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
Congratulations to Jiyao for defending her PhD today! 🎉👏
Excellent work and great defense!
Excellent work and great defense!
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations to Jiyao for defending her PhD today! 🎉👏
Excellent work and great defense!
Excellent work and great defense!
Early Christmas Present #3! 🎁
Our paper "Single-Cell Hyperthermia: Diamond Quantum Thermometry Reveals Thermal Control of Macrophage Polarization" was just published in Advanced Materials:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Many thanks to Kaiqi Wu, our whole team & our collaborators!
Our paper "Single-Cell Hyperthermia: Diamond Quantum Thermometry Reveals Thermal Control of Macrophage Polarization" was just published in Advanced Materials:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Many thanks to Kaiqi Wu, our whole team & our collaborators!
Single‐Cell Hyperthermia: Diamond Quantum Thermometry Reveals Thermal Control of Macrophage Polarization
Photothermal nanodiamonds with quantum sensing capabilities generate lysosome-confined hyperthermia, enabling simultaneous temperature and radical detection via diamond sensing. This localized therma...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Early Christmas Present #3! 🎁
Our paper "Single-Cell Hyperthermia: Diamond Quantum Thermometry Reveals Thermal Control of Macrophage Polarization" was just published in Advanced Materials:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Many thanks to Kaiqi Wu, our whole team & our collaborators!
Our paper "Single-Cell Hyperthermia: Diamond Quantum Thermometry Reveals Thermal Control of Macrophage Polarization" was just published in Advanced Materials:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Many thanks to Kaiqi Wu, our whole team & our collaborators!
Early Christmas present #2! 🎁
Our new paper “Co-Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Big thanks to Albin Lahu, our fantastic team, and all collaborators who made this possible!
Our new paper “Co-Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Big thanks to Albin Lahu, our fantastic team, and all collaborators who made this possible!
Co‐Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils
Catalytic self-assembling peptides (cSAPs) form fibrils that catalyze the retro-aldol reaction of Methodol. Co-assembly with inactive peptides tunes catalytic efficiency by altering substrate accessi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Early Christmas present #2! 🎁
Our new paper “Co-Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Big thanks to Albin Lahu, our fantastic team, and all collaborators who made this possible!
Our new paper “Co-Assemblies Regulate the Catalytic Activity of Peptide Fibrils” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Big thanks to Albin Lahu, our fantastic team, and all collaborators who made this possible!
Early Christmas present #1! 🎁
Our paper “Photoswitchable Peptides as Molecular Tools to Encode Structural Order and Disorder in Intracellular Assemblies” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks to Julian Link, our team & the Ravoo group at Uni Münster!
Our paper “Photoswitchable Peptides as Molecular Tools to Encode Structural Order and Disorder in Intracellular Assemblies” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks to Julian Link, our team & the Ravoo group at Uni Münster!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Early Christmas present #1! 🎁
Our paper “Photoswitchable Peptides as Molecular Tools to Encode Structural Order and Disorder in Intracellular Assemblies” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks to Julian Link, our team & the Ravoo group at Uni Münster!
Our paper “Photoswitchable Peptides as Molecular Tools to Encode Structural Order and Disorder in Intracellular Assemblies” is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks to Julian Link, our team & the Ravoo group at Uni Münster!
Congratulations on your wonderful work and your excellent defense, Qi🎉👏
I’m happy to share that I’ve successfully defended my PhD and graduated magna cum laude.
My deepest thanks to Prof. Tanja Weil for her guidance and support, and to Dr. Yingke Wu for invaluable mentorship throughout my research.
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My deepest thanks to Prof. Tanja Weil for her guidance and support, and to Dr. Yingke Wu for invaluable mentorship throughout my research.
@weilgroup.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations on your wonderful work and your excellent defense, Qi🎉👏
Reposted by Tanja Weil
A chemist, a biologist, and a physicist walk into a symposium…
Check out our recap of this year's #mattertolife Fall Days! 👉
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Check out our recap of this year's #mattertolife Fall Days! 👉
mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/426906/mtl-f...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A chemist, a biologist, and a physicist walk into a symposium…
Check out our recap of this year's #mattertolife Fall Days! 👉
mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/426906/mtl-f...
@graeterlab.bsky.social
@landfesterdept.bsky.social
@weilgroup.bsky.social
Check out our recap of this year's #mattertolife Fall Days! 👉
mattertolife.maxplanckschools.org/426906/mtl-f...
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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...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
Reposted by Tanja Weil
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!
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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!
Reposted by Tanja Weil
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!
www.nature.com/natsynth/vol...
@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!
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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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👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#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!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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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...