Preliminary Project Titles
This is a list of potential projects our group leaders are offering in the Fall Selection 2020. Please also check the list of participating group leaders.
| Group (Institute) | Project Title | Preferred Course of Study/Expertise of Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Alberti(TUD BIOTEC) | Molecular mechanisms of translation regulation in neurodegenerative disease | Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics |
| Hayder Amin(DZNE) | Decoding neurogenic functional plasticity in large-scale models | Master degree in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Biophysics, or similar disciplines / prior experience in electrophysiology, computation (optional) |
| Michael Bachmann(HZDR)(together with Claudia Arndt & Frederick Faßlrinner) | Engineered T cells for personalized cancer therapy | Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedicine |
| Martin Bornhäuser(TUD Medical Campus)(together with Alexander Wurm & Marius Bill) | Role of lnc-RNAs in the leukemogenesis in acute myeloid leukemia | Cell Biology |
| Natalie Dye(TUD PoL) | Biophysical analysis of heterogeneity in human gastric cancer | Physics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology |
| Stefan Diez(TUD B CUBE) | Control of bidirectional, vesicular transport systems | Biophysics, Biochemistry, Biology |
| Mohamed Elgendy(TUD Medical Campus) | The role of tumor metabolism in metastasis | General molecular and cellular biology techniques, tissue culture, etc. Some experience with mouse work is advantageous but not a must. |
| The role of tumor metabolism in drug resistance | ||
| Karim Fahmy(HZDR) | Investigation of structure and stability of DNA-origami for nanoscience | |
| Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich(TUD PoL) | Tension-dependence of actin cross-linker binding dynamics in the actin cytoskeleton of animal cells | |
| Anke Fuchs(TUD CRTD) | Clinical translation of antigen-targeted regulatory T cells as therapeutic option for graft-versus-host disease | Cell biology, Immunology, Hematology |
| Tatyana Grinenko(TUD MTZ) | Impact of inflammation on induction of hematological malignancy | Cell Biology, Immunology |
| Rolf Jessberger(TUD MTZ) | Role of a kinetochore protein in mammalian germ cells | Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Germ Cell Biology |
| Mechanism of generating the allergy immunoglobulin E | Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology | |
| Henning Morawietz(TUD MTZ) | Exercise prevents impact of gestational diabetes mellitus on fetal endothelial function | Master of Science/Expertise in Life Science/Biomedical Research |
| Felix Müller-Planitz(TUD MTZ) | The mechanism and structures of chromatin remodeling enzymes | Protein Biochemistry, Fluorescence, Cryo-EM |
| The biogenesis of chromatin studied by long-read, single-molecule sequencing | Molecular Biology, Genomics, R | |
| Anna Poetsch(TUD BIOTEC) | Genome specificity of mutagenesis | Computational Biology, Machine Learning |
| Yael Politi(TUD B CUBE) | Cuticle formation – live imaging of epidermal cells | Advanced light microscopy techniques |
| Micro-architecture of spider mechno-sensors | Biophysics/Polymer Science/Material Science | |
| Tilman Rachner(TUD Medical Campus) | Dickkopf-1 as target in precision oncology | |
| Natalia Rodríguez-Muela(DZNE/TUD CRTD) | Human iPSC-derived 3D organoids to study motor neuron diseases | Cell Culture, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology |
| James Sáenz(TUD B CUBE) | Elucidating the design prinicples of living membranes | Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology |
| Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán(TUD CRTD) | Regenerative mechanisms of mouse and axolotl appendages | Life Sciences |
| Mirko Schmidt(TUD Medical Campus) | Molecular signaling in malignant brain tumors | Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology |
| Michele Solimena(TUD PLID) | Insulin granule microtubule-mediated transport in vitro | Biochemistry, Super Resolution Microscopy, Biophysics, Cell Biology |
| Structural resolution of age-distinct insulin granules by cryo-EM | Electron Microscopy, Structural Biology, Cell Biology | |
| Jared Sterneckert(TUD CRTD) | Using iPS cells to understand role of aging in the onset of C9orf72-ALS pathogenesis as well as identify novel therapeutics | Advanced mammalian cell culture |
| Tomohisa Toda(DZNE) | Development and maintenance of adult neural stem cells | Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, Bioinfomatics |
| Carsten Werner(IPF)(together with Anna Taubenberger) | Studying the role of microenvironment mechanics on cancer progression |