Tanja Weil
@weilgroup.bsky.social
Posts by Division of Synthesis of Macromolecules @mpip-mainz.mpg.de | JACS Associate Editor
Striving for equality, diversity and representation in all aspects.
https://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/en/weil
Striving for equality, diversity and representation in all aspects.
https://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/en/weil
Warmest congratulations to my JACS editor colleague Omar Yaghi on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025! I also congratulate the laureates Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson. Their work on metal–organic frameworks has opened new horizons in chemistry.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded jointly to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi "for the development of metal–organic frameworks"
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October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Warmest congratulations to my JACS editor colleague Omar Yaghi on receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025! I also congratulate the laureates Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson. Their work on metal–organic frameworks has opened new horizons in chemistry.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
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Our #mattertolife Fall Days have just started 👏🏻 Thank you @mpip-mainz.mpg.de for hosting us!
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September 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Our #mattertolife Fall Days have just started 👏🏻 Thank you @mpip-mainz.mpg.de for hosting us!
@graeterlab.bsky.social @landfesterdept.bsky.social @weilgroup.bsky.social
@graeterlab.bsky.social @landfesterdept.bsky.social @weilgroup.bsky.social
This is a fantastic opportunity for students who want to pursue an integrated MSc/PhD Program!
Our group is currently hosting two excellent Matter to Life students and we can only recommend this program!
@mattertolife.bsky.social
Our group is currently hosting two excellent Matter to Life students and we can only recommend this program!
@mattertolife.bsky.social
Integrated MSc/PhD Graduate Program applications are now open! mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/application Get an impression about our program and science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ni1.... Apply now and become part of our vibrant student body. Spread the word!
Explore your passion for science with Matter to Life!
The Max Planck School Matter to Life (MPS MtL) offers a unique interdisciplinary Master to PhD Direct track program, aimed at understanding the fundamental principles of life and exploring new ways…
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September 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is a fantastic opportunity for students who want to pursue an integrated MSc/PhD Program!
Our group is currently hosting two excellent Matter to Life students and we can only recommend this program!
@mattertolife.bsky.social
Our group is currently hosting two excellent Matter to Life students and we can only recommend this program!
@mattertolife.bsky.social
Wonderful Symposium!
Thank you so much for the great organization by @giulialavarda.bsky.social.
It was great to spend time with our wonderful guests from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social
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Thank you so much for the great organization by @giulialavarda.bsky.social.
It was great to spend time with our wonderful guests from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social
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Great talks and discussions at yesterday’s MPIP-JGU-TUe Mini Symposium hosted by @weilgroup.bsky.social at @mpip-mainz.mpg.de with colleagues from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to bring our communities together for a day of science and exchange!
It was a pleasure to bring our communities together for a day of science and exchange!
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wonderful Symposium!
Thank you so much for the great organization by @giulialavarda.bsky.social.
It was great to spend time with our wonderful guests from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Thank you so much for the great organization by @giulialavarda.bsky.social.
It was great to spend time with our wonderful guests from @tue.nl and @unimainz.bsky.social
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
We are very excited for today's Mini Symposium together with our guests from TU Eindhoven and JGU Mainz!
www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038...
Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions!
Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!
www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038...
Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions!
Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
We are very excited for today's Mini Symposium together with our guests from TU Eindhoven and JGU Mainz!
www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038...
Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions!
Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!
www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/events/43038...
Looking forward to interesting talks and many nice interactions!
Many thanks to @giulialavarda.bsky.social for organizing this event!
Today, Dr. Yingke Wu, group leader of our Nanodiamond group, gave a wonderful lecture on Carbon Materials as part of the MPIP Lecture Series "Advanced Soft Matter Science."
Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials!
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Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials!
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
@yingkewu.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, Dr. Yingke Wu, group leader of our Nanodiamond group, gave a wonderful lecture on Carbon Materials as part of the MPIP Lecture Series "Advanced Soft Matter Science."
Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials!
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
@yingkewu.bsky.social
Many thanks to Yingke for sharing his knowledge on these fascinating materials!
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
@yingkewu.bsky.social
The new science outreach chapter highlights the unsung contributions of polymers to everyday life. Honored to be part of this meaningful project and many thanks to the brilliant team who made this possible!
#ScienceCommunication #Polymers #Teamwork
#ScienceCommunication #Polymers #Teamwork
✨ Polymers: The Hidden Heroes of Life ✨
Thrilled to share that our science outreach chapter has just been published in the Springer Series "Science for a Better Tomorrow"! A true example of how collaboration and curiosity can drive meaningful science communication!
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Thrilled to share that our science outreach chapter has just been published in the Springer Series "Science for a Better Tomorrow"! A true example of how collaboration and curiosity can drive meaningful science communication!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Science for a Better Tomorrow
This book explores how biosciences, AI, and IT can innovate biomedicine and health, expanding on the discussion held at the Curious2024 Conference.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The new science outreach chapter highlights the unsung contributions of polymers to everyday life. Honored to be part of this meaningful project and many thanks to the brilliant team who made this possible!
#ScienceCommunication #Polymers #Teamwork
#ScienceCommunication #Polymers #Teamwork
We developed an AND-gated chemiluminescent photosensitizer that only generates light inside tumor cells, activating under 2 cancer cell-specific conditions.
Many thanks to Wenwu Peng @pengww.bsky.social from Seah Ling Kuan's group @seahling.bsky.social & our collaborators! shorturl.at/uXTg3
Many thanks to Wenwu Peng @pengww.bsky.social from Seah Ling Kuan's group @seahling.bsky.social & our collaborators! shorturl.at/uXTg3
Autonomous Activation of a Gated Chemiluminescent Photosensitizer Enables Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Tumor Cells
Chemiluminescence-based photodynamic therapy (CLPDT) offers a promising solution to the light penetration limits of traditional PDT. However, it lacks spatiotemporal control. Intracellularly activated...
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July 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We developed an AND-gated chemiluminescent photosensitizer that only generates light inside tumor cells, activating under 2 cancer cell-specific conditions.
Many thanks to Wenwu Peng @pengww.bsky.social from Seah Ling Kuan's group @seahling.bsky.social & our collaborators! shorturl.at/uXTg3
Many thanks to Wenwu Peng @pengww.bsky.social from Seah Ling Kuan's group @seahling.bsky.social & our collaborators! shorturl.at/uXTg3
Two in one day: Congratulations to Raphael Meyer for defending his PhD today! 🎉 🥳
July 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Two in one day: Congratulations to Raphael Meyer for defending his PhD today! 🎉 🥳
Congratulations to Yu-Liang Tsai for successfully defending his PhD today! 🎉🥳
July 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Congratulations to Yu-Liang Tsai for successfully defending his PhD today! 🎉🥳
We had a great time at our group retreat last week in Cochem on the Mosel! Good talks, fun activities, and plenty to explore. So lucky to work with such an awesome team!
July 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We had a great time at our group retreat last week in Cochem on the Mosel! Good talks, fun activities, and plenty to explore. So lucky to work with such an awesome team!
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Thrilled to be selected as a young scientist for the Lindau Nobel Meeting 2025! It's been an inspiring week meeting Nobel Laureates and brilliant young researchers. Many thanks for the support @weilgroup.bsky.social @maxplanck.de #LINO25 #NobelLaureates #LindauMeeting
July 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thrilled to be selected as a young scientist for the Lindau Nobel Meeting 2025! It's been an inspiring week meeting Nobel Laureates and brilliant young researchers. Many thanks for the support @weilgroup.bsky.social @maxplanck.de #LINO25 #NobelLaureates #LindauMeeting
Weil group goes Teufelsschlucht! 🏞️🦕
Braving the heat and having an amazing time on our group retreat with a paleontology crash course and a scenic hike through the woods with team-building games! #Teufelsschlucht #ScienceAndNature #GroupRetreat
Braving the heat and having an amazing time on our group retreat with a paleontology crash course and a scenic hike through the woods with team-building games! #Teufelsschlucht #ScienceAndNature #GroupRetreat
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Weil group goes Teufelsschlucht! 🏞️🦕
Braving the heat and having an amazing time on our group retreat with a paleontology crash course and a scenic hike through the woods with team-building games! #Teufelsschlucht #ScienceAndNature #GroupRetreat
Braving the heat and having an amazing time on our group retreat with a paleontology crash course and a scenic hike through the woods with team-building games! #Teufelsschlucht #ScienceAndNature #GroupRetreat
Our cover for “Intracellular assembly of supramolecular peptide nanostructures controlled by visible light” by Yong Ren from David Ng's group was selected for the current Nature Synthesis issue!
Many thanks to the team & collaborators!
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Many thanks to the team & collaborators!
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@natsynth.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Our cover for “Intracellular assembly of supramolecular peptide nanostructures controlled by visible light” by Yong Ren from David Ng's group was selected for the current Nature Synthesis issue!
Many thanks to the team & collaborators!
www.nature.com/natsynth/vol...
@natsynth.nature.com
Many thanks to the team & collaborators!
www.nature.com/natsynth/vol...
@natsynth.nature.com
Congratulations, Kübra! 🎉
Well-deserved for your excellent research work!
Well-deserved for your excellent research work!
I am very excited and feel honored for receiving the Otto Hahn Medal!
Many thanks to my mentor Tanja Weil @weilgroup.bsky.social for her great and continuous support over the years!
Many thanks to my mentor Tanja Weil @weilgroup.bsky.social for her great and continuous support over the years!
Congratulations to Dr. Kübra Kaygisiz @kubrakaygisiz.bsky.social on being awarded the Otto Hahn Medal by the Max Planck Society 🎉 Her outstanding PhD work on self-assembling peptide nanostructures for controlled cell-material interactions was truly groundbreaking. #MPG #OttoHahnMedal #WomenInSTEM
June 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations, Kübra! 🎉
Well-deserved for your excellent research work!
Well-deserved for your excellent research work!
Many stimulating talks & discussions @rsc.org Bioorthogonal & Bioresponsive 2025 last week!
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Congratulations to Gonçalo Bernardes, who won the 2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry & gave an excellent talk!
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Congratulations to Gonçalo Bernardes, who won the 2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry & gave an excellent talk!
www.rsc.org/prizes-fundi...
Bioorthogonal and Bioresponsive 2025
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June 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Many stimulating talks & discussions @rsc.org Bioorthogonal & Bioresponsive 2025 last week!
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Congratulations to Gonçalo Bernardes, who won the 2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry & gave an excellent talk!
www.rsc.org/prizes-fundi...
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Congratulations to Gonçalo Bernardes, who won the 2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry & gave an excellent talk!
www.rsc.org/prizes-fundi...
Excited to share our latest research published in @natcomms.nature.com, where we explore a 1,6-addition of thiols to N-alkylpyridinium for site-selective dual modification of proteins. Congratulations to the team!
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bioconjugation
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#Bioconjugation
@seahling.bsky.social
Chemoselective dual functionalization of proteins via 1,6-addition of thiols to trifunctional N-alkylpyridinium - Nature Communications
Chemoselective dual functionalization of proteins is an invaluable tool to introduce two distinct payloads to proteins. Here, the authors present N-alkylpyridinium reagents as soft electrophiles for c...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Excited to share our latest research published in @natcomms.nature.com, where we explore a 1,6-addition of thiols to N-alkylpyridinium for site-selective dual modification of proteins. Congratulations to the team!
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bioconjugation
@seahling.bsky.social
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bioconjugation
@seahling.bsky.social
Our team has just published exciting work on intracellular peptide assembly to induce mitochondrial dysfunction & cell death in both 2D cell culture and 3D tumor spheroids.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Intracellular Formation of Synthetic Peptide Nanostructures Causes Mitochondrial Disruption and Cell Death in Tumor Spheroids
Synthetic peptide nanostructures, formed within cancer cells in response to glutathione, lead to mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death. The nanostructures significantly damage mitochondrial networ...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Our team has just published exciting work on intracellular peptide assembly to induce mitochondrial dysfunction & cell death in both 2D cell culture and 3D tumor spheroids.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Congratulations to Yong (@yongren111.bsky.social) for winning an outstanding poster award at the recent Fudan-ACS Publications Symposium (OPBIS 2025)!
Yong presented his recent work with David on light-controlled supramolecular peptide assembly in cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Yong presented his recent work with David on light-controlled supramolecular peptide assembly in cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
May 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congratulations to Yong (@yongren111.bsky.social) for winning an outstanding poster award at the recent Fudan-ACS Publications Symposium (OPBIS 2025)!
Yong presented his recent work with David on light-controlled supramolecular peptide assembly in cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Yong presented his recent work with David on light-controlled supramolecular peptide assembly in cells.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Had a fantastic time at the Fudan-ACS symposium with fellow @jacs.acspublications.org editors & many top scientists. Pleased to reconnect with esteemed peers & alumni including a productive meeting with Guosong's group.
Thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event!
#chemicalbiology #biosensing
Thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event!
#chemicalbiology #biosensing
May 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Had a fantastic time at the Fudan-ACS symposium with fellow @jacs.acspublications.org editors & many top scientists. Pleased to reconnect with esteemed peers & alumni including a productive meeting with Guosong's group.
Thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event!
#chemicalbiology #biosensing
Thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event!
#chemicalbiology #biosensing
Congratulations to Yong Ren for defending his PhD yesterday! 🥳🎉 Excellent and outstanding research work!
April 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Congratulations to Yong Ren for defending his PhD yesterday! 🥳🎉 Excellent and outstanding research work!
Our collaborative project on a trimannose-HSA nanocarrier designed for active targeting to immune cells and liver is published! Thank you to an amazing team and our collaborators within the @dfg.de-funded CRC1066!
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@seahling.bsky.social @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Glycogen-inspired trimannosylated serum albumin nanocarriers for targeted delivery of toll-like receptor 7/8 agonists to immune cells and liver
Nanocarriers can improve the therapeutic efficiency of small molecule immunomodulators or inhibitors, which is important for immunotherapy of liver di…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Our collaborative project on a trimannose-HSA nanocarrier designed for active targeting to immune cells and liver is published! Thank you to an amazing team and our collaborators within the @dfg.de-funded CRC1066!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@seahling.bsky.social @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@seahling.bsky.social @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Our article "Chemical Reactions in Living Systems", published in Advanced Science in 2023, is a #TopViewedArticle.
Delighted that it is well-received by the community.
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Delighted that it is well-received by the community.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Chemical Reactions in Living Systems
Reactions are often carried out in a controlled laboratory environment using purified chemicals, but in recent years, there has been a shift to carrying out reactions directly in living organisms, kn...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our article "Chemical Reactions in Living Systems", published in Advanced Science in 2023, is a #TopViewedArticle.
Delighted that it is well-received by the community.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@wiley.com
Delighted that it is well-received by the community.
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@wiley.com
Congratulations to Patrick Roth for defending his PhD yesterday! 🥳🎉 Excellent work and great defense!
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Congratulations to Patrick Roth for defending his PhD yesterday! 🥳🎉 Excellent work and great defense!
Thrilled to share our newest paper by Yong Ren from the group of David Ng in Nature Synthesis, exploring light-controlled intracellular peptide assembly! @mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Now online & open-access:
Article by Yong Ren, David Y. W. Ng, Tanja Weil & co-workers
Intracellular assembly of supramolecular peptide nanostructures controlled by visible light
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky
Article by Yong Ren, David Y. W. Ng, Tanja Weil & co-workers
Intracellular assembly of supramolecular peptide nanostructures controlled by visible light
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky
Intracellular assembly of supramolecular peptide nanostructures controlled by visible light - Nature Synthesis
Spatiotemporal control over the assembly of intracellular peptide nanofibres using visible light is reported. The photolysis-promoted monomer generation correlates the structure formation kinetics to ...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thrilled to share our newest paper by Yong Ren from the group of David Ng in Nature Synthesis, exploring light-controlled intracellular peptide assembly! @mpip-mainz.mpg.de