News
List of current news
New front cover in Organic Letters
Our group has a new publication in Organic Letters that was selected for the front cover — congratulations to Niklas and Kim on this exciting achievement!
Apr 10, 2026
Niklas Geue receives Wilhelm Ostwald Young Talent Award
Niklas has been awarded the Wilhelm Ostwald Young Talent Award for his PhD thesis “Formation, Characterisation and Disassembly of Metallosupramolecular Complexes in Vacuo” , which he completed at the University of Manchester.
Mar 16, 2026
Dana Wehner receives first place at the 3-Minute Thesis Regional Qualifier
At the 3-Minute Thesis Regional Qualifier Berlin 2025, PhD student Dana Wehner won first place in a science communication competition hosted by the JCF Berlin of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and sponsored by Carbolution Chemicals GmbH. Congratulations Dana!
Nov 05, 2025
New publication in Chemical Science
Our group’s new publication in Chemical Science demonstrates that protein denaturation under high urea concentrations can be directly monitored by mass spectrometry. Congratulations Nicklas and Jacob on this exciting work!
Oct 23, 2025
Dana Wehner receives the Agilent Young Scientists Award at the 5th DGMS Young Scientist Fall Meeting
At the 5th DGMS Young Scientist Fall Meeting, PhD student Dana Wehner was awarded the Agilent Young Scientists Award for the best talk. Congratulations Dana!
Sep 19, 2025
First IR data measured on Cold Photosynapt
Last week, the first IR data of the peptide leucine-enkephalin has been measured on a modified Waters Synapt G2-Si for gas-phase tagging spectroscopy, establishing the first proof-of-concept. Stay tuned for more spectra to come!
Apr 07, 2025
Fresenius Lectureship for Kevin Pagel
Prof. Dr. Kevin Pagel was awarded the Fresenius Lectureship of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, interest group Analytical Chemistry. The lectureship is awarded every two years to young professors in the field of analytical chemistry for their latest research in modern analytical chemistry.
Sep 06, 2024
New publication in Nature Synthesis
The work highlights a new view into the mechanistics of benzylidene-directed glycosylation reactions using cryogenic infrared spectroscopy and computational approaches. Congratulations on the outstanding results Chun-Wei!
Aug 19, 2024
Rakesh Prabhu wins Alexander von Humboldt fellowship for Postdoctoral researchers
Rakesh Prabhu has been awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs. The fellowship is awarded every year to upcoming researchers to focus on longterm scientific projects. Congratulations Rakesh!
Jun 25, 2024
DRS Supervision Award for Kevin Pagel
Kevin Pagel was selected to receive the DRS Supervision Award by the Dahlem Research School. The award is given for the outstanding and continuous supervision of doctoral candidates.
Jan 12, 2024
IBBI 2024
The international conference on Isolated Biomolecules and BiomolecuIar interactions (IBBI 2024) is coming to Timmendorfer Strand, Germany from April 21 st - 26t h 2024. Join the discussion with a wide field of research leaders at the beautfiul Baltic sea and sign-up now !
Jan 10, 2024
HS-SEQ Berlin Symposium
We are glad to announce the next “Unraveling the Glycan Code” HS-SEQ symposium taking place at Freie Universität Berlin, December 14-15 th . Sign up now and join the symposium!
Nov 16, 2023
Carla wins Marthe-Vogt award
Carla received the prestigious award of the Leibniz Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. for her outstanding PhD thesis in a competitive field of young female researchers. Congratulations Carla!
Nov 15, 2023
DGMS Young Scientists Presentation Award
Marc Safferthal was awarded with the second place for his presentation of his latest results on O-glycan Analysis at the DGMS Young Scientists Fall Meeting 2023. The meeting is held annually to stimulate the exchange of PhD students and post-docs in the field of mass spectrometry. Congratulations Marc!
Sep 21, 2023
HPLC 2023 Poster Award
Leïla Bechtella received a poster award for the outstanding presentation of her latest results on O-glycan isomers at the HPLC 2023 conference in Düsseldorf. The award was presented by Agilent and awarded to ten presenters out of a comptetive field of 280 researchers. Congratulations Leïla!
Jun 28, 2023
New Publication in Frontiers in Analytical Science
Gergo investigated the effect of heparin on the antibiotic efficacy of colistin in an on-going quest to tackle the resistance development of bacteria against available antibiotics. The work is part of the series “Rising Stars in Analytical Science” that highlights the findings and impact of young researchers in their respective fields.
May 10, 2023
DAAS Award for Carla Kirschbaum
Carla Kirschbaum received the DAAS Award for her outstanding work on "Cryogenic Infrared Spectroscopy of Lipids" at Anakon23 in Vienna. Congratulations Carla!
Apr 13, 2023
New Publication in JACS
Predicting Structural Motifs of Glycosaminoglycans using Cryogenic Infrared Spectroscopy and Random Forest
Apr 01, 2023
New Publication in Chemical Science
Establishing Fatty Acid Double Bond Position and Configuration by Gas-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy
Mar 20, 2023
Best Talk Award for Carla
Carla Kirschbaum was awarded for her talk at the 2022 Fellowship Meeting of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie in Potsdam.
Dec 12, 2022
