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Overview

Christof M. Niemeyer is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Engineering. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ecology, and Biomaterials.

The research topics addressed by Christof M. Niemeyer cover various innovative areas. Major themes include:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequent collaborators in their work include the researchers Kersten S. Rabe, Carmen M. Domínguez, Phillip Lemke, Yong Hu, and Sandra Kröll. Their collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge and applications in several intersecting scientific domains.

Christof M. Niemeyer has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific journals. Some notable recent papers are:

  • "MOF-Hosted Enzymes for Continuous Flow Catalysis in Aqueous and Organic Solvents," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Designer DNA-silica/carbon nanotube nanocomposites for traceable and targeted drug delivery," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
  • "Methods for immobilizing receptors in microfluidic devices: A review," 2021, Micro and Nano Engineering
  • "Surface Display of Complex Enzymes by in Situ SpyCatcher-SpyTag Interaction," 2020, ChemBioChem
  • "Cultivation of Exoelectrogenic Bacteria in Conductive DNA Nanocomposite Hydrogels Yields a Programmable Biohybrid Materials System," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The scientist's work has appeared frequently in top publication venues. The most common journals for their contributions include:

  • Small
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Christof M. Niemeyer's interdisciplinary approach combines fundamental molecular biology and chemical techniques with engineering innovations to address complex challenges in biosensing, catalytic methods, drug delivery, and biohybrid materials systems.

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticles, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Biotechnology Meets Materials Science

    Christof M. Niemeyer

  • Rational design of DNA nanoarchitectures.

    Udo Feldkamp;Christof M. Niemeyer

  • Chemical Strategies for Generating Protein Biochips

    Pascal Jonkheijm;Dirk Weinrich;Hendrik Schröder;Christof M. Niemeyer

  • Oligonucleotide-directed self-assembly of proteins: semisynthetic DNA—streptavidin hybrid molecules as connectors for the generation of macroscopic arrays and the construction of supramolecular bioconjugates

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Takeshi Sano;Cassandra L. Smith;Charles R. Cantor

  • Immuno-PCR: high sensitivity detection of proteins by nucleic acid amplification

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Michael Adler;Ron Wacker

  • Semisynthetic DNA-protein conjugates for biosensing and nanofabrication.

    Christof M. Niemeyer

  • Nanobiotechnology :concepts, applications and perspectives

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Chad A. Mirkin

  • On the generation of free radical species from quantum dots.

    Binil Itty Ipe;Manfred Lehnig;Christof M. Niemeyer

  • DNA Origami: The Art of Folding DNA

    Barbara Saccà;Christof M. Niemeyer

  • Self-assembled nanostructures based on DNA: towards the development of nanobiotechnology.

    Christof M Niemeyer

  • Orthogonal Protein Decoration of DNA Origami

    Barbara Saccà;Rebecca Meyer;Michael Erkelenz;Kathrin Kiko

  • Dendrimer-activated solid supports for nucleic acid and protein microarrays.

    R. Benters;C. M. Niemeyer;D. Wöhrle

  • Covalent DNA-Streptavidin Conjugates as Building Blocks for Novel Biometallic Nanostructures.

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Wolfgang Bürger;Jörg Peplies

  • Self-assembly of DNA-streptavidin nanostructures and their use as reagents in immuno-PCR

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Michael Adler;Bruno Pignataro;Steven Lenhert

  • DNA-Directed immobilization: efficient, reversible, and site-selective surface binding of proteins by means of covalent DNA-streptavidin conjugates.

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Larissa Boldt;Bülent Ceyhan;Dietmar Blohm

  • Nanopartikel, Proteine und Nucleinsäuren: Die Biotechnologie begegnet den Materialwissenschaften

    Christof M. Niemeyer

  • DNA‐Directed Assembly of Bienzymic Complexes from In Vivo Biotinylated NAD(P)H:FMN Oxidoreductase and Luciferase

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Joerg Koehler;Chris Wuerdemann

  • Detecting antigens by quantitative immuno-PCR.

    Christof M Niemeyer;Michael Adler;Ron Wacker

  • 18F-labeling of peptides by means of an organosilicon-based fluoride acceptor.

    Ralf Schirrmacher;Gerrit Bradtmöller;Esther Schirrmacher;Oliver Thews

  • The developments of semisynthetic DNA–protein conjugates

    Christof M Niemeyer

  • DNA-Directed Functionalization of Colloidal Gold with Proteins This work was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Fonds der Chemischen Industrie. We thank Prof. D. Blohm for helpful discussions and generous support.

    Christof M. Niemeyer;Bülent Ceyhan

  • Chemical Strategies for Generating Protein Biochips.

    Pascal Jonkheijm;Dirk Weinrich;Hendrik Schroeder;Christof M. Niemeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Waldmann
Herbert Waldmann Max Planck Society
Pascal Jonkheijm
Pascal Jonkheijm University of Twente
Roger S. Goody
Roger S. Goody Max Planck Society
Manfred T. Reetz
Manfred T. Reetz Max Planck Society
Lifeng Chi
Lifeng Chi Soochow University
Wolfgang Ensinger
Wolfgang Ensinger Technical University of Darmstadt
Rolf Breinbauer
Rolf Breinbauer Graz University of Technology
Norbert Willenbacher
Norbert Willenbacher Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Harald Fuchs
Harald Fuchs University of Münster
Ulrich Simon
Ulrich Simon RWTH Aachen University

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