Publications

Tran, M. P.; Chakraborty, T.; Poppleton, E.; Monari, L.; Illig, M.; Giessler, F.; Göpfrich, K.: Genetic encoding and expression of RNA origami cytoskeletons in synthetic cells. Nature Nanotechnology 20 (5), pp. 664 - 671 (2025)

Kriebisch, C. M.E.; Bantysh, O.; Pellejero, L. B.; Belluati, A.; Bertosin, E.; Dai, K.; de Roy, M.; Fu, H.; Galvanetto, N.; Gibbs, J. M. et al.; Gomez, S. S.; Granatelli, G.; Griffo, A.; Guix, M.; Gurdap, C. O.; Harth-Kitzerow, J.; Haugerud, I. S.; Häfner, G.; Jaiswal, P.; Javed, S.; Karimi, A.; Kato, S.; Kriebisch, B. A.K.; Laha, S.; Lee, P.-W.; Lipinski, W. P.; Matreux, T.; Michaels, T. C.T.; Poppleton, E.; Ruf, A.; Slootbeek, A. D.; Smokers, I. B.A.; Soria-Carrera, H.; Sorrenti, A.; Stasi, M.; Stevenson, A.; Thatte, A.; Tran, M.; van Haren, M. H.I.; Vuijk, H. D.; Wickham, S. F.J.; Zambrano, P.; Adamala, K. P.; Alim, K.; Andersen, E. S.; Bonfio, C.; Braun, D.; Frey, E.; Gerland, U.; Huck, W. T.S.; Jülicher, F.; Laohakunakorn, N.; Mahadavan, L.; Otto, S.; Saenz, J.; Schwille, P.; Göpfrich, K.; Weber, C. A.; Boekhoven, J.: A roadmap toward the synthesis of life. Chem 11 (13), 102399, pp. 1 - 13 (2025)

Postigo, A.; Marcuello, C.; Verstraeten, W.; Sarasa, S.; Walther, T.; Lostao, A.; Göpfrich, K.; Barrio, J. D.; Hernández-Ainsa, S.: Folding and functionalizing DNA origami: a versatile approach using a reactive polyamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (5), pp. 3919 - 3924 (2025)

Cairns, J. L.; Huber, J.; Lewen, A.; Jung, J.; Maurer, S. J.; Bausbacher, T.; Schmidt, S.; Levkin, P. A.; Sevin, D.; Göpfrich, K. et al.; Koch, P.; Kann, O.; Hopf, C.: Mass-guided single-cell MALDI imaging of low-mass metabolites reveals cellular activation markers. Advanced Science 12 (5), 2410506, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Afting, C.; Walther, T.; Drozdowski, O. M.; Schlagheck, C.; Schwarz, U. S.; Wittbrodt, J.; Göpfrich, K.: DNA microbeads for spatio-temporally controlled morphogen release within organoids. Nature Nanotechnology 19 (12), pp. 1849 - 1857 (2024)

Göpfrich, K.; Platten, M.; Frischknecht, F.; Fackler, O. T.: Bottom-up synthetic immunology. Nature Nanotechnology 19, pp. 1587 - 1596 (2024)

Thaden, O.; Schneider, N.; Walther, T.; Spiller, E.; Taoum, A.; Göpfrich, K.; Duarte Campos, D.: Bioprinting of synthetic cell-like lipid vesicles to augment the functionality of tissues after manufacturing. ACS Synthetic Biology 13 (8), pp. 2436 - 2446 (2024)

Afting, C.; Mainik, P.; Vazquez-Martel, C.; Abele, T.; Kaul, V.; Kale, G.; Göpfrich, K.; Lemke, S.; Blasco, E.; Wittbrodt, J.: Minimal-invasive 3D laser printing of microimplants in organismo. Advanced Science 11 (30), 2401110, pp. 1 - 11 (2024)

Fink, A.; Fazliev, S.; Abele, T.; Spatz, J. P.; Göpfrich, K.; Cavalcanti-Adam, E. A.: Membrane localization of actin filaments stabilizes giant unilamellar vesicles against external deforming forces. European Journal of Cell Biology: EJCB 103 (2), 151428, pp. 1 - 8 (2024)

Diedrich, L.; Brosz, M.; Abele, T.; Urbanek, N.; Steinke, S.; Gräter, F.; Göpfrich, K.; Aponte-Santamaría, C.: Energetics and kinetics of membrane permeation of photoresists for bioprinting. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (20), 2315731, pp. 1 - 16 (2024)

Jahnke, K.; Illig, M.; Scheffold, M.; Tran, M. P.; Mersdorf, U.; Göpfrich, K.: DNA origami signaling units transduce chemical and mechanical signals in synthetic cells. Advanced Functional Materials 34 (20), 2301176, pp. 1 - 10 (2024)

Illig, M.; Jahnke, K.; Weise, L. P.; Scheffold, M.; Mersdorf, U.; Drechsler, H.; Zhang, Y.; Diez, S.; Kierfeld, J.; Göpfrich, K.: Triggered contraction of self-assembled, micron-scale DNA nanotube rings. Nature Communications 15 (1), 2307, pp. 1 - 12 (2024)

Tschurikow, X.; Gadzekpo, A.; Tran, M. P.; Chatterjee, R.; Sobucki, M.; Zaburdaev, V.; Göpfrich, K.; Hilbert, L.: Amphiphiles formed from synthetic DNA-nanomotifs mimic the stepwise dispersal of transcriptional clusters in the cell nucleus. Nano Letters 23 (17), pp. 7815 - 7824 (2023)

Dreher, Y.; Niessner, J.; Fink, A.; Göpfrich, K.: GeoV: an open-source software package for quantitative image analysis of 3D vesicle morphologies. Advanced Intelligent Systems 5 (9), 2300170, pp. 1 - 8 (2023)

Jahnke, K.; Göpfrich, K.: Engineering DNA-based cytoskeletons for synthetic cells. Interface Focus 13 (5), 20230028, pp. 1 - 10 (2023)

Göpfrich, K.: Synthetic cells on the move. Nature Physics 19, pp. 1083 - 1084 (2023)

Göpfrich, K.: Molecularer Balanceakt: Synthetische Biologie schafft künstliches Leben. Ruperto Carola 2023 (22), pp. 44 - 49 (2023)

Yang, J.; Jahnke, K.; Xin, L.; Jing, X.; Zhan, P.; Peil, A.; Griffo, A.; Škugor, M.; Yang, D.; Fan, S. et al.; Göpfrich, K.; Yan, H.; Wang, P.; Liu, N.: Modulating lipid membrane morphology by dynamic DNA origami networks. Nano Letters 23 (14), pp. 6330 - 6336 (2023)

Gallucci, L.; Abele, T.; Fronza, R.; Stolp, B.; Laketa, V.; Ahmed, S. S.; Flemming, A.; Müller, B.; Göpfrich, K.; Fackler, O. T.: Tissue-like environments shape functional interactions of HIV-1 with immature dendritic cells. EMBO Reports 24 (6), e56818, pp. 1 - 22 (2023)

Jahnke, K.; Illig, M.; Scheffold, M.; Tran, M. P.; Mersdorf, U.; Göpfrich, K.: DNA origami signaling units transduce chemical and mechanical signals in synthetic cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 2301176, pp. 1 - 10 (2023)