Students
Tim Bilbrough
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Seitz
PhD Topic: Total chemical synthesis of post-translationally modified protein domains.
Contact: tim.bilbrough@hu-berlin.de
Timur Bulatov
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Total synthesis of Paenilamicin
Contact: timur.bulatov@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
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
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
Kay Hommernick
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
Project: Synthesis of Albicidin analoga
PhD Topic: Synthesis of novel Albicidin derivatives for structure-activity relationship studies
Contact: kay.hommernick@tu-berlin.de
Jan-Oliver Joswig
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Keller
PhD Topic: Application and improvement of Molecular Dynamics simulations and Markov-state model analysis of biological systems
Contact: jan.joswig@fu-berlin.de
Leonardo Kleebauer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
Project: Synthesis of Albicidin analoga
PhD Topic: The potential of the new antibiotic lead structure Albicidin regarding chemical modifications towards a future antibiotic drug
Contact: kleebauer@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
Caroline Knittel
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Total synthesis of α-Amanitin and its derivatives
Contact: c.knittel@tu-berlin.de
Stella Kössler
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
Julia Krumbholz
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dittmann
PhD Topic: Elucidation of a Quorum Sensing like Network in the Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme
Contact: krumbhol@uni-potsdam.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
Marcus Michaelis
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Möller
Project: Characterization of peptide structure and conformational dynamics by NMR spectroscopy
PhD Topic: Characterization of binding events between cytoplasmic domain of integrin-β1/β3 constructs and the focal adhesion-associated proteins paxillin and kindlin-2
Contact: mmichael@uni-potsdam.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.
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
Fabian Schildhauer
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rappsilber
PhD Topic: Incorporation of non-canonical amino acids in cells for cross-linking mass spectrometry
Contact: schildhauer@campus.tu-berlin.de
Romina Schnegotzki
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Süßmuth
PhD Topic: Total synthesis of cochinmicin I and its role as potent endothelin receptor antagonist
Contact: r.schnegotzki@tu-berlin.de
Ludwig Sinn
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rappsilber
PhD Topic: Technical advances in crosslinking and mass spectrometry for the study of biomolecular structures on the systems level
Contact: l.sinn@tu-berlin.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
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
