Helena Waldmann Email & Phone Number

Jülich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Master thesis in the WISH-Roots project: improvement of soil health using wheat roots. The focus of my thesis is metagenomic analysis of microbiomes of different wheat varieties, grown in the field and in the rhizotron facilities of the FZJ.

Student Research Assistent in the group of Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker

• Internship at the Institute of Plant Science in the group of Prof. Dr. Becker with the topic Effect of Open top chambers on soil communities in Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Norway)
• DNA and RNA isolation from soil samples
• metatranscriptomics

• Internship at CEPLAS in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomma on the topic: Exploring genome evolution in the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae.
• High-Molecular Weight DNA extraction
• Nanopore sequencing
• Genome assembly
• Comparative Genomics

• Internships at CEPLAS in the Groups of Prof. Dr. Höcker, Prof. Dr. Hülskamp, Prof. Dr. Bucher and at Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research in the Group of Dr. Turck.Topics
• plant phosphate starvation response
• signaling mechanisms in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
• light signal pathway in plants
• forward and reverse genetic methods
• epigenetics

• Student assistant in the practical course “Cell biology, structure and function of plants and fungi” for Bachelor students at the Ruhr-University Bochum
• teaching microscopical observation of cell structures and their functions of plants and fungi
• giving presentations on the topics of the course
• tutoring the students

• Bachelor thesis at the Department of “Molecular and Cellular Botany” of Prof. Dr. Grefen at the Ruhr-University BochumThe title of my thesis is: Optimizing the Transformation methods of Arachis hypogaea L.
• developing multiple transformation methods for Arachis hypogaea via A. tumefaciens
• Gateway® Cloning
• Genotyping via PCR

• Student assistant at the department of Molecular and Cellular Botany of Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen
• PCR
• Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana using Agrobacterium tumefaciens
• General lab duties
• Developing transformation methods for Arachis hypogaea (Peanut)

• Practical Course "Molecular cellbiology of plants and fungi" organized by the groups of Prof. Dr. Grefen and PD. Dr. Nowrousian.
• rBiFC
• Western Blotting
• Gateway Cloning
• Confocal Microscopy
• Biotransformation

• Practical Course "molecular biology and biotechnology of microorganisms and plants" organized by the groups of Prof. Dr. Naberhaus, Prof. Dr. Tischler, PD. Dr. Teichert, PD Dr. Nowrousian and Prof. Dr. Happe
• Biotransformation
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Gas Chromatography (GC)
• Golden-Gate Cloning
• PCR

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Laboratory Internship at Volmary GmbH, which specializes in garden plants and vegetable crops
• quality management
• quality control
• maintenance sterile in vitro cultures

Master Of Science - Ms, Biological Sciences, 1.5

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, 1.8