Cooperations


Tra-My Tran (PhD student)

- Caenorhabditis elegans as a test model for chemicals - the amount of food, fatty acid pattern and 
   substance effects


Prof. Christopher Rongo

- Biogenic amine neurotransmitters promote eicosanoid production in Caenorhabditis elegans


Lion Schöpfer (PhD student)

- Caenorhabditis elegans and microplastic, toxicity assays


Dr. Karin Hohberg

- De novo synthesis of PUFA in Tardigrada as well as dietary routing of fatty acids from prey nematodes


Dr. Wolf-Hagen Schunck

  - Heterologous gene expression in Sf9 insect cells

  - Reverse-, normal- and chiral-phase HPLC of eicosanoids


Dr. Michael Rothe

  - Methodology development for LC-MS/MS analyses of lipid-derived signaling molecules


Prof. Stephen Stürzenbaum

  - Ecotoxicogenomic analysis on the impact of different natural and xenobiotic substances

  - Whole-genomic RNAi by feeding screens


Dr. Ma Dengke

  - Fatty acid pattern analysis in the context of heat adaptation

  - Biological function of CYP-13A12 in promoting C. elegans' behavioral response to reoxygenation


Dr. Jennifer Watts

  -  Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) induce germ cell death in C. elegans


Dr. Anne Konkel

 - GPCR screening and biological functions of CYP-produced eicosanoids



Dr. Sebastian Höss

  - ISO-standardized toxicity test using the nematode C. elegans

  - Inducible gene expression as non-traditional toxicity endpoint


Dr. Natascia Ventura & Vanessa Brinkmann

  - Systematic analysis of cyp-gene expression in respect to mitochondrial-associated disorders


Dr. Angela Krüger & Dr. Thomas Meinelt

  - GC/MS analysis of PCB containing biological samples

  - Cultivation of Danio rerio and fish egg tests under different conditions


Funding


Freie Universität Berlin

Kommission für Forschung und wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs (FNK)


Fellowships & Prizes