Lucia Winkler

EDUCATION

College / University

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry

Winkler

Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Working with membrane model systems: small unilamellar vesicles, solid supported bilayers, proteoliposomes, Langmuir-Blodgett-films. DNA techniques: purification, Gateway cloning, double enzyme digestion, PCR, gel electrophoresis. Protein techniques: recombinant expression in E.coli, protein purification through Nickel immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography, Western Blot. Other: Cultivation of anaerobic bacteria, confocal laser scanning microscopy, handling metagenomics results, circular dichroism spectroscopy, GUS-staining of transgenic plant material

Projects / Research

  • 2020: Analysis of the diatom protein Silicanin-1 in a model membrane system (Bachelor thesis, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Claudia Steinem, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Göttingen)
  • 2019: Metagenomic characterization of microbial consortia involved in the sulfur cycle (Students’ research project, supervisor: PD Dr. Michael Hoppert, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Göttingen)
  • 2015: Role of MYB transcription factors in heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana (Research internship, supervisor: Dr. Yariv Brotman, MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm)

Scholarships / Awards

2020 – 2021: Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School.
since 2017: German Academic Scholarship Foundation
2015: Scholarship for a research internship sponsored by the German Life Science Association (VBIO)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My fascination for the complexity of living organisms has sparked my interest in understanding the underlying biological processes. I see methods of molecular biology as a toolkit to gradually elucidate them. I am especially intrigued by microorganisms because of their (often overlooked) diversity, capabilities and environmental impact. I aim to learn about various methodical approaches to analyze my favorite research object on a molecular as well as on a cellular scale.