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The crystal structure of the SAM-analog utilizing ribozyme SAMURI reveals a fascinating active site architecture and provides new insights into the evolution of catalytic RNAs and riboswitches.

Our Christmas party is not only a great party, it's also a team building activity that enriches our social life and always promises to be a great evening full of surprises.

Innovation in Chemical Sciences - this was the motto of the symposium, which was attended by ten scientists and ten PhD's and Master's students from five Bavarian universities at the University of Zagreb from November 19 to 21, 2024. Among the participants was our PhD student Evgeniia Dorinova.

Dr. Carolin Scheitl, a researcher at the University of Würzburg, was awarded the Bavarian Culture Prize in the science category for her doctoral thesis on RNA chemistry.

We are pleased to welcome Arijit Das Adhikary from IIT Bombay as a visiting PhD student at our research group for the next two months.

On 1st October 2024, Dr. Carolin Scheitl gave a talk at the "GDCh Biochemistry 2024 (September 30th - October 2nd 2024), Dortmund, Germany" about the topic "Ribozymes for RNA labelling via adenosine alkylation".

From September 23 to September 25, Hsuan-Ai Chen attended the 4th Symposium on Nucleic Acid Modifications in Mainz, Germany.

Evgeniia Dorinova and Konstantin Isenberg attended at the "VII. DNG Graduate School Nucleic Acid Chemistry" at Bad Herrenalb with training sessions, scientific and technology talks and also scientific writing.

Dr. Julia Dietzsch, Dr. Hermann Neitz and Dr. Takumi Okuda attended the XXV International Round Table on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids (September 3 - 6 2024) at Katsushika Campus, Tokyo University of Science, Japan.

Gamemaster Hermann and the proud winners of the AK Höbartner Euro2024 betting game. Many Congrats!

Hermann was selected as one of six finalists from six European countries to present their work at the Symeres facilities in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).

Manisha Walunj was awarded a poster prize at the 29th Annual Meeting of the RNA SOCIETY for her poster presentation. Congratulations for this award!

Congratulations Dr Carolin Scheitl for receiving the "Gemeinsamen Promotionspreis der Unterfränkischen Gedenkjahrstiftung für Wissenschaft und der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg"

On December 19th, 2023 Hermann Neitz successfully defended his PhD on "Hydrophobic recognition motifs in functionalized DNA". Many congratulations and all best wishes for a bright future!

Dr. Reich-Preis für Tina Jungnickel und Tobias Groß.