since 12/2022
Scientist, Department of Solar Materials
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig
2017 - 2021
PhD, Natural Product Chemistry at Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and lnfection Biology "Hans Knöll Institute" Jena & Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
2022
- C. Lenz, S. Dörner, F. Trottmann, C. Hertweck, A. Sherwood, D. Hoffmeister (2022)
"Assessment of Bioactivity-Modulating Pseudo-Ring Formation in Psilocin and Related Tryptamines",
ChemBioChem 2022, 23
2021
- C. Lenz, S. Dörner, A. Sherwood, D. Hoffmeister (2021)
"Structure Elucidation and Spectroscopic Analysis of Chromophores Produced by Oxidative Psilocin Dimerization",
Chemistry-A European Journal 2021, 27(47), 12166-12171
- C. Lenz, A. Sherwood, R. Kargbo, D. Hoffmeister (2021)
"Taking Different Roads: 1-Tryptophan as the Origin of Psilocybe Natural Products",
ChemPlusChem 2021, 86(1), 28-35
2020
- J. Fricke, R. Kargbo, L. Regestein, C. Lenz, G. Peschel, M. A. Rosenbaum, A. Sherwood, D. Hoffmeister (2020)
"Scalable Hybrid Synthetic/ Biocatalytic Route to Psilocybin",
Chemistry-A European Journal 37 (26), 8281-8285
- C. Lenz, J. Wiek, D. Braga, M. Garcia-Altares, G. Lackner, C. Hertweck, M. Gressler, D. Hoffmeister (2020)
"lnjury-Triggered Blueing Reactions of Psilocybe "Magic" Mushrooms",
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59(4), 1450-1454
- P. S. Seibold, C. Lenz, M. Gressler, D. Hoffmeister (2020)
"The Laetiporus polyketide synthase LpaA produces a series of antifungal polyenes",
The Journal of Antibiotics 2020, 73(10), 711-720
2019
- J. Fricke, C. Lenz, J. Wick, F. Blei, D. Hoffmeister (2019)
"Production Options for Psilocybin: The Making of the Magic",
Chemistry - A European Journal 2019, 25(4), 897-903 (Review)
2018
- J. P. Tauber, C. Matthaeus, C. Lenz, D. Hoffmeister, J. Popp (2018)
"Analysis of basidiomycete pigments in situ by Raman spectroscopy",
Journal of Biophotonics 2018, 11(6)
2017
- C. Lenz, J. Wiek, D. Hoffmeister (2017)
"ldentification of N-Methyl-4-hydroxytryptamine (Norpsilocin) as a Psilocybe Natural Product",
Journal of Natural Products 2017, 80, 2835-2838