Publications

2026

Stress granule phase separation in stress-responsive cytosolic extract-in-oil droplets
Aline Lieber, Oskar Staufer, Zhaozhi Sun, Ulrike Engel, Charlotte Flory, Nathan Mikhaylenko, Kevin Jahnke, Katja Kopp, Philipp Klein, Sarah Hofmann, Oliver T. Fackler, Pavel Ivanov, Ilia Platzman, Pietro Scaturro, Joachim P. Spatz & Alessia Ruggieri
Nat Commun 17, 5011 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73936-x

DNA origami-based virus-like particles: a new class of HIV vaccine candidates with superior immunogenic properties
Frauke Muecksch, Juan Hamdan & Oliver T. Fackler
Sig Transduct Target Ther 11, 193 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-026-02735-z

Regulation of immune checkpoint molecules in cancer immune evasion and therapy.
Cansu Eris, Cheng Zu, Yanling Xiao, Michael Platten & Chong Sun
Nat Rev Cancer (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41568-026-00934-y

A tissue-intrinsic mechanism sensitizes HIV-1 particles for TLR-triggered innate immune responses
Samy Sid Ahmed, Liv Zimmermann, Andrea Imle, Katrin Wuebben, Nadine Tibroni, Lena Rauch-Wirth, Jan Münch, Petr Chlanda, Frederik Graw & Oliver T. Fackler
Nat Commun 17, 4209 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72586-3

Phage-assisted evolution of allosteric protein switches.
Nicholas T. Southern, Anna von Bachmann, Alisa Hovsepyan, Marielouise Griebl, Benedict Wolf, Nina Lemmen, Ann-Sophie Kroell, Simon Westermann, Jan Mathony & Dominik Niopek
Nat Commun 17, 3498 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71717-0

Programmable Edge-to-Edge Assembly of RNA Nanostructures
Cody Geary, Mai P. Tran, Erik Poppleton, Alena Taskina, Kerstin Göpfrich
bioRxiv 2026.03.29.714238; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.29.714238

Volume and surface methods for microparticle traction force microscopy: a computational and experimental comparison
Simon Brauburger, Bastian K. Kraus, Tobias Walther, Cornelis Mense, Tobias Abele, Kerstin Göpfrich, Ulrich S. Schwarz
bioRxiv 2026.03.28.714997; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.28.714997

Buoyancy-driven sorting of synthetic cells for nanopore activity
Maja Lehr, Mattea Unger, Tobias Abele, Stefan J. Maurer, Dirk Flemming, Kerstin Göpfrich
bioRxiv 2026.02.03.702772. doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.03.702772

Bioswitches: Towards programmable, on-demand control of therapeutic proteins.
Benedict Wolf, Jan Mathony, Dominik Niopek
Clin Transl Med. 2026;16(2):e70612. doi:10.1002/ctm2.70612

2024

Bottom-up synthetic immunology. 
Kerstin Göpfrich, Michael Platten, Friedrich Frischknecht & Oliver T. Fackler
Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 1587–1596 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01744-9