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Matthias Wiens is a researcher affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on materials science, with specific contributions to biomaterials, biotechnology, ocean engineering, materials chemistry, and paleontology.

The research topics covered by Matthias Wiens include:

  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

They have published in several scientific venues, including:

  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • BIOspektrum

Notable recent papers by Matthias Wiens feature the following titles and publication details:

  • "A synthetic biology approach for the fabrication of functional (fluorescent magnetic) bioorganic-inorganic hybrid materials in sponge primmorphs," 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • "Von evolutionär uralten Schwammgenen zu biotechnologischen Materialien," 2021, BIOspektrum

Their research often involves collaboration with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Wernér E.G. Müller
  • Julia S. Markl
  • Dayane Sereno
  • Tarek A. Elkhooly
  • Maria Kokkinopoulou

Best Publications

  • Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods

    Andreas Hejnol;Matthias Obst;Alexandros Stamatakis;Michael Ott

  • Improved phylogenomic taxon sampling noticeably affects nonbilaterian relationships.

    K. S. Pick;Hervé Philippe;F. Schreiber;D. Erpenbeck

  • Deep metazoan phylogeny: When different genes tell different stories

    Tetyana Nosenko;Fabian Schreiber;Maja Adamska;Marcin Adamski

  • Establishment of a primary cell culture from a sponge: primmorphs from Suberites domuncula

    Weg Müller;M. Wiens;R. Batel;R. Steffen

  • Innate Immune Defense of the Sponge Suberites domuncula against Bacteria Involves a MyD88-dependent Signaling Pathway: INDUCTION OF A PERFORIN-LIKE MOLECULE

    Matthias Wiens;Michael Korzhev;Anatoli Krasko;Narsinh L. Thakur

  • Inorganic polymeric phosphate/polyphosphate as an inducer of alkaline phosphatase and a modulator of intracellular Ca2+ level in osteoblasts (SaOS-2 cells) in vitro.

    Werner E G Müller;Xiaohong Wang;Bärbel Diehl-Seifert;Klaus Kropf

  • Toll-Like Receptors Are Part of the Innate Immune Defense System of Sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera)

    Matthias Wiens;Michael Korzhev;Sanja Perović-Ottstadt;Bérengère Luthringer

  • The role of biosilica in the osteoprotegerin/RANKL ratio in human osteoblast-like cells

    Matthias Wiens;Xiaohong Wang;Heinz C. Schröder;Ute Kolb

  • Bauplan of urmetazoa: basis for genetic complexity of metazoa.

    Werner E.G Müller;Matthias Wiens;Teresa Adell;Vera Gamulin

  • Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic–organic composites and biomaterials

    Werner E. G. Müller;Xiaohong Wang;Fu-Zhai Cui;Klaus Peter Jochum

  • Osteogenic Potential of Biosilica on Human Osteoblast-Like (SaOS-2) Cells

    Matthias Wiens;Xiaohong Wang;Ute Schlossmacher;Ingo Lieberwirth

  • Silica transport in the demosponge Suberites domuncula: fluorescence emission analysis using the PDMPO probe and cloning of a potential transporter

    Heinz-C. Schröder;Sanja Perović-Ottstadt;Matthias Rothenberger;Matthias Wiens

  • Induction of gene expression of the chaperones 14-3-3 and HSP70 by PCB 118 (2,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl) in the marine sponge Geodia cydonium: novel biomarkers for polychlorinated biphenyls

    Matthias Wiens;Claudia Koziol;Hamdy M. A. Hassanein;Renato Batel

  • Silicate modulates the cross‐talk between osteoblasts (SaOS‐2) and osteoclasts (RAW 264.7 cells): Inhibition of osteoclast growth and differentiation

    H.C. Schröder;X.H. Wang;M. Wiens;B. Diehl-Seifert

  • Silicase, an enzyme which degrades biogenous amorphous silica: contribution to the metabolism of silica deposition in the demosponge Suberites domuncula.

    Heinz C. Schröer;Anatoli Krasko;Gaël Le Pennec;Teresa Adell

  • Bio-silica and bio-polyphosphate: applications in biomedicine (bone formation)

    Xiaohong Wang;Heinz C Schröder;Matthias Wiens;Hiroshi Ushijima

  • Retinoid X receptor and retinoic acid response in the marine sponge Suberites domuncula.

    Matthias Wiens;Renato Batel;Michael Korzhev;Werner E G Müller

  • Silicatein expression in the hexactinellid Crateromorpha meyeri : the lead marker gene restricted to siliceous sponges

    Werner E. G. Müller;Xiaohong Wang;Klaus Kropf;Alexandra Boreiko

  • A (1→3)‐β‐d‐glucan recognition protein from the sponge Suberites domuncula

    Sanja Perović-Ottstadt;Teresa Adell;Peter Proksch;Matthias Wiens

  • Silicateins, the major biosilica forming enzymes present in demosponges: protein analysis and phylogenetic relationship.

    Werner E G Müller;Alexandra Boreiko;Xiaohong Wang;Sergey I Belikov

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner E. G. Müller
Werner E. G. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Heinz C. Schröder
Heinz C. Schröder Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Isabel M. Müller
Isabel M. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Renato Batel
Renato Batel Institut Ruđer Bošković
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
W. E. G. Müller
W. E. G. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Wolfgang Tremel
Wolfgang Tremel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hiroshi Ushijima
Hiroshi Ushijima Nihon University
Dario Pisignano
Dario Pisignano University of Pisa
Ute Kolb
Ute Kolb Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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