Peter attends the 2014 ACS Conference in San Francisco + Fréchet Alumni Meeting
By wichlab on August 11, 201404Read morePeter attends the 2014 ACS Conference in SanFrancisco + Birthday Celebration in honour of Professor Jean Fréchet
Peter was invited to give a talk at a TU Chemnitz event: “From Graduation to Innovation”
By wichlab on June 24, 2014Read moreFrom Graduation to Innovation – at Chemnitz University of Technology on June 24 – an event by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) Ortsverband Chemnitz, sponsored by Reaxys.
3D visualization of a synapse
By wichlab on June 20, 2014Read moreI can’t get enough of this! Look at this 3D visualization of a synapse, recently published by german scientists in Science (B.G. Wilhelm et al. Science 2014, 344, 1023-1028. DOI: 10.1126/science.125288)
The visual representation is incredible detailed and unveils the enormous density of proteins in the synaptic bouton. The scientists used an array of equipment and techniques, including Western blot, mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, and…Group Outing 2014 – lasertag, picnic, minigolf
By wichlab on June 10, 2014Read moreFor this years summer group outing we joined again our friends from the Helm group. We picked the hottest day of June to start off with some sweaty rounds of laser tag, before we had a nice picnic in the park followed by a bit more relaxing round of minigolf. (more pictures after the click)
Benjamin joins our team – Welcome!
By wichlab on June 2, 2014Read moreNew diploma student joins the group. Benni will work on his thesis to finish his Diploma of Biomedicinal Chemistry at the University of Mainz. As an avid fan of comics we anticipate that he absorbs some of the superpowers and funnels them into his work on biodegradable nanoparticles for the safe transport of Kryptonite RNA/DNA. Good luck with your experiments!
Peter wins the 2014 Innovation Prize in Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry (GDCh/DPhG)
By wichlab on March 19, 2014Read moreThe award was given during the 2014 “Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry” congress in Tübingen. The prize acknowledges innovative scientific achievements in the areas of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry and is jointly awarded by the Medicinal Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry Division of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG). (more pictures and infos after the click)
Ilaria joins our team – Welcome!
By wichlab on March 1, 2014Read moreNew research fellow joins the group. Ilaria graduated 2013 from the University of Trieste in Italy and has a master in medical biotechnology. Her expertise lies in the synthesis and analysis of bioactive membranes and nano particulate biomaterials based on polysaccharides. Welcome in Germany and good luck with your experiments!
December Activities
By wichlab on December 20, 2013Read moreThis months activities in the WichLab were all influenced by the christmas theme in one or the other way ;) More after the click
Two new TV clips with Peter aired this week (Pro 7 – Galileo, Sat 1 – Planetopia)
By wichlab on October 17, 2013Read morePeter investigates in the latest episode of Galileo (Pro7) E-numbers that represent food colors. And in a second clip shown on Planetopia (Sat1) he explains why we get grey hair.
Peter was invited to give a talk at the 2013 Reaxys Inspiring Chemistry Conference
By wichlab on September 28, 2013Read more“The annual Reaxys Inspiring Chemistry Conference celebrates inspirational chemistry from some of the today’s finest chemists and some of the rising stars and future leaders in the discipline.”