Dirk Jessen

EDUCATION

College / University

Georg August University Göttingen

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biology

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Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Various techniques in microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology

Projects / Research

  • 08/2004 – 09/2004: Identification of isogenes in Arabidopsis thaliana (research project). Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology , GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany
  • 08/2005 – 09/2005: Identification of steroids in mice plasma (research project). Institute of Experimental Genetics, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany
  • 01/2005 – 02/2005: Specificity determinants of a protein-dependent riboswitch: Keeping regulation straight in PTS controlled antitermination (research project). Dept. of General Microbiology, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany

Publications

Schilling O, Herzberg C, Hertrich T, Vörsmann H, Jessen D, Hübner S, Titgemeyer F, Stülke J (2006) Keeping signals straight in transcription regulation: Specificity determinants for the interaction of a family of conserved bacterial RNA-protein couples. Nucleic Acids Research (in press)

Scholarships / Awards

2003 – 2007: Stipend Evangelisches Studentenwerk Villigst e.V.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main scientific interest focuses on medical research in microbiology, developmental biology and human genetics.