The Thiele group
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Dr. Susann Weißheit

Working area(s)

Master thesis 02/14 - 09/14, PhD thesis 03/15 - 05/24

Contact

Susann finished her PhD thesis on May 21st 2024. Congratulations!

Field of research

  • Mechanisms of orientation of small organic molecules in alignment media (as part of FOR 1583)
  • Dynamics of the Elastin mimetic peptide GVGVP(GVG)3 (as part of FOR 1583)
  • Solid phase peptide synthesis

Education

02 – 05 Apprenticeship as medical lab technician
05 – 08 Occupation as medical lab technician, Ravensburg
08 – 12 Study of Biomolecular Engineering, B. Sc., Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
12 – 14 Study of Biomolecular Engineering, M. Sc., Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt

Bachelor thesis

Title Tertiary Interactions of Hammerhead Ribozymes: Coupled Analysis of Sequence and Structure Data
Group Prof. Dr. C. Hammann
Place Heisenberg Research Group Ribogenetics, Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Master thesis

Title Synthesis and Oxidative Folding of the Cysteine-rich Conotoxins delta-SVIE and delta-PVIA
Group Dr. A. A. Tietze, Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiele
Place Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Dissertation

Title NMR-Spektroskopische Untersuchungen der Struktur und Dynamik zweier Modellpeptide
Group Prof. Dr. C. M. Thiele
Place Department of Chemistry, Technical University Darmstadt

Publications

1 S. Weißheit, M. Kahse, K. Kämpf, A. Tietze, M. Vogel, R. Winter, C. M. Thiele
Elastin-like Peptide in Confinement: FT-IR and NMR T1 Relaxation Data
Z. Phys. Chem. 2018, 232, 1239-1261.
2 A. Matt, B. Kuttich, I. Grillo, S. Weißheit, C. M. Thiele, B. Stühn
Temperature induced conformational changes in the elastin-like peptide GVG(VPGVG)3
Soft Matter 2019, 15, 4192-4199.
3 P. Weigl, D. Schadt, S. Weißheit, C. M. Thiele, T. Walther, T. Blochowicz
Triplet state solvation dynamics: extending the accessible timescale by using indole as local probe
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 683-693.
4 P. Weigl, S. Weißheit, F. Pabst, H. Kolmar, C. M. Thiele, T. Walther, T. Blochowicz
Triplet States Reveal Slow Local Dynamics in the Solvation Shell of Biomolecules
J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 6324-6330.
5 S. Weißheit, B. Kuttich, M. Vogel, C. M. Thiele
Elastin-like Peptide as a Model for Disordered Proteins: Diffusion Behaviour in Self-Crowding Conditions
ChemPhysChem 2024, e202400117, 10.1002/cphc.202400117.

Poster

1 S. Weißheit, J. Ilgen, A. Beimel, R. Kümmerle, P. Lendi, R. Hensel, D. Moskau, V. Schmidts, C. M. Thiele
Regulation of Quadrupolar Splittings in NMR Experiments on Anisotropic Samples
GDCh FGMR 37th Annual Discussion Meeting, Darmstadt, 09/15.
2 S. Weißheit, J. Ilgen, A. Beimel, R. Kümmerle, P. Lendi, R. Hensel, D. Moskau, V. Schmidts, C. M. Thiele
Regulation of Quadrupolar Splittings in NMR Experiments on Anisotropic Samples
SMASH 2015, Baveno/Italy, 09/15.
3 S. Weißheit, M. Kahse, K. Kämpf, M. Berghaus, M. Vogel, R. Winter, C. M. Thiele
Influence of Confinement on an Elastin Mimetic Peptide -- T1-NMR Measurements
GBM 67. Mosbacher Kolloquium, Mosbach, 03/16.
4 S. Weißheit, J. Primozic, C. M. Thiele
How Acidic Decomposition Products of CDCl3 Influence the Orientational Properties of Alignment Media
EUROMAR 2016, Aarhus/Denmark, 07/16.