Dirk H. Trauner

Vitamin D is famous for its photochemistry. We have now added a photopharmacology aspect in a wonderful collaboration with the Merk group. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

@SchelterGroup Your only hope is me dragging down the average …

@DirkTrauner We're starting our training next week to reclaim the 'fastest group' award in the 5k...

What a week end at Penn! First we were honored to host Roald Hoffmann and then we ran the Chemistry 5K. La vita è bella.

Excited to speak at Delaware today! research.udel.edu/scientist-2-sc…

Join us for a special seminar with Roald Hoffmann!

A big step forward in Photopharmacology, just published in Nature Medicine: nature.com/articles/s4159… A compound we conceptualized in 2008 (PMCID: PMC4040390) and synthesized in 2010 (PMCID: PMC3401033) proves effective in human vision restoration.

@WileECoyoteToon A nice illustration of Quantum tunneling.

Building Invisible Wall with Invisible Paint. New Day = New Trick

ACS Atlanta: My student Anavi Serna will present "Stephadiamine Revisited" tomorrow Monday at 3:40 PM in Exhibit Hall ChemPod 3. Talk ID: 4418069 . Worth stopping by!

@Tintin_Spain Where can you order?

EL COHETE DE TINTÍN DESPEGA EN MUNDO DEL LEGO tintinspain.blogspot.com/2026/03/el-coh…

Join us for my seminar at Temple University, hosted by my first Berkeley graduate student, Prof. Chris Beaudry!

Check our this preprint. Photopharmacology hits the human brain!

Check our this preprint. Photopharmacology hits the human brain!

Excited to deliver the Overman Lecture next Wednesday at UC Irvine!

Lastly, Nitika's paper on photoresponsive trimethoprim PROTACs is now out @NatureComms. Grateful for our collaboration with @DirkTrauner on this one! nature.com/articles/s4146…

What makes Organic Chemistry so awesome? That after ONE lecture on the rules you can design a molecule that is stable, could be made, but has never been made.

The Trauner Group wishes you Happy Holidays, Frohe Weihnachten, and a Healthy, Peaceful, Successful, Safe, and Rewarding New Year 2026!

Greetings from the Trauner Group Holiday Party!

@chem_okayama You are welcome. Good organic chemistry starts with correct arrow pushing. There is a great book on this: uky.edu/~rbgros1/textb…

@DirkTrauner Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the mechanism – this was incredibly helpful!!☺️☺️☺️

なんだこれ！😳 どうやって矢印書くんだろ？ 明日大学行ったらすぐ読もう Houk, K. N.先生とTrauner, D. H.先生の仕事なのね pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@laraialab Ditto, Luca Laraia!!!

@DirkTrauner It was a pleasure to collaborate with you on this cool project!

Watch out for that photon, cholesterol! Check out our latest contribution to photolipids, in a great collaboration with Michael Zott and Luca Laria. @cholsterol @photoswitches