Giessen, Hesse, Germany
Conducted research projects related to the honeybee-associated microbiome Proposed new research directions and projects in the field Presented research findings at international conferences Supervised Bachelor's and Master's students in research activities
SquaredAnt is a collaborator with Dr. Boris Tefsen's group on the biosensor project. Here, I helped the company develop a project proposal on a cloud-based monitoring platform for chemical residues in food based on our preliminary lab work.
I re-joined Dr. Boris Tefsen group and worked on the same biosensor project after Master study. I optimized Euclidean distance-based resazurin assay to quantify antibiotic sensitivity, generated antibiotic sensitivity profiles of all biosensors, carried out fieldwork to collect environmental samples, and eventually worked on a manuscript to publish our work.
After undergraduate study, I joined Dr. Boris Tefsen group and got involved in a project that focused on biosensor development. I was the major experimenter of this project and established several protocols for UV mutagenesis and antibiotic sensitivity screening. This is also when my interest in antibiotic research sprouted.
• Use L. lactis as an alternative to E. coli expression system • Construct expression vector via molecular cloning • Protein purification via ammonium sulfate precipitation and anion exchange chromatography • Screening for the optimal condition for protein crystallization