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Hendrik Dietz
Birth Date:18 December 1977
Birth Place:Dresden, Germany
Nationality:German
Field:Physics
Workplaces:Technical University Munich
Harvard University
Alma Mater:Technical University Munich
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Paderborn University
Awards:Leibniz Prize (2015)
Known For:DNA Origami

Hendrik Dietz (born December 18, 1977, in Dresden Germany) is a German physicist known for his contributions in the field of DNA origami. He is a full-professor for biophysics at the Technical University of Munich.

Life

Dietz studied physics in Paderborn University, the University of Zaragoza, and at the LMU Munich. He completed his studies with a diploma in 2004. Subsequently, he became a research associate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In 2007, he earned his Dr. rer. nat. with research on the mechanical anisotropy of proteins in single-molecule experiments.[1] After that, he spent two years as a postdoc at Harvard University. Since the summer of 2009, he has been a Professor of Biophysics at the TU München.

Research

Dietz’s main research focus is on DNA nanotechnology. He uses DNA origami to design molecular machines that can execute user-defined tasks. Among these devices are force-sensing nano-structures,[2] gigadalton-sized DNA assemblies,[3] dynamically switching devices,[4] molecular motors,[5] [6] and virus traps.[7] [8]

In the long term, Dietz hopes to make a significant contribution to the creation of molecular machines and systems with practical benefits for everyday life. This includes uses in medicine such as vaccines or drug delivery vehicles and synthetic enzymes for biologically inspired chemistry.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Mechanische Anisotropie von Proteinen in Einzelmolekülexperimenten . Technische Universität München . 2007 . Hendrik . Dietz.
  2. Funke . Jonas J. . Ketterer . Philip . Lieleg . Corinna . Schunter . Sarah . Korber . Philipp . Dietz . Hendrik . 2016-11-04 . Uncovering the forces between nucleosomes using DNA origami . Science Advances . en . 2 . 11 . e1600974 . 10.1126/sciadv.1600974 . 2375-2548 . 5262459 . 28138524. 2016SciA....2E0974F .
  3. Wagenbauer . Klaus F. . Sigl . Christian . Dietz . Hendrik . 2017-12-07 . Gigadalton-scale shape-programmable DNA assemblies . Nature . en . 552 . 7683 . 78–83 . 10.1038/nature24651 . 29219966 . 2017Natur.552...78W . 205262182 . 1476-4687.
  4. Gerling . Thomas . Wagenbauer . Klaus F. . Neuner . Andrea M. . Dietz . Hendrik . 2015-03-27 . Dynamic DNA devices and assemblies formed by shape-complementary, non–base pairing 3D components . Science . en . 347 . 6229 . 1446–1452 . 10.1126/science.aaa5372 . 25814577 . 2015Sci...347.1446G . 22642035 . 0036-8075.
  5. Pumm . Anna-Katharina . Engelen . Wouter . Kopperger . Enzo . Isensee . Jonas . Vogt . Matthias . Kozina . Viktorija . Kube . Massimo . Honemann . Maximilian N. . Bertosin . Eva . Langecker . Martin . Golestanian . Ramin . Simmel . Friedrich C. . Dietz . Hendrik . 2022-07-20 . A DNA origami rotary ratchet motor . Nature . en . 607 . 7919 . 492–498 . 10.1038/s41586-022-04910-y . 1476-4687 . 9300469 . 35859200. 2022Natur.607..492P .
  6. Shi . Xin . Pumm . Anna-Katharina . Isensee . Jonas . Zhao . Wenxuan . Verschueren . Daniel . Martin-Gonzalez . Alejandro . Golestanian . Ramin . Dietz . Hendrik . Dekker . Cees . 2022-08-04 . Sustained unidirectional rotation of a self-organized DNA rotor on a nanopore . Nature Physics . en . 18 . 9 . 1105–1111 . 10.1038/s41567-022-01683-z . 2206.06613 . 2022NatPh..18.1105S . 256747052 . 1745-2481.
  7. Sigl . Christian . Willner . Elena M. . Engelen . Wouter . Kretzmann . Jessica A. . Sachenbacher . Ken . Liedl . Anna . Kolbe . Fenna . Wilsch . Florian . Aghvami . S. Ali . Protzer . Ulrike . Hagan . Michael F. . Fraden . Seth . Dietz . Hendrik . 2021-06-14 . Programmable icosahedral shell system for virus trapping . Nature Materials . en . 20 . 9 . 1281–1289 . 10.1038/s41563-021-01020-4 . 1476-4660 . 7611604 . 34127822. 2021NatMa..20.1281S .
  8. Monferrer . Alba . Kretzmann . Jessica A. . Sigl . Christian . Sapelza . Pia . Liedl . Anna . Wittmann . Barbara . Dietz . Hendrik . 2022-12-27 . Broad-Spectrum Virus Trapping with Heparan Sulfate-Modified DNA Origami Shells . ACS Nano . en . 16 . 12 . 20002–20009 . 10.1021/acsnano.1c11328 . 1936-0851 . 9798855 . 36323320.
  9. Web site: Biography Hendrik Dietz . 2023-08-21 . Dietz Lab for Biomolecular Design . de-DE.

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