BIOSS
Centre for Biological Signalling Studies

Alumnis

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Name, country
of origin
and position

Training

 

Keywords

 

Techniques

 

Marta Aguirre Vazquez

Spain (B Sc Stud.)

Email: m.aguirrevazquez@
gmail.com

Bio-
technolology
Bacterial lectins,
cellular trafficking,
endocytosis
Molecular biology,
Gibson cloning,
confocal microscopy,
immunofluorescence

Sahaja Aigal

India (PhD Stud. MPI-IE)

Email:
aigal@ie-freiburg.mpg.de

Bio-
technol.
Bacteria, lectins,
Mammalian cell; cytoskeleton
Cell culture,
Confocal and
Super resolution microscopy

Silke Altmann

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: s.v.altmann@gmail.com

Biology Polarized cells,
Lectins, Signalling
Immunofluorescence,
Mammalian cell culture,
Live cell microscopy
 

Golam Azam

Bangladesh (Master Stud.)

Email: a10mdgaz@
student.his.se
Biology Studying the link
between plasma membrane and actin-cytoskeleton
Immune-fluorescence (IF) Microscopy b. Atomic forces Microscopy.  c. si-RNA knockdown

Pavel Barahtjan

Russia (HiWi)

Email: pavel.barahtjan
@pluto.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lipid signaling,
Membranes,
Lectins
Cell Culture,
Confocal Microscopy,
Click chemistry
 

Denise Bartsch

Germany (B Sc Stud.)

Email: bartsch.denise1991
@gmail.com

Biology Epithelial cells,
Protein trafficking,
Uromodulin
Confocal microscopy,
Immunofluorescence,
Live cell imaging

Sheila Bohler

Luxembourg (M Sc Stud.)

Email: sheila.bohler@hotmail.de

Biology T cells,
Lectin Internalization,
Signaling
Immunofluorescence,
Western Blot,
Live cell imaging

Annette Brandel

Germany (PhD Stud.
RTG 2202)

Email: annette.brandel
@bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biochemistry Pore formation,
Lectin binding,
Signalling
Artificial membrane systems
Lipid painting
Electrophysiological measurements
Western Blot
 

Christine Burgey

Germany (joint PhD Stud.
with medicine)

Email: christine.burgey@
uniklinik-freiburg.de

Biology Antimikrobielle Peptide,
S.aureus,
Endo-und Epithelzellen
Zellkultur (Säuger-und Bakterienzellen, Colony-Forming-Unit Assay, ELISA, qRT-PCR,
HPLC, MALDI-TOF

Vincent Busse

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: vincentbusse@t-online.de

Biology Bispecific Antibodies,
Lectins,
Immunotherapy
Cell culture,
Protein Production,
Flow Cytometry,
Fluorescence Microscopy

Marco Frensch

Germany (PhD Stud. IMPRS, MPI-IE)

Email: frensch@ie-freiburg.mpg.de

Chemical
Biology
Lectins valency,
B Cell stimulation,
BCR organization
Purification,
WB,
FACS,
microscopy

Lydia Bussemer

Germany (B Sc. Stud.),

Email:
lydia.bussemer@web.de

Biology Lectins,
Endocytosis
Confocal Microscopy,
Immunofluorescence,
Mammalian Cell Culture

Julie Claudinon

France (Postdoc)

Email: julie.claudinon@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lectins, Endocytosis,
Signalling
Internalisation assay,
Confocal microscopy,
Proteomics
 

Catherine Cott

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: catherine.cott@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Human
Biology
O-linked N-Acetylglucosamine modification and phosphorylation
crosstalk, OGT and O-GlcNAcase
Western Blot,
Immunoprecipitation,
Immunofluorescence
 

Thorsten Eierhoff

Germany (Postdoc)

Email: thorsten.eierhoff@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Bacteria, Invasion,
Signalling
Confocal microscopy,
Protein analysis,
Invasion assays

 

Anouk Ewen

Luxenbourg (B Sc Stud.)

Email: anouk.ewen@
jupiter.uni-freiburg.de

Biology bacterial lectins, signaling, trafficking Cell Culture,
Confocal microscopy,
Western Blot

Daniel Fisch

Germany ( MSc Stud.)

Email: daniel.fisch@gmx.de

Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry
and Biophysics
Protein trafficking,
Integrins,
Polarized epithelial cells
Western Blot, Confocal Microscopy, Molecular Cloning, Immunofluorescence, Crispr/Cas technology

 

Alexandra Fischer

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: alexandrafischer1
@gmx.net

Biology Luciferases,
trafficking
Split-Luciferase-Assay,
Confocal Microscopy,
Cell Culture

Helene Fischer

Germany (Diploma Stud.)

Email:
helene.fischer86@gmail.com

Biology Lectins,
Integrins,
Polarized cells
Microscopy,
Western blot,
Mammalian cell culture

Sven Fischer

Germany (Dipl. Stud.)

Email: s.g.fischer@
gmx.de

Biology Borrelia, Signaling,
Membrane
Microscopy, Western blot, Cell culture

 

Pauline Fleck

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: pauline.fleck
@saturn.uni-freiburg.de

Biology bacterial lectins,
Autophagy,
signaling
Cell Culture,
Confocal microscopy,
Transfection,
Western blot

 

Simon Franz

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: simon_franz@gmx.net

Biology Lectins,
Autophagy,
Lysosomes
Cell Culture,
Confocal microscopy,
Autophagy assays,
Western blot

Nina Haberer

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: nina.haberer@gmx.de

Biology Lectins,
Transcytosis ,
Fusion proteins
Cell Culture,
Confocal microscopy ,
Protein Purification ,
Genetic engineering

 

Lukas Hasenclever

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: lukas.hasenclever@
mars.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Phase separated
synthetic membrane systems
Actin encapsulation
Force spectroscopy
Atomic force microscopy
Fluorescence microscopy
 

Najmeh Heshmatpour

Iran (Exchange Stud.)

Email: najmeh.heshmatpour@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Polarized cells, Signalling, PIK3CA Western Blot,
Confocal Microscopy,
Immunofluorescence

Ute Hoffmann

Germany (B Sc Stud.)

Email: ute@hoffmannk.de

Biology B cells,
Lectins,
Signalling
Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Mammalian cell culture

Daniel Hummel

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: dhummel1@gmx.de

Biochem.
and Bio-
physics
Lectins, Cytoskeleton,
Membrane dynamics
Laser scanning microscopy, Live cell imaging, Super-resolution microscopy

 

Julia Jürgens

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: juergens.j@web.de

Biology bacterial lectins,
cell-cell-interaction,
signalling
FACS,
WB,
cell culture,
MTT assay,
ELISA
 

Samuel Juillot

France (PhD Stud. SGBM)

Email: samuel.juillot@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Bio-
technology
Signalling and Internalization,
SadP, Lectins,
Streptococcus suis,
Bacteria
Western Blot,
Immunofluorescence,
Liposomes,
Confocal Microscopy

Thomas Juretschke

Germany (B Sc Stud.)

Email: thomas.juretschke@
neptun.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Polarized cells,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Lectins
Immunostaining,
Confocal Microscopy,
PCR & Cloning

Matthias Kist

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: m_kist@gmx.de

Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry & Biophysics Protein trafficking, Rab GTPases, Polarized epithelial cells Western Blot, Confocal Microscopy, Molecular Cloning, Immunofluorescence, Crispr/Cas technology

Jonathan Kleinert

Germany (M Sc Stud)

Email: jon_kl@web.de

Biology Signaling,
Reconstitution,
Optogenetics
Cloning,
Confocal Microscopy,
Cell culture

Philipp Timo Kleindienst

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: T.Kleindienst@gmx.net

Biology Epithelian cells,
Integrins,
Protein trafficking
Immunofluorescence,
Confocal Microscopy,
Mass Spectometry,
Western Blot

Svenja Kleiser

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: svenja.kleiser@
venus.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lectins,
Autophagy,
Signaling
Cell culture,
Confocal Microscopy,
Western blot
 

Katja Kühn

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: katja.kuehn@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Molecular
Medicine
Signalling and Internalization,
Lectins,
Bacteria
Western Blot,
Immunofluorescence,
Microscopy,
Liposomes

Constanze Lamprecht

Germany (Postdoc)

Email:

constanze.lamprecht
@physik.uni-freiburg.de

Physics Protein-Lipid Interaction,
Cell Adhesion,
Carcinogenesis

Atomic Force Microscopy,
Fluorescence Microscopy,
Artificial Membrane Systems,
Cell Culture

Alessia Landi

Italy (PhD Stud.)

Email: alessia.landi@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Pharma-
ceutical
Sciences
Lectins,
integrin,
epithelial cells
cell culture,
immunoprecipitation,
western blot,
confocal microscopy

 

Melanie Langhammer

Germany (B Sc Stud.)

Email: melanie.langhammer
@jupiter.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Bacterial lectins,
Flotillins, Endocytosis,
signalling, trafficking
Confocal Microscopy ,
Western Blot,
Cell culture

Levin Lataster

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: levin.lataster@
saturn.uni-freiburg.de

Biochemistry &
Biophysics
Lectin binding,
Bifunctional
lectin-antibody
conjugates,
T-Cell activation
FACS,
Fluorescence Microscopy,
Live Cell imaging,
Protein Expression,
Cell Culture

 

Anika Lehmann

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: anika.lehmann@
saturn.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lectin binding,
Trafficking,
Signalling
Western Blot,
Confocal Microscopy,
Cell Culture

Josef Madl

Austria (Postdoc)

Email: josef.madl@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Physics Lectins,
Pore-spanning membranes,
Plasma membrane sheets
Super resolution microscopy,
AFM,
Laser scanning microscopy

Christina Manner

Austria (MSc Student)

Email: christina.
manner@etu.unistra.fr

Physics /
Biotechnology
Lectin clustering,
Lipid micro-domains,
Membrane invagination
Confocal and widefield
fluorescence microscopy,
Giant unilamellar vesicles

Nandjafot Mendy

France (M Sc Student)

Email: njmendy@gmail.com

Biology Reconstitution of proteins in synthetic membranes, Pore suspended membrane
Lectins and airways bacterial infection
Synthetic membranes,
Confocal microscopy,
Microfluidic,
Western blot

Juliet Merz

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: juliet_merz@gmx.de

Biology Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus),
Glycosphingolipids,
Blood-Brain Barrier
Immunofluorescence,
Confocal Microscopy, Permeability & Overlay Assay

Peter Fritz Müller

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: peter.fritz.mueller
@bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biochemisty & Biophysics Intracellular bacteria,
Bacteriophage therapy
Vesicle formation,
Fluorescence microscopy,
Cell culture,
Infection assays

Stefan Müller

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: stefan.mueller@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Polarized cells,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Lectins

Immunostaining, TIRF &
Confocal Microskopy,
PCR & Cloning
STORM / D-STORM

Simon Nicklaus

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email:simonnicklaus
@gmx.de

Biochemistry
and
Biophysics
Microfluidic,
Polarized ephitelial cells

Cell culture,
Confocal microscopy,
Live cell imaging

Anita Nieth

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: anita.nieth@
sgbm.uni-freiburg.de

Bio-
chemistry
Intracellular bacteria, Phagotherapy,
Signaling during
Bacterial Invasion
Mammalian and Bacterial cell culture, Fluorescence microscopy, Giant unilamellar vesicles

Ramin Omidvar

Iran (Postdoc)

Email: ramin.omidvar@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biophysics

Synthetic membrane,
Force spectroscopy measurement and analysis
Surface functionalization

Atomic force microscopy
Fluorescence microscopy
Confocal microscopy

 

Nicole Osang

Germany (BSc Stud.)

Email: nicole.osang@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Bio-
technology
Bakterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa POA1
(Wildtyp und die Mutante
lec A), Sicherheitsstufe 2
Invasion Assay, Attachment Assay

Rafael Ostmann

Germany (B Sc Student)

Email: rafael.ostmann@posteo.de

Biology

bacterial lectins,
membrane reorganization,
lectin-glycosphingolipid interaction

Atomic force microscopy,
lipid bilayer formation,
Artificial Membrane Systems

 

Najmeh Pakdaman

Iran (Internship Stud.)

Email: najmeh.
pakdaman@gmail.com
Plant
Physiology
Lectin, Internalisation, Signalling Cell culture, Western Blot, Internalisation Assay, Confocal Microscopy

Gilles Rauen

Luxembourg (MSc Stud.)

Email: gilles.rauen@
saturn.uni-freiburg.de

Biochemistry &
Biophysics
Cell Adhesion,
Carcinogenesis,
Force Spectroscopy
Atomic Force Microscopy,
Western Blot,
Cell Culture

Paola Pretell Roldan

Peru (M Sc Stud.)

Email: paola_roldan2
@hotmail.com

Biology polarized cells,
GPI,
protein sorting

cell culture,
immunostaining,
confocal microscopy

Elise Rosati

France 

Email: elise.rosati@
etu.unistra.fr

Bio-
technology
Moss Physcomitrella patens,
Lectins, 
Physiological role
Cell Culture,
flurescence microscopy

Anna Savelyeva

Russia (PhD student IMPRS-MCB)

Email: savelyeva@
ie-freiburg.mpg.de

Physics/
Nano-
technol./
Biophysics
Epigenetics of host-pathogen interactions,
bacteria-induced chromatin modifications,
Psuedomonas aeruginosa infection
Mammalian cell culture,
RNA extraction,
RNA-seq analysis, ChIP, qRT-PCR

Thomas Schubert

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: thomas.schubert
@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lectin binding
Lipid clustering
Membrane invagination
Atomic Force Microscopy
TIRF and Confocal Microscopy
Artifical Membrane Systems

Fabian Schwerdtfeger

Germany (MSc Stud.)

Email: Fabian.Schwerdtfeger@
saturn.uni-freiburg.de

Biochemistry &
Biophysics
Membrane order
Bacterial lectins
Bacteria - membrane interactions
Model membranes
Fluorescence Microscopy
Bacterial cell culture

Taras Sych

Ukraine (PhD Stud.)

Email: taras.sych@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Physics Membrane order
Lectins
Microscopy
Model membranes
Fluorescence Microscopy
Fluorescence lifetime imaging

 

Annamaria Tadic

Croatia (MSc Student)

Email: annamaria.tadic@
mars.uni-freiburg.de

Biology bacterial lectins,
B Cell stimulation,
signaling
Westernblot,
Confocal Microscopy,
Cell Culture,
Purification

Roland Thünauer

Austria (Postdoc)

Email: roland.thuenauer@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Physics lectin internalization,
protein trafficking,
epithelial cells
Live cell microscopy, Microfluidics, pore-suspending Membranes

Anne Trefzer

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: anne.trefzer
@googlemail.com

Biology Polarized epithelia cells
Lectins
Bacterial Infection
Live Cell Microscopy
Immunofluorescence
Western Blot

Kevin Tröndle

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: kevintroendle
@googlemail.com

Biology Cellular uptake, Fucose,
Ralstonia solanacearum
lectin (RSL)
Confocal Microscopy,
Immunofluorescence,
Endocytosis assay.
 

Cyprien Verseux

France (Internship Stud.)

Email: cyprien.verseux@
gmail.com

Bio-
technology
Bacteriophages,
Intracellular bacteria,
Therapy
Infection assays, Confocal microscopy, Vesicle formation

Sarah Villringer

Germany (PhD Stud.)

Email: sarah.villringer@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology B cells, Lectins, Signalling Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence
 

Isabel Wilhelm

Germany (PhD Stud. SGBM)

Email: Isabel.Wilhelm@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology B cells,
Lectin internalization,
Signalling
Immunofluorescence,
Western Blot,
Mammalian Cell Culture

 

Maokai Xu

China (PhD Stud. SGBM)

Email: maokai.xu@
bioss.uni-freiburg.de

Biology Lectins,
Transcytosis,
Drug carrier
Cell culture,
Confocal Microscopy,
model membranes, Fluorescence microscopy

Rezvan Zabihollahi

Iran (PhD Stud.)

Email:
rezvanzabihollahi
@gmail.com

Medicine and Biology HIV,
MHCII,
HIV specific T cells
Cell culture,
Immunofluorescence,
Artificial membrane,
Western blot,
Cloning

Shuangshuang Zheng

China (PhD Stud.)

Email: shuangshuang.zheng@
pluto.uni-freiburg.de

Biology

 

Bacteria,
Lectins,
Invision,
Signalling
Confocal Microscopy,
Immunofluorescence,
Mammalian Cell Culture,
Western Blot
 

Jessica Ziegelbauer

Germany (M Sc Stud.)

Email: jessica.ziegelbauer
@web.de

Biology Septins,
Bacterial Invasion,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Invasion assays,
Immunofluorescence,
Western Blot
 

Katharina Zittlau

Germany (B Sc Stud)

Email: Katharina.Zittlau@gmx.de

Biology Epithelial cells,
Transcytosis,
Lectins
Confocal microscopy,
western blot,
mammalian cell culture