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Prof. Dr.

Christian Hackenberger

Prof. Dr. Christian Hackenberger studied chemistry at the University of Freiburg, at the RWTH Aachen and at the University of Wisconsin/Madison (USA). Since 2012, he is Leibniz-Humboldt Professor of Chemical Biology at Humboldt University and Head of the Chemical Biology II Department at the FMP. He is the founder of Tubulis GmbH, a company that develops new, better-tolerated therapeutics against cancer.

  • Head Peptide Chemistry
  • Humboldt-Leibniz Professor Chemical Biology Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Chemical Biology


Hackenberger Group
Peptide Chemistry


FMP

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2012

Leibniz-Humboldt-Professor (W3) for Chemical Biology

FMP and HU Berlin

2011

Habilitation and venia legendi in Organic Chemistry

Freie Universität Berlin

2011 – 2012

Associate Professor (W2) for Bioorganic Chemistry

Freie Universität Berlin

2006 – 2011

Emmy-Noether-Group leader (DFG)

Freie Universität Berlin

2005 – 2006

Junior group leader as Liebig-Scholar (FCI)

Freie Universität Berlin

2003 – 2005

Postdoctoral work with Prof. Barbara Imperiali

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Awards

Breakthrough of the Year-Award (Life Sciences) by the Falling Walls Foundation
2020

Novartis Lecturer and Visiting Professor New York University (NYU)
2019

Leonidas Zervas Award of the European Peptide Society
2018

JSPS Invitational Fellowship (Japan)
2018

Leibniz-Gründerpreis and m4 award for the biotech start-up Tubulis
2018

Visiting Professor at the Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck
2018

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2016

“The best 40 under 40 in Germany” (Welt am Sonntag)
2014

Harlan L. and Margaret L. Goering Visiting Professor of Chemistry (UW Madison/WI, USA)
2013

ORCHEM-Award of the GDCh
2012

Recognized as “Top 40 young German scientists under 40” (Capital)
2011/2012/2014

Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-Award of the DFG
2011

ADUC-Award of the GDCh
2011

Dozentenstipendium of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie (FCI) and the Aventis Foundation
2011

Award in the competition “Junior investigator of the year 2010”
2010

Plus 3-Award of the Boehringer-Ingelheim Foundation
2010

Award of the GDCh section “Macromolecular Chemistry” (FG Makromolekulare Chemie)
2009

Award of the Otto-Röhm Memorial Foundation
2008

Emmy-Noether-Group leader
2006

Liebig-Scholarship of the FCI
2005

Thieme-Journal Award
2005

Postdoctoral fellowship of the DAAD and DFG
2003/2005

Borchers Medal and Friedrich-Wilhelm Preis (RWTH Aachen)
2003

Scholarship for scientific journalism of the FCI
2001

Kekulé-Ph.D.-Scholarship of the FCI and of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
2000/2001

Study-abroad Scholarship of the Universität Freiburg within the “Academic-Year-Programs”
1998

Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
1997

Cooperations

Tubulis GmbH

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Bis‐ethynylphosphonamidates as an Modular Conjugation Platform to Generate Multi‐Functional Protein‐ and Antibody‐Drug‐Conjugates

  • Marc‐André Kasper; Lukas Lassak; Annette M. Vogl; Isabelle Mai; Jonas Helma; Dominik Schumacher; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022

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Atomistic insight into the essential binding event of ACE2-derived peptides to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

  • Carolina Sarto; Sebastián Florez-Rueda; Mehrnoosh Arrar; Christian P.R. Hackenberger; Daniel Lauster; Santiago Di Lella

Biological Chemistry 2022

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Synthetic α‐Helical Peptides as Potential Inhibitors of the ACE2 SARS‐CoV‐2 Interaction

  • Pascal M. Engelhardt; Sebastián Florez‐Rueda; Marco Drexelius; Jörg‐Martin Neudörfl; Daniel Lauster; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Ronald Kühne; Ines Neundorf; Hans‐Günther Schmalz

ChemBioChem 2022

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Structure–Uptake Relationship Study of DABCYL Derivatives Linked to Cyclic Cell‐Penetrating Peptides for Live‐Cell Delivery of Synthetic Proteins

  • Abhishek Saha; Shaswati Mandal; Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Jacobo Gómez‐González; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Ashraf Brik

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022

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Struktur‐Wirkungsbeziehung von an zyklische Zell‐penetrierende Peptide gebundenen DABCYL‐Derivaten für den Transport von synthetischen Proteinen in lebende Zellen

  • Abhishek Saha; Shaswati Mandal; Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Jacobo Gómez‐González; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Ashraf Brik

Angewandte Chemie 2022

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Design and Functional Analysis of Heterobifunctional Multivalent Phage Capsid Inhibitors Blocking the Entry of Influenza Virus

  • Lutz Adam; Eva Müller; Kai Ludwig; Simon Klenk; Daniel Lauster; Susanne Liese; Andreas Herrmann; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Bioconjugate Chemistry 2022

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Modular solid-phase synthesis of electrophilic cysteine-selective ethynyl-phosphonamidate peptides

  • Sarah Hansen; Jan Vincent V. Arafiles; Philipp Ochtrop; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Chemical Communications 2022

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A silyl ether-protected building block for O-GlcNAcylated peptide synthesis to enable one-pot acidic deprotection

  • Bingjia Yan; Wenyi Li; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2021

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Cellular uptake of large biomolecules enabled by cell-surface-reactive cell-penetrating peptide additives

  • Anselm F. L. Schneider; Marina Kithil; M. Cristina Cardoso; Martin Lehmann; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Nature Chemistry 2021

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Non‐Hydrolyzable Phospho‐Lysine Peptide Mimics

  • Anett Hauser; Eleftheria Poulou; Fabian Müller; Peter Schmieder; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Chemistry – A European Journal 2021

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Synthesis and Evaluation of Non‐Hydrolyzable Phospho‐Lysine Peptide Mimics

  • Anett Hauser; Eleftheria Poulou; Fabian Müller; Peter Schmieder; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Chemistry – A European Journal 2021

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Front Cover: Synthesis and Evaluation of Non‐Hydrolyzable Phospho‐Lysine Peptide Mimics (Chem. Eur. J. 7/2021)

  • Anett Hauser; Eleftheria Poulou; Fabian Müller; Peter Schmieder; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Chemistry – A European Journal 2021

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Cover Feature: Site‐Specific Antibody Fragment Conjugates for Reversible Staining in Fluorescence Microscopy (7/2021)

  • Jonathan Schwach; Ksenia Kolobynina; Katharina Brandstetter; Marcus Gerlach; Philipp Ochtrop; Jonas Helma; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Hartmann Harz; M. Cristina Cardoso; Heinrich Leonhardt; Andreas Stengl

ChemBioChem 2021

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The mechanism behind enhanced reactivity of unsaturated phosphorus(v) electrophiles towards thiols

  • Yerin Park; Alice L. Baumann; Hyejin Moon; Stephen Byrne; Marc-André Kasper; Songhwan Hwang; Han Sun; Mu-Hyun Baik; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Chemical Science 2021

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Diethynyl Phosphinates for Cysteine‐Selective Protein Labeling and Disulfide Rebridging

  • Christian E. Stieger; Luise Franz; Frieder Körlin; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021

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Diethinylphosphinate für die Cystein‐selektive Proteinmarkierung und Disulfid‐Verbrückung

  • Christian E. Stieger; Luise Franz; Frieder Körlin; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie 2021

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Zellpermeable Nanobodys ermöglichen Zwei‐Farben‐Superauflösungsmikroskopie in lebenden, nicht transfizierten Zellen

  • Anselm F. L. Schneider; Laila S. Benz; Martin Lehmann; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie 2021

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Cell‐Permeable Nanobodies Allow Dual‐Color Super‐Resolution Microscopy in Untransfected Living Cells

  • Anselm F. L. Schneider; Laila S. Benz; Martin Lehmann; Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021

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Discovery, X-ray structure and CPP-conjugation enabled uptake of p53/MDM2 macrocyclic peptide inhibitors

  • Anselm F. L. Schneider; Joerg Kallen; Johannes Ottl; Patrick C. Reid; Sebastien Ripoche; Stephan Ruetz; Therese-Marie Stachyra; Samuel Hintermann; Christoph E. Dumelin; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Andreas L. Marzinzik

RSC Chemical Biology 2021

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Electron Transfer/Higher Energy Collisional Dissociation of Doubly Charged Peptide Ions: Identification of Labile Protein Phosphorylations

  • Christian Hackenberger

Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2019

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Cysteine-Selective Phosphonamidate Electrophiles for Modular Protein Bioconjugations

  • Christian Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019

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Ethynylphosphonamidates for the Rapid and Cysteine-Selective Generation of Efficacious Antibody-Drug Conjugates

  • Christian Hackenberger

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019

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Tag and release: strategies for the intracellular cleavage of protein conjugates

  • Christian Hackenberger

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2019

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Targeted Subcellular Protein Delivery Using Cleavable Cyclic Cell-Penetrating Peptides

  • Christian Hackenberger

Bioconjugate Chemistry 2019

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TuPPL: Tub-tag mediated C-terminal protein–protein-ligation using complementary click-chemistry handles

  • Christian Hackenberger

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2019

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In-Cell Synthesis of Bioorthogonal Alkene Tag S-Allyl-Homocysteine and Its Coupling with Reprogrammed Translation

  • Christian Hackenberger

International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2019

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Vinylphosphonites for Staudinger-induced chemoselective peptide cyclization and functionalization

  • Christian Hackenberger

Chemical Science 2019

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Protein Modification of Lysine with 2-(2-Styrylcyclopropyl)ethanal

  • Caroline Apel; Marc-André Kasper; Christian E. Stieger; Christian P. R. Hackenberger; Mathias Christmann

Organic Letters 2019

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Analysis of Phosphorylation-dependent Protein Interactions of Adhesion and Degranulation Promoting Adaptor Protein (ADAP) Reveals Novel Interaction Partners Required for Chemokine-directed T cell Migration.

  • Kuropka B; Witte A; Sticht J; Waldt N; Majkut P; Hackenberger CP; Schraven B; Krause E; Kliche S; Freund C
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Multicolor Caged dSTORM Resolves the Ultrastructure of Synaptic Vesicles in the Brain.

  • Lehmann M; Gottschalk B; Puchkov D; Schmieder P; Schwagerus S; Hackenberger CP; Haucke V; Schmoranzer J
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Versatile and Efficient Site-Specific Protein Functionalization by Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase.

  • Schumacher D; Helma J; Mann FA; Pichler G; Natale F; Krause E; Cardoso MC; Hackenberger CP; Leonhardt H
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Editorial overview: Synthetic biomolecules: Synthetic protein modifications-a giant leap towards understanding and generating biological functions.

  • Hackenberger CP; Chen PR
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Gas-Phase Rearrangement in Lysine Phosphorylated Peptides During Electron-Transfer Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

  • Bertran-Vicente J; Schümann M; Hackenberger CP; Krause E
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Direct access to site-specifically phosphorylated-lysine peptides from a solid-support.

  • Bertran-Vicente J; Schümann M; Schmieder P; Krause E; Hackenberger CP
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Orthogonal dual-modification of proteins for the engineering of multivalent protein scaffolds.

  • Mühlberg M; Hoesl MG; Kuehne C; Dernedde J; Budisa N; Hackenberger CP
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Native chemical ligation between asparagine and valine: application and limitations for the synthesis of tri-phosphorylated C-terminal tau.

  • Reimann O; Glanz M; Hackenberger CP
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Cysteine-functional polymers via thiol-ene conjugation.

  • Kuhlmann M; Reimann O; Hackenberger CP; Groll J
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Live-cell MRI with xenon hyper-CEST biosensors targeted to metabolically labeled cell-surface glycans.

  • Witte C; Martos V; Rose HM; Reinke S; Klippel S; Schröder L; Hackenberger CP
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Covalent attachment of cyclic TAT peptides to GFP results in protein delivery into live cells with immediate bioavailability.

  • Nischan N; Herce HD; Natale F; Bohlke N; Budisa N; Cardoso MC; Hackenberger CP
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Chemoselective bioconjugation of triazole phosphonites in aqueous media.

  • Vallée MR; Majkut P; Krause D; Gerrits M; Hackenberger CP
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Traceless purification and desulfurization of tau protein ligation products.

  • Reimann O; Smet-Nocca C; Hackenberger CP
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Side-chain cysteine-functionalized poly(2-oxazoline)s for multiple peptide conjugation by native chemical ligation.

  • Schmitz M; Kuhlmann M; Reimann O; Hackenberger CP; Groll J
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