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2023

A. Fink, C. R. Doll, A. Y. Relimpio, Y. Dreher, J. P. Spatz, K. Göpfrich, and E. A. Cavalcanti-Adam* (2023). Extracellular Cues Govern Shape and Cytoskeletal Organization in Giant Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles. ACS Synthetic Biology. DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.2c00516

 

2022

Dreher, Y., Fichtler, J., Karfusehr, C., Jahnke, K., Xin, Y., Keller, A., & Göpfrich, K. (2022). Genotype-phenotype mapping with polyominos made from DNA origami tiles. Biophysical Journal. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.09.006

M. P. Tran, R. Chatterjee, Y. Dreher, J. Fichtler, K. Jahnke, L. Hilbert, V. Zaburdaev*, K. Göpfrich*. A DNA segregation module for synthetic cells (2022). Small 2202711. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202711

P. Zhang, K. Jahnke*, N. Liu*, K. Göpfrich*, Functional DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells (2022). Nature Chemistry. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00945-w

Highlighted in Nature; Press release (German & English): Another step towards synthetic cells

A. M. Bergmann, C. Donau, F. Späth, K. Jahnke, K. Göpfrich*, J. Boekhoven*, Evolution and Single-Droplet Analysis of Fuel-Driven Compartments by Droplet-Based Microfluidics (2022). Angewandte Chemie. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203928

T. Walther, K. Jahnke, T. Abele, K. Göpfrich*, Printing and Erasing of DNA-Based Photoresists Inside Synthetic Cells (2022). Advanced Functional Materials, 2200762. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202200762

K. Jahnke, V. Huth, U. Mersdorf, N. Liu, K. Göpfrich*, Bottom-Up Assembly of Synthetic Cells with a DNA Cytoskeleton. ACS Nano (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c10703

K. Jahnke, S. J. Maurer, C. Weber, J. E. Hernandez Bücher, A. Schoenit, E. D’Este, E. A. Cavalcanti-Adam, K. Göpfrich*, Actomyosin-Assisted Pulling of Lipid Nanotubes from Lipid Vesicles and Cells. Nano Letters 22, 3, 1145–1150 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04254

 

2021

A. Schoenit, C. Lo Giudice, N. Hahnen, D. Ollech, K. Jahnke, K. Göpfrich*, E. A. Cavalcanti-Adam*, Tuning Epithelial Cell–Cell Adhesion and Collective Dynamics with Functional DNA-E-Cadherin Hybrid Linkers. Nano Letters (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03780

O. Staufer, J. De Lora, E. Bailoni, A. Bazrafshan, A. S. Benk, K. Jahnke, Z. A. Manzer, L. Otrin, T. D. Pérez, J. Sharon, J. Steinkühler, K. P. Adamala, B. Jacobson, M. Dogterom, K. Göpfrich, D. Stefanovic, S. R. Atlas, M. Grunze, M. R. Lakin, A. P.  Shreve, J. P., Spatz, G. P., López, Building a community to engineer synthetic cells and organelles from the bottom-up. Elife 10, e7556 (2021). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.73556

T. Abele, T. Messer, K. Jahnke, M. Hippler, M. Bastmeyer, M. Wegener & K. Göpfrich. Two-photon 3D laser printing inside synthetic cells, Advanced Materials (2021). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106709

Y. Dreher, K. Jahnke, M. Schröter & K. Göpfrich. Light-Triggered Cargo Loading and Division of DNA-Containing Giant Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles, Nano Letters (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00822

K. Jahnke, N. Ritzmann, J. Fichtler, A. Nitschke, Y. Dreher, T. Abele, G. Hofhaus, I. Platzman, R. Schröder, D. Müller, J. Spatz & K. Göpfrich. Proton gradients from light-harvesting E. coli control DNA assemblies for synthetic cells, Nature Communications 12, 3967, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24103-x

Press release: https://www.mr.mpg.de/14524114/synthetic-biology-bottom-up-meets-top-down

Behind the Paper: https://bioengineeringcommunity.nature.com/posts/synthetic-biology-bottom-up-meets-top-down

K. Jahnke, H. Grubmüller,  M. Igaev & K. Göpfrich. Choice of fluorophore affects dynamic DNA nanostructures, Nucleic Acids Research gkab201, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab201

A. Schönit, A. Cavalcanti-Adam & K. Göpfrich. Functionalization of Cellular Membranes with DNA Nanotechnology, Trends in Biotechnology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.02.002

 

2020

Y. Dreher, K. Jahnke, E. Bobkova, J.P. Spatz & K. Göpfrich. Division and regrowth of phase-separated giant unilamellar vesicles, Angewandte Chemie, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202014174

K. Göpfrich, A. Ohmann & U. F. Keyser. Design and Assembly of Membrane-Spanning DNA Nanopores. In: Nanopore Technology (Ed. M. Fahie), 2020. ISBN 978-1-0716-0806-7

B. Haller, K. Jahnke, M. Weiss, K. Göpfrich*, I. Platzman* & J. P. Spatz*. Autonomous Directional Motion of Actin-Containing Cell-Sized Droplets, Advanced Intelligent Systems,  2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202000190

S. Antona, T. Abele, K. Jahnke, Y. Dreher, K. Göpfrich, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz. Droplet-Based Combinatorial Assay for Cell Cytotoxicity and Cytokine Release Evaluation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2003479, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202003479

R. Luo, K. Göpfrich, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz. DNA-Based Assembly of Multi-Compartment Polymersome Networks, Advanced Functional Materials, 2003480, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202003480

K. Jahnke, M. Weiss, C. Weber, I. Platzman*, K. Göpfrich* & J. P. Spatz*. Engineering Light-Responsive Contractile Actomyosin Networks with DNA Nanotechnology, Advanced Biosystems 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000102

C. Frey, K. Göpfrich, S. Pashapour, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz. Electrocoalescence of Water-in-Oil Droplets with a Continuous Aqueous Phase: Implementation of Controlled Content Release. ACS Omega 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c00344

K. Göpfrich*, M. J. Urban, C. Frey, I. Platzman, J. P. Spatz* & N. Liu*. Dynamic Actuation of DNA-Assembled Plasmonic Nanostructures in Microfluidic Cell-Sized Compartments. Nano Letters 20, 1571-1577, 2020https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9791-2_11

 

2019

K. Göpfrich & U. F. Keyser. DNA Nanotechnology for Building Sensors, Nanopores and Ion-Channels. In: Biological and Bio-inspired Nanomaterials, 2019https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9791-2_11

K. Göpfrich, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz. Aus dem Baukasten der molekularen Ingenieure. Auf dem Weg zur synthetischen Zelle, Ruperto Carola, 106-113 2019. [PDF]

A. Ohmann, K. Göpfrich, H. Joshi, R. F. Thompson, D. Sobota, N. A. Ranson, A. Aksimentiev & U. F. Keyser. Controlling aggregation of cholesterol-modified DNA nanostructures. Nucleic Acids Research 47, 11441–11451, 2019https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz914

K. Göpfrich, B. Haller, O. Staufer, Y. Dreher, U. Mersdorf, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz, One-Pot Assembly of Complex Giant Unilamellar Vesicle-Based Synthetic Cells. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.9b00034

Video protocol illustrating the method: https://youtu.be/vOPp97toPAw

K. Jahnke, M. Weiss, C.  Frey, S. Antona, J.-W. Janiesch, I. Platzman, K. Göpfrich* & J. P. Spatz*, Programmable Functionalization of Surfactant-Stabilized Microfluidic Droplets via DNA-Tags. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808647

 

2018

B. Haller, K. Göpfrich, M. Schröter, J.-W. Janiesch, I. Platzman & J. P. Spatz, Charge-controlled microfluidic formation of lipid-based single- and multicompartment systems. Lab on a Chip, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8LC00582F

K. Göpfrich*, I. Platzman* & J. P. Spatz*, Mastering Complexity: Towards Bottom-up Construction of Multifunctional Eukaryotic Synthetic Cells. Trends in Biotechnology, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.03.008

Watch a short video about our review here.

A. Ohmann, C.-Y. Li, C. Maffeo, K. Al Nahas, K. N. Baumann, K. Göpfrich, J. Yoo, U. F. Keyser, A. Aksimentiev, Outperforming nature: synthetic enzyme built from DNA flips lipids of biological membranes at record rates. Nature Communications, 2018https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04821-5

In the news in c&en.

 

2017

K. Göpfrich, Rational Design of DNA-Based Lipid Membrane Pores. PhD Thesis, 2017https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.15517

Thanks to Gates Cambridge, the Winton Programme for the Physics of Sustainability and the Oppenheimer Trust for their generous support.

 

2016

K. Göpfrich, C.-Y. Li, M. Ricci, S. P. Bhamidimarri, J. Yoo, B. Gyenes, A. Ohmann, M. Winterhalter, A. Aksimentiev & U. F. Keyser, Large-Conductance Transmembrane Porin Made from DNA Origami, ACS Nano, 2016. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b03759

K. Göpfrich, C.-Y. Li, C.-Y., I. Mames, S. P. Bhamidimarri, M. Ricci, J. Yoo, A. Mames, A. Ohmann, M. Winterhalter, E. Stulz, A. Aksimentiev & U. F. Keyser, Ion channels made from a single membrane-spanning DNA duplex. Nano Letters, 2016. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02039

S. Tesoro, K. Göpfrich, T. Kartanas, U. F. Keyser & S. E. Ahnert. Non-deterministic self-assembly with asymmetric interactions can lead to tunable self-limiting cluster growth. Physical Review E, 2016. http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.022404

 

2015

K. Göpfrich, T. Zettl, A. E. C. Meijering, S. Hernández-Ainsa, S. Kocabey, T. Liedl & U. F. Keyser, DNA-tile structures lead to ionic currents through lipid membranes. Nano Letters, 2015. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00189

 

2014

A. Seifert*, K. Göpfrich*, J. R. Burns, N. Fertig, U. F. Keyser & S. Howorka, Bilayer-spanning DNA nanopores with voltage-switching between open and closed state. ACS Nano, 2014 (*equal contribution). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn5039433

 

2013

J. R. Burns, K. Göpfrich, J. W. Wood, V. V. Thacker, E. Stulz, U. F. Keyser & S. Howorka, Lipid-bilayer-spanning DNA nanopores with a bifunctional porphyrin anchor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201305765/abstract

S. Hernández-Ainsa, N. A. W. Bell, V. V.  Thacker, K. Göpfrich, K. Misiunas, M. E. Fuentes-Perez, F. Moreno-Herrero & U. F. Keyser, DNA origami nanopores for controlling DNA translocation. ACS Nano, 2013. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn401759r

K. Göpfrich, C. V. Kulkarni, O. J. Pambos & U. F. Keyser, Lipid nanobilayers to host biological nanopores for DNA translocations. Langmuir, 2013. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la3041506

 

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