Based on fundamental chemistry, biotechnology and materials science have developed
over the past three decades into today's powerful disciplines which allow the engineering of …

Protein biochips are at the heart of many medical and bioanalytical applications. Increasing
interest has been focused on surface activation and subsequent functionalization strategies …

Nanotechnology is the key technology of the 21st century. The possibility to exploit the
structures and processes of biomolecules for novel functional materials, biosensors, …

DNA has many physical and chemical properties that make it a powerful material for molecular
constructions at the nanometer length scale. In particular, its ability to form duplexes and …

… DNA duplex was denatured by resuspending the beads in 0.1 M NaOH (10 nl) for 10 min at
… Christof M.Niemeyer was supported by a post-doctoral fellowship from Studienstiftung des …

Nucleic acid amplification techniques are used for signal generation in antibody-based
immunoassays, thereby dramatically enhancing the sensitivity of conventional immunoassays. …

… at the Institut Pasteur in Paris with Aaron Bensimon, she joined the group of Christof M.
Niemeyer in 2006, where she started working on DNA nanotechnology. Her research focuses on …

Conjugation with artificial nucleic acids allows proteins to be modified with a synthetically
accessible, robust tag. This attachment is addressable in a highly specific manner by means of …

Structural DNA nanotechnology [1, 2] and the technique of DNA origami [3] enable the rapid
generation of a plethora of complex self-assembled nanostructures.[4–6] Since DNA …

Fluorine-18 is among the most commonly used radionuclides for positron emission tomography
(PET).[1] This non-invasive imaging technique is capable of providing in vivo information …