Annabelle successfully defended her PhD thesis "Tools for the Characterization of New Modality Drugs Targeting RNA Methyltransferases and Lectins" - congratulations Dr. Weldert!
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Annabelle successfully defended her PhD thesis
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Ariane successfully defended her PhD thesis
Ariane successfully defended her PhD thesis "Nanoscale Libraries and Novel Drug Modalities for Targeting RNA Methyltransferases" - congratulations Dr. Hübner!

Valerie presents our research at the FiMC in Münster
Congratulations! Valerie Kadenbach wins the Best Poster Award at the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry (FiMC) annual meeting 2026 in Münster.

D2B enables the discovery of potent S. aureus TrmD inhibitors
In a great collaboration with the Ziebuhr Lab and the Wolf Lab, we have developed a Direct-to-Biology (D2B) pipeline for the discovery of potent S. aureus TrmD inhibitors.
Check out the recent publication in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: Nanoscale Direct-to-Biology Optimization and Structural Insights into Selective S. aureus TrmD Inhibitors
Publication hat-trick 2025
We are thrilled to announce a publication hat-trick from the group! Three of our latest studies have just been published in iScience, RSC MedChem, and Communications Chemistry. We warmly thank all team members and collaboration partners whose dedication made this achievements possible.
Our MTase probes in Angewandte Chemie
Check out our most recent publication in Angewandte Chemie:
Nanomole Scale Screening of Fluorescent RNA-Methyltransferase Probes Enables the Discovery of METTL1 Inhibitors
In the course of this invention, we are happy to share our developed MTase probes with fellow RNA researchers:
Request probes here
Ariane and Annabelle present our research in Marburg
Ariane and Annabelle represented our research group at the DPhG annual PhD/PostDoc meeting in Marburg, presenting our latest research findings. To complete the trip, they both won the awards for the best presentation and the mentoring prize. Kudos to their dedication and expertise!

Ariane wins Poster Award at DPhG
Congratulations! Ariane Frey wins the Best Poster Award at the DPhG annual meeting 2023 in Tübingen.

Non-covalent dyes for RNA-MST
Check out our latest paper in RSC Chemical Science. Using non-covalent nucleic acid dyes, we developed an RNA-MST-based protocol for the study of RNA ligands and modifications.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/SC/D3SC02993J