Welcome to the Department of Prof. Tanja Weil

Synthesis of Macromolecules

Cochem Retreat 2025

Cochem Retreat 2025

Our department seeks to merge synthetic and living matter to control cellular function.

Research Highlights

How short peptides encode complex nanostructures – new study just published in Nature

September 24, 2026

We are delighted and proud to announce a new publication from our department in Nature. The study, “Sequence-encoded hexagonal lattices in multichannel peptide nanofibrils,” shows how even short peptide sequences can encode complex, highly ordered nanostructures with well-defined channels.
Read more in our research article!

Building nanodiamonds from molecular building blocks – new study published in Nature

June 03, 2026

We are delighted to announce a publication from our department in Nature. The study presents a new bottom-up approach to building highly crystalline nanodiamonds from precisely defined molecular precursors, enabling greater control over their size, purity and optical properties.
Read more in our research article!