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Riboknights participated in this year's soccer tournament of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Hermann Neitz was selected to give a talk on light-induced crosslinking of DNA, Evengiia Dorinova presented a poster on RNA-alkylating ribozymes, Claudia Höbartner gave a talk about structures, mechanisms and applications of MTR1 and SAMURI, and Martin Volek presented results from his PhD on the Aurora deoxyribozyme.

Our two teams were both successful. Congratulations!

A cordial welcome to our new postdoc Dr. Martin Volek from the Czech Republic.

Arpan Banerjee, one of our PhD students received the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) PhD Fellowship.

From 25.02. – 28.02.2025, four months after the official start of the International Research Group 2991, the involved PIs and PhD students from India and Germany came together on the beautiful campus of IISER Thiruvananthapuram for a Start-up Meeting.

Old tradition as a prelude to carnival. Women are taking power. The idea has been around since the Middle Ages. At a time when women were subordinate to men in everything, there was an “upside-down world” on one day during carnival time.

Crystal structures of the SAM-utilizing ribozyme, SAMURI, were decoded, revealing the structural features that distinguishes itself from SAM riboswitches and thus enables the alkyl transfer reactions.

The crystal structure of the SAM-analog utilizing ribozyme SAMURI reveals a fascinating active site architecture and provides new insights into the evolution of catalytic RNAs and riboswitches.

Our Christmas party is not only a great party, it's also a team building activity that enriches our social life and always promises to be a great evening full of surprises.

Innovation in Chemical Sciences - this was the motto of the symposium, which was attended by ten scientists and ten PhD's and Master's students from five Bavarian universities at the University of Zagreb from November 19 to 21, 2024. Among the participants was our PhD student Evgeniia Dorinova.

Dr. Carolin Scheitl, a researcher at the University of Würzburg, was awarded the Bavarian Culture Prize in the science category for her doctoral thesis on RNA chemistry.