In the Water microbiology department, my task was mainly to determine the amount of antibiotic resistance genes in water. I was also involved in developing a new method, long amplicon qPCR for antibiotic resistance genes. With this new method it is possible to detect only intact genes, which remain a threat to the environment through horizontal gene transfer. ▸ Processing and preparation of environmental samples for qPCR measurements (filtration, DNA extraction) ▸ Determination of… Show more In the Water microbiology department, my task was mainly to determine the amount of antibiotic resistance genes in water. I was also involved in developing a new method, long amplicon qPCR for antibiotic resistance genes. With this new method it is possible to detect only intact genes, which remain a threat to the environment through horizontal gene transfer. ▸ Processing and preparation of environmental samples for qPCR measurements (filtration, DNA extraction) ▸ Determination of the amount of antibiotic resistance genes in the samples using qPCR ▸ Standard preparation for new qPCR method (Long Amplicon) ▸ Capillary gel electrophoresis ▸ Biological oxygen demand BOD5 ▸ Cloning of gene fragments in vector systems ▸ General laboratory assignments: maintaining bacterial cultures, preparing buffers, pouring plates, taking samples for IC and DOC, determination of pH value, redox potential Show less

Mainly teaching biology and chemistry subjects to primary and secondary school students.

Supporting experiments in a doctoral thesis, The programmed apoptosis in Drosophila melanogaster at the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Developmental Biology furthermore Social cognitive abilities of Canis lupus familiaris at Department of Ethology.