Biological processes are naturally regulated with high spatial and temporal control, as is
perhaps most evident in metazoan embryogenesis. Chemical tools have been extensively …

Controlling the conformation and activity of biomolecules in a reversible manner is a
fascinating challenge (1-3) that has an outstanding potential for the study of and interference …

The photoisomerization of azobenzene has been known for almost 75 years but only
recently has this process been widely applied to biological systems. The central challenge of …

Spatial and temporal control over chemical and biological processes plays a key role in life,
where the whole is often much more than the sum of its parts. Quite trivially, the molecules of …

The last few years have witnessed significant advances in the use of light as a stimulus to
control biomolecular interactions. Great efforts have been devoted to the development of …

Microbially-synthesized protein-based materials are attractive replacements for petroleum-
derived synthetic polymers. However, the high molecular weight, high repetitiveness, and …

In this tutorial review we give an introduction into the field of stimulus responsive peptide
based materials illustrated by some recent and current developments. We have tried to …

Molecular photoswitches are a class of chemical structures that can readily isomerize
between distinct geometries upon irradiation with light. Molecular photoswitches are utilized …

In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

Die zeitliche und räumliche Kontrolle über chemische und biologische Prozesse spielt eine
Schlüsselrolle im Leben, wo das Ganze oft viel mehr ist als die Summe seiner Einzelteile …