WG Applied Biocatalysis (Prof. Dr. Bruno Bühler)
Daniel Spindler |
- Photoautotrophic and heterotrophic cultivations (bacteria, fungi, yeasts)
- Fermentation at benchtop to technical scale
- Maintenance of cultivation equipment
- Filtration processes for enzyme purification
- Process analytics (enzymatic activity assays, SDS page, YSI, microscopy)
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Dr. Jörg Toepel |
- PAM fluorometry
- Protein/DNA analysis
- Analytics
- Molecular biology
- Bioreactors
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WG Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance (Dr. Anja Worrich)
Maja Hinkel |
- Isolation, enrichment, cultivation and quantification of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
- Extraction of DNA, RNA and proteins
- PCR, qPCR, epicPCR
- Fluorescence and light microscopy
- FISH
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WG Bioavailability (Dr. Lukas Wick)
Jana Reichenbach |
- Isolation, enrichment, cultivation and quantification of aerobic microorganisms (fungi and bacteria)
- High throughput quantification of bacteria using spiral platter cultivation and automated colony enumeration
- Determination of the surface hydrophobicity of microbial surfaces (contact angle measurements)
- Determination of the surface tension of solutions
- Determination of the swimming behavior of bacteria (chemotaxis, swimming and swarming behavior)
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Birgit Würz |
- Isolation, enrichment, cultivation and quantification of aerobic microorganisms (fungi and bacteria)
- Chemical analysis of organic substances: GC-FID, GC-ECD, GC-MS, Headspace
- Extraction and analysis of organic trace substances
- Determination of particle size, particle concentration and physicochemical surface properties (isoelectric point, zeta potential) of bio-colloids and macromolecules (Zeta-Sizer ULTRA)
- Website design and maintenance
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WG Electrobiotechnology (Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch)
Cornelia Dilßner |
- Aerobic and anaerobic enrichment/isolation of microorganisms
- Degradation of pollutants (kinetics and stoichiometry)
- Fermenter cultures incl. diverse cultivation regimes
- HPLC technique (measurements and support Shimadzu)
- Enzyme measurements (photometric, respiratory)
- Cell disintegration
- Wastewater analysis
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Philip Haus |
- Aerobic and anaerobic cultivation of microorganisms
- HPLC analysis
- DNA extraktion, PCR and T-RFLP fingerprinting
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Anne Kuchenbuch |
- Aerobic and anaerobic cultivation of microorganisms
- HPLC analysis
- DNA extraction
- PCR- and T-RFLP fingerprinting
- Cloning and sequencing
- Bioelectrochemical methods
- Bioelectrochemical fermentation
- Fluorescence and light microscopy
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Angelika Wichmann |
- GC-MS
- Fatty acid analysis
- Cultivation of bacteria (Chemostat)
- VOC analysis
- Metabolite analysis
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WG Flow Cytometry (Prof. Dr. Susann Müller)
Florian Schattenberg |
- Cytometry
- Cell sorting
- DNA extraktion, PCR and T-RFLP fingerprinting
- Laser safety officer (Dept. Environmental Microbiology)
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Kathrin Stückrath |
- Cytometry
- Cell sorting
- Image analysis
- Protein/RNA/DNA extraktion
- PCR/qPCR
- Microarray
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Christine Süring |
- Fermentation
- Cytometry
- Image analysis
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WG Catalytic Biofilms (Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler)
WG Microbial Data Science (Dr. Ulisses Nunes da Rocha)
Sanchita Kamath |
High-throughput sequencing data (HTS) manipulation:
- HTS functional annotation
- Metagenome-assembled genomes recovery (eukaryotes, prokaryotes and viruses)
- Microbial HTS simulation
Computational Support:
- Data storage and life cycle management
- Installation and development of software, tools and pipelines for (multi)omics analysis
- Python, R, Bash, and C++
- Machine learning model training
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WG Microbial Interaction Ecology (Prof. Dr. Antonis Chatzinotas)
Anett Heidtmann |
- DNA/RNA extraction (environmental samples, cultures)
- PCR (16S rRNA, functional genes and plasmids) and T-RFLP
- Quantitative PCR
- Sequence analysis (incl. software) and ARB software (genealogical trees)
- Microscopy
- FISH and hybridisations
- Phages (concentration, molecular biology)
- Training of biology lab technicians at UFZ
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Nicole Steinbach |
- DNA/RNA extraction (environmental samples, cultures)
- PCR (16S rRNA, functional genes, plasmids) and T-RFLP
- Sequence analysis (incl. software)
- Enrichment/cultivation of bacteria
- Viruses/phages (concentration, molecular biology)
- Stable Isotope Probing (SIP)
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Lara Zenker (Apprentice) |
- Isolation of DNA/plasmids
- Cultivation of microorganisms
- Ligation and Cloning of PCR fragments
- PCR, qPCR
- Sanger sequencing
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WG Microbiology of Anaerobic Systems (Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber)
Claudia Heber |
- Aerobic and anaerobic cultivation of microorganisms
- HPLC analysis (measurements and support Shimadzu)
- Gas analysis (pressure, headspace GC) and setup of gas mixtures
- Production of anaerobic media and anaerobic cultivation (Hungate technique)
- Operation of anaerobic bioreactors
- Fluorescence and light microscopy
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Ute Lohse |
- Aerobic cultivation of microorganisms
- Extraction of nucleic acids and proteins from cultures, reactor and environmental samples
- PCR, qPCR, cDNA synthesis
- T-RFLP fingerprinting (incl. Genemapper analysis)
- Cloning
- Sanger sequencing (incl. Sequencher analysis)
- Illumina MiSeq amplicon sequencing
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WG Ecothermodynamics / Biocalorimetry (PD Dr. Thomas Maskow)
Hans Fritsche |
- Photocalorimetry
- HPLC analysis
- High-resolution respirometry
- Strain maintenance and cultivation
- Isothermal titration calorimetry
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Anika Krämer |
- Reaction calorimetry
- Isothermal microcalorimetry
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Sven Paufler |
- Development of hard- and software for data acquisition
- Micro and reaction calorimetry
- Fermentation
- Combustion calorimetry
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Hannah Riede (BA Student) |
- Isothermal microcalorimetry
- Isothermal titration calorimetry
- HPLC analysis
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WG Plant Biogeochemistry (Ass.-Prof. Dr. Marie Muehe)
Paul-Georg Richter |
- Geochemical characterization of soils
- Field sampling
- Microwave-assisted digestion of environmental samples
- Visualization of oxygen, pH and carbon dioxide using planar optodes
- Nucleic acid extractions
- PCR, qPCR and cDNA synthesis
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WG Systems Bioechnology (Dr. Jens Krömer)
WG Environmental Mycology (Dr. Dietmar Schlosser)
Madlen Schubert |
- Cryoconservation of microorganisms
- Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)
- Enzyme assays (microtiter plate reader)
- FTIR spectroscopic measurements
- Fungal cultivation methods
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Microbiological Media and Waste Disposal (Martina Kolbe)
Mandy Becker |
- Microbiological waste disposal
- Hot air sterilisation
- Cleaning of glass
- Autoclaving
- Aerobic and anaerobic culture media
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Elke Häusler |
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Martina Kolbe |
- Aerobic and anaerobic culture media
- Autoclaving of special laboratory equipment and solutions
- Specific methods for sterilization and disinfection
- Microbiological waste disposal, sterilization and disinfection
- Questions on culture media
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Katrin Lübke |
- Aerobic and anaerobic culture media and solutions
- Hot air sterilization
- Autoclaving
- Microbiological waste disposal
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