Lab rotations, BSc and MSc theses
We offer projects to students who want to perform their own research in the lab. The projects are usually part of an ongoing PhD project and Master theses often lead to co-authorships (see below). Your bench work will usually be supervised by a PhD student and in addition, we will discuss your results regularly.
My aim is to support you in performing your research in an independent way both technically and intellectually. You should want to work and analyze your results independently, like to search and read the relevant literature, integrate into a collaborative environment, enjoy scientific discussions and be interested in developmental, neural or evolutionary topics or in developing novel transgenic tools in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.
If you are interested please contact me via e-mail with some words why you chose our lab, what your preferred topics are, the techniques you are most interested in and the approximate starting time of your rotation/thesis. In case there are more applicants than positions I need some more information for taking a decision: Please list the courses / rotations or other experiences, which are relevant for your interest in the lab and the grade of the respective last exam.
Techniques:
Knock down of gene function by RNAi, analysis of mutants, in situ hybridization, embryology, cloning of constructs and generation of transgenic animals, optimizing the RNAi technique, in vivo imaging
Former Master and Diploma students:
(authorships:1=first/shared first author 2=co-author 3=in prep)
Peter Kitzmann3, Julia Ulrich3, Anna Stief, Julia Lauterbach, Kathrin Hillebrand3, Inga Schild, Anna Gilles3, Julia Schanda3, Hendrikje Hein2, Daniela Grossmann2, Louis Boell1/2, Frank Ruge3, Nina Kreuzer2, Johannes Schinko1
ERASMUS / DAAD
If you wish to stay for some time in the lab with an ERASMUS or othr exchange programs please enquire (see above).
Master
M.Bio.301: Core modul "Developmental biology of invertebrates"
Bachelor
B.Bio.116 Wahlpflichtmodul "Allgemeine Entwicklungs- und Zellbiologie"
In diesem Praktikum beobachten wir die Entwicklung des Krallenfrosches Xenopus laevis und der Diptere Drosophila melanogaster. Außerdem vergleichen wir die Embryonalentwicklung der Fliege mit der des Reismehlkäfers. Wir analysieren zygotische und maternale Entwicklungsmutanten in Drosophila und wenden schließlich das binäre Expressionssystem an, um verschieden Organe anzufärben. Bei Beginn des Praktikums erhalten Sie das ausgedruckte Skript.
GGNB graduate school
Orthologs and Paralogs - how they evolve and how to distinguish them
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