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| 10/2018: |
Benjamin and Robert defended their PhD theses. Congratulations! |
| 10/2018: | Joana and Sina joined the group. |
| 05/2018: | Hülya started her master thesis. |
| 04/2018: | Prof. Wagenknecht recieved the Faculty award for excellent teaching 2018.
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Research
Recent Publications
N-Arylphenothiazines as strong donors for photoredox catalysis - pushing the frontiers of nucleophilic addition of alcohols to alkenes
F. Speck, D. Rombach, H.-A. Wagenknecht, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 52–59.
Control of helical chirality in supramolecular chromophore-DNA architectures
R. Hofsäß, P. Ensslen, H.-A. Wagenknecht, Chem. Commun. 2019, in press, DOI: 10.1039/c8cc08887j.
A Primer Extension with Cyclopropenylated 7-Deaza-2'-deoxyadenosine and Efficient Bioorthogonal Labeling in Vitro and in Living Cells
D. Ploschik, F. Rönicke, H. Beike, R. Strasser, H.-A. Wagenknecht, ChemBioChem 2018, 19, 1949-1953.
Fluorogenic "photoclick" labelling of DNA using a Cy3 dye
B. Lehmann, H.-A. Wagenknecht, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 7579-7582.
Programmable and Sequence-Selective Supramolecular Assembly of Two Different Chromophores along DNA Templates
R. Hofsäß, S. Sinn, F. Biedermann, H.-A. Wagenknecht, Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 16257-16261.
Research Topics
Nucleic acid chemistry:
New building blocks and postsynthetic methodologies
Chemical photocatalysis:
Sustainability by light and organic dyes
Fluorescent DNA and RNA:
Photostability and cellular imaging of nucleic acids
DNA architectonics:
Biomolecular architectures with optical and electronic functionalities
