)
Theoretical investigation of experimental findings during the total synthesis of 𝛼-amanitin.
(Cooperation with AK Süßmuth, TU Berlin)
PhD Topic: Markov models of peptide conformational dynamics.
Contact: marius.wenz@fu-berlin.de
Lei Zhong
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süssmuth
PhD Topic: Isolation and structural elucidation of bioactive PKs-NPRs and biosynthetic pathways involved.
Contact: lei.zhong@chem.tu-berlin.de
