
Contact
Prof. Dr. A. Heckel
Cluster of Excellence
Macromolecular Complexes
Goethe University Frankfurt
Campus Riedberg, BMLS
Max-von-Laue-Str. 15
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel +49 (69) 798 42505
Fax +49 (69) 798 42505
Secretary
Heike Köhler
Goethe University Frankfurt
Riedberg Campus, N220/3.04
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Tel +49 (0)69 798 42512
Fax +49 (0)69 798 42505
Alexander Heckel
Professor in Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Curriculum Vitae
| 1997 | Diploma, University of Constance |
| 2001 | PhD, ETH Zurich |
| 2001–2003 | Post doc, California Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2003–2006 | Liebig Fellowship Group Leader, University of Bonn |
| 2006–2007 | Emmy Noether Group Leader, University of Bonn |
| since 2007 | Professor for Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Cluster of Excellence "Macromolecular Complexes", Goethe University Frankfurt |
Team
Alexander Heckel, Group Leader
Heike Köhler, Secretary
Martin Held, Technical Assistant
Dr. Diana Gonçalves, Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Khashti Ballabh Joshi, Postdoctoral Fellow
Florian Schäfer, PhD Student
Timo Mack, PhD Student
Vera Lucie Mikat, PhD Student
Maximilian Buff, PhD Student
Felix Friedrich, PhD Student
Cem Özcoban, PhD Student
Tatjana Stöß, PhD Student
Clara Menge, PhD Student
Thorsten Lars Schmidt, PhD Student
Alexandre Rodrigues, PhD Student
Julia Thevarpadam, Diploma Student
Manuela Fichte, Master Student
Publications
Light-inducible molecular beacons for spatio-temporally highly defined activation. Rinne, JS; Kaminski, TP; Kubitscheck, U; Heckel, A; Chem Commun (Camb), 2013 May PubMed
Light-controlled tools. Brieke, C; Rohrbach, F; Gottschalk, A; Mayer, G; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2012 Aug PubMed
Ultrafast dynamics of a spiropyran in water. Kohl-Landgraf, J; Braun, M; Özçoban, C; Gonçalves, DP; Heckel, A; Wachtveitl, J; J Am Chem Soc, 2012 Aug PubMed
Caged glutathione - triggering protein interaction by light. Gatterdam, V; Stoess, T; Menge, C; Heckel, A; Tampé, R; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2012 Apr PubMed
Identification of the enzyme responsible for N1-methylation of pseudouridine 54 in archaeal tRNAs. Wurm, JP; Griese, M; Bahr, U; Held, M; Heckel, A; Karas, M; Soppa, J; Wöhnert, J; RNA, 2012 Mar PubMed
Light-activatable molecular beacons with a caged loop sequence. Joshi, KB; Vlachos, A; Mikat, V; Deller, T; Heckel, A; Chem Commun (Camb), 2012 Mar PubMed
Caged glucosamine-6-phosphate for the light-control of riboswitch activity. Wulffen, B; Buff, MC; Pofahl, M; Mayer, G; Heckel, A; Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2012 Mar PubMed
Coumarin-caged dG for improved wavelength-selective uncaging of DNA. Menge, C; Heckel, A; Org Lett, 2011 Sep PubMed
Photon cascade with clip-on fluorophores. Friedrich, F; Heckel, A; Chemphyschem, 2011 Aug PubMed
Construction of a structurally defined double-stranded DNA catenane. Schmidt, TL; Heckel, A; Nano Lett, 2011 Apr PubMed
Wavelength-selective uncaging of dA and dC residues. Schäfer, F; Joshi, KB; Fichte, MA; Mack, T; Wachtveitl, J; Heckel, A; Org Lett, 2011 Mar PubMed
The Bowen-Conradi syndrome protein Nep1 (Emg1) has a dual role in eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis, as an essential assembly factor and in the methylation of Ψ1191 in yeast 18S rRNA. Meyer, B; Wurm, JP; Kötter, P; Leisegang, MS; Schilling, V; Buchhaupt, M; Held, M; Bahr, U; Karas, M; Heckel, A; Bohnsack, MT; Wöhnert, J; Entian, KD; Nucleic Acids Res, 2011 Mar PubMed
Comparison of the duplex-destabilizing effects of nucleobase-caged oligonucleotides. Rodrigues-Correia, A; Koeppel, MB; Schäfer, F; Joshi, KB; Mack, T; Heckel, A; Anal Bioanal Chem, 2011 Jan PubMed
DNA minicircles connected via G-quadruplex interaction modules. Gonçalves, DP; Schmidt, TL; Koeppel, MB; Heckel, A; Small, 2010 Jun PubMed
Assembly of dsDNA nanocircles into dimeric and oligomeric aggregates. Ackermann, D; Rasched, G; Verma, S; Schmidt, TL; Heckel, A; Famulok, M; Chem Commun (Camb), 2010 Jun PubMed
Prion protein amyloid formation involves structural rearrangements in the C-terminal domain. Kumar, J; Sreeramulu, S; Schmidt, TL; Richter, C; Vonck, J; Heckel, A; Glaubitz, C; Schwalbe, H; Chembiochem, 2010 Jun PubMed
A double-stranded DNA rotaxane. Ackermann, D; Schmidt, TL; Hannam, JS; Purohit, CS; Heckel, A; Famulok, M; Nat Nanotechnol, 2010 Jun PubMed
The ribosome assembly factor Nep1 responsible for Bowen-Conradi syndrome is a pseudouridine-N1-specific methyltransferase. Wurm, JP; Meyer, B; Bahr, U; Held, M; Frolow, O; Kötter, P; Engels, JW; Heckel, A; Karas, M; Entian, KD; Wöhnert, J; Nucleic Acids Res, 2010 Apr PubMed
Dependence of aptamer activity on opposed terminal extensions: improvement of light-regulation efficiency. Buff, MC; Schäfer, F; Wulffen, B; Müller, J; Pötzsch, B; Heckel, A; Mayer, G; Nucleic Acids Res, 2010 Apr PubMed
Probing the limits of liquid droplet laser desorption mass spectrometry in the analysis of oligonucleotides and nucleic acids. Hoffmann, J; Schmidt, TL; Heckel, A; Brutschy, B; Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 2009 Jul PubMed
Pyrrole/imidazole-polyamide anchors for DNA tertiary interactions. Schmidt, TL; Heckel, A; Small, 2009 Jul PubMed
Structure-activity relationships of a caged thrombin binding DNA aptamer: insight gained from molecular dynamics simulation studies. Jayapal, P; Mayer, G; Heckel, A; Wennmohs, F; J Struct Biol, 2009 Jun PubMed
Differential regulation of protein subdomain activity with caged bivalent ligands. Mayer, G; Müller, J; Mack, T; Freitag, DF; Höver, T; Pötzsch, B; Heckel, A; Chembiochem, 2009 Mar PubMed
Completion of a Programmable DNA-Binding Small Molecule Library. Hsu, CF; Phillips, JW; Trauger, JW; Farkas, ME; Belitsky, JM; Heckel, A; Olenyuk, BZ; Puckett, JW; Wang, CC; Dervan, PB; Tetrahedron, 2007 Jul PubMed
Small interfering RNA-mediated xCT silencing in gliomas inhibits neurodegeneration and alleviates brain edema. Savaskan, NE; Heckel, A; Hahnen, E; Engelhorn, T; Doerfler, A; Ganslandt, O; Nimsky, C; Buchfelder, M; Eyüpoglu, IY; Nat Med, 2008 Jun PubMed
Nucleobase-caged phosphoramidites for oligonucleotide synthesis. Heckel, A; Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem, 2007 Jun PubMed
Building objects from nucleic acids for a nanometer world. Heckel, A; Famulok, M; Biochimie, 2008 Jul PubMed
Binding of hairpin polyamides to DNA studied by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy for DNA nanoarchitectures. Nandi, CK; Parui, PP; Schmidt, TL; Heckel, A; Brutschy, B; Anal Bioanal Chem, 2008 Mar PubMed
DNA minicircles with gaps for versatile functionalization. Rasched, G; Ackermann, D; Schmidt, TL; Broekmann, P; Heckel, A; Famulok, M; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2008 PubMed
Light-dependent RNA interference with nucleobase-caged siRNAs. Mikat, V; Heckel, A; RNA, 2007 Dec PubMed
Polyamide struts for DNA architectures. Schmidt, TL; Nandi, CK; Rasched, G; Parui, PP; Brutschy, B; Famulok, M; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2007 PubMed
Light-stimulated patterning of cells. Mayer, G; Heckel, A; Chembiochem, 2007 May PubMed
An anticoagulant with light-triggered antidote activity. Heckel, A; Buff, MC; Raddatz, MS; Müller, J; Pötzsch, B; Mayer, G; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2006 Oct PubMed
Biologically active molecules with a "light switch". Mayer, G; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2006 Jul PubMed
Light-induced formation of G-quadruplex DNA secondary structures. Mayer, G; Kröck, L; Mikat, V; Engeser, M; Heckel, A; Chembiochem, 2005 Nov PubMed
A ribozyme for the aldol reaction. Fusz, S; Eisenführ, A; Srivatsan, SG; Heckel, A; Famulok, M; Chem Biol, 2005 Aug PubMed
Light regulation of aptamer activity: an anti-thrombin aptamer with caged thymidine nucleobases. Heckel, A; Mayer, G; J Am Chem Soc, 2005 Jan PubMed
Photoinduced transcription by using temporarily mismatched caged oligonucleotides. Kröck, L; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2005 Jan PubMed
A new DNA analogue with expanded size and scope. Heckel, A; Chembiochem, 2004 Jun PubMed
Influence of structural variation on nuclear localization of DNA-binding polyamide-fluorophore conjugates. Edelson, BS; Best, TP; Olenyuk, B; Nickols, NG; Doss, RM; Foister, S; Heckel, A; Dervan, PB; Nucleic Acids Res, 2004 PubMed
U-pin polyamide motif for recognition of the DNA minor groove. Heckel, A; Dervan, PB; Chemistry, 2003 Jul PubMed
Preparation and characterization of TADDOLs immobilized on hydrophobic controlled-pore-glass silica gel and their use in enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis. Heckel, A; Seebach, D; Chemistry, 2002 Feb PubMed
TADDOLs, Their Derivatives, and TADDOL Analogues: Versatile Chiral Auxiliaries. Seebach, D; Beck, AK; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2001 Jan PubMed
Cover Picture. Seebach, D; Beck, AK; Heckel, A; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2001 Jan PubMed
Immobilization of TADDOL with a High Degree of Loading on Porous Silica Gel and First Applications in Enantioselective Catalysis. Heckel, A; Seebach, D; Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2000 Jan PubMed
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