Welcome, Prof. Andrea Rentmeister!

Andrea Rentmeister is the new CiM Professor of Biomolecular Label Chemistry starting at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Münster University today. Her working group develops novel methods to selectively label biomolecules in living cells. The main focus is labeling of mRNA, which can localize to distinct subcellular regions in various cell types ranging from bacteria to neurons. To study the dynamics of mRNA localization and transport universal probes that allow to image mRNA in living cells are highly required. Rentmeister's group harnesses and combines techniques from chemistry, molecular biology, and protein biochemistry to achieve selective labeling in cells. Her approaches aim at monitoring endogenous mRNA to increase the chances to study the transport and trafficking behavior of the target mRNA and not of artificial constructs.