Regulating molecular assembly with chemical fuels—Spinning ribbons, dissipative structures, and an approach towards synthetic life Job Boekhoven, PhD Department of Bioscience, Technical University of Munich Abstract-Molecular self-assembly is the process in which molecules combine into superstructures held together through non-covalent interactions. Over the last decades, supramolecular chemists have perfected this art, and we can now

Synthesis of Interactive Peptide Nanostructures in Living Systems Tanja Weil, PhD Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany Abstract- We explore controlled chemical reactions in complex living systems to generate drug molecules, synthesize peptide nanofibers, or build new cellular compartments. The introduction of bioresponsive groups enables us to control peptide self-assembly inside the living cell.