Master Thesis
Since 2002 139 master students had finished our master programme. In the below mentioned tables you have an overview about all master theses.
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 139 | 30th May, 2017 | Utkarsh Goyal | Stringent response and its correlation with the development of type IV pili in Azoarcus sp. BH72 |
| 138 | 6th April, 2017 | Saurabh Joshi | Measuring the mechanical properties of living neonatal mouse skin tissue using atomic force microscopy & Measuring the protrusive forces of pollen tube |
| 137 | 4th April, 2017 | Hazem Ibrahim | RFX6 associated neonatal diabetes disease modeling using CRISPR/Cas9 genome edited patient derived iPSCs |
| 136 | 23rd March, 2017 | Shreyas Meda | Functional analysis of the putative sRNA gene GFL in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 135 | 10th March, 2017 | Bhavishya Sarma | Investigation of the influence of HDGF on cutaneous wound healing in mice |
| 134 | 3rd March, 2017 | Kim Julia Große | Microbial community analysis in German agriculture soils with and without catch crop management |
| 133 | 16th February, 2017 | Shaunak Kanade | Non-cell autonomous role of mitochondria in regulating PCD in animal cells |
| 132 | 8th February, 2017 | Moritz Janda | Mass spectrometry imaging based metabolomics of host-microbe interactions in marine invertebrates |
| 131 | 6th February, 2017 | Anna Mankowski | Comparative and functional genomics of deltaproteobacterial symbionts in gutless oligochaetes |
| 130 | 1st February, 2017 | Julia Große | Microbial community analysis in german agriculture soils with and without catch crop managment |
| 129 | 11th January, 2017 | Xun Jiang | Study on the Type VI secretion system in Azoarcus sp. BH 72 |
| 128 | 10th January, 2017 | Jana Schnakenberg | Analysis of protein-protein-interaction between Azo0536 and dinitrogenase reductase using the bacterial two hybrid system |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 127 | 23rd December, 2016 | Daniel Arno Blum | Serfs of the Corals: Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions on the Cell Surface of the Cultivated Symbiont Symbiodinium Clade A |
| 126 | 21st December, 2016 | Theresa Harten | Analysis of the Promoter Region of exaA3 Encoding an Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Azoarcus sp. BH72 |
| 125 | 19th December, 2016 | Hania Moussa | Establishment of a cholesterol quantification assay and investigation of the effects of methyl β-cyclo-dextrin on glial cells |
| 124 | 16th December, 2016 | Johann Steinmeier | Enzyme-Dependent and -Independent Reduction of the Tetrazolium Salt WST-1 |
| 123 | 13th December, 2016 | Anasua Pal | Investigation of Hippo kinase LATS2 in pancreatic ß-cells |
| 122 | 17th June, 2016 | Osmond Darrel Rebello | Investigation of the binding of recombination trans-sialidases from Trypanosoma congolense to blood cells |
| 121 | 27th May, 2016 | Radhika Jayant Dhekane | Modification of PAR-2 agonist peptide and establishment of calcium mobilization assay to test its agonistic properties |
| 120 | 25th May, 2016 | Emily-Jane Rüschendorf | Calcium dependent effects on expression, secretion and sub-cellular distribuition of HDGF-A and HDGF-B in the human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT |
| 119 | 19th April, 2016 | Mandy Hegewald | Natural and Artificial genetic Modifications and their Impact on the Development and Function of the Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte |
| 118 | 15th April, 2016 | Nilima Dinesh Kumar | Role of N-glycosylation in Trypanosoma congolense trans-sialidase enzyme activity and oligomerization |
| 117 | 29th February, 2016 | Arundhati Joshi | Uptake and toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles in C6 glioma cells |
| 116 | 2nd February, 2016 | Karsten Stapelfeld | WST-1 reduction as a viability and cell metabolism assay in cultured brain astrocytes |
| 115 | 19th January, 2016 | Lucas Lansing | Ectomycorrhiza repressed genes: cellular localisation of gene expression in Aspen roots and subcellular localisation of encoded proteins |
| 114 | 14th January, 2016 | Eric Ehrke | Modulation of the glycolytic flux in cultured brain astrocytes |
| 113 | 8th January, 2016 | Jana Müller | Plant growth promotion and root colonisation by rare isolates of rice |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 112 | 19th July, 2015 | Manasi Sawant | In vitro chracterization of Hepatoma-derived growth factor insoforms in human skin cells |
| 111 | 5th June, 2015 | Hedi Kruse | Interactions of hepatitis A virus non-structural poteins with cell organelles |
| 110 | 30th April, 2015 | Alexander Makowka | Cloning of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase genes from ectomycorrhizal fungi into the bacterial expression vector pET28a |
| 109 | 23rd March, 2015 | Sushil Awal | Characterization of a novel inhibitor of Mst1 in pancreatic beta cells and a screening for deubiquitinating enzyme modulating Mst1 |
| 108 | 26th Februar, 2015 | Hannes Eichner | Inflammatory differences of immune cells in a diabetic, Siglec-F knock-out mouse model |
| 107 | 30th January, 2015 | Reshma Kadam | Acute stimulation of glycolytic flux by Tyrphostin 23 and Metformin in cultured brain astrocytes |
| 106 | 16th January, 2015 | Barbara Safaric | Purification and characterization of the linalool isomerase from Thauera linaloolentis 47Lol |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 105 | 12th December, 2014 | Judith Weber | Screening of the tsetse fly midgut for sialidase activity- Application of a sialidase assay in the gut of tsetse flies |
| 104 | 1st December, 2014 | Christian Arend | Chronic effects of anti-retroviral drugs on the glutathione and glucose metabolism of cultured brain astrocytes |
| 103 | 16th October, 2014 | Damilola Modupe Dawodu | Metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics analysis of Alexandrium spp. in the presence of copepod cue |
| 102 | 22nd September, 2014 | Jonghyun Lee | Specialized search pattern of Physarum polycephalum |
| 101 | 14th July, 2014 | Vedrana Andric | Characterization of cytoplasmic lamin LIII in enucleated Xenopus oocytes |
| 100 | 24th March, 2014 | Kristina Klein | Analysis of protein secretion by the type VI secretion system in Azoarcus sp. BH72 |
| 99 | 24th March, 2014 | Fabian Robert Bogner | Improving methods of chloroplast DNA isolation from higher plants |
| 98 | 17th March, 2014 | Sohail Keegan Pinto | Microbial Metal Reduction- and Methanogenesis Potentials in the Helgoland Mud Area |
| 97 | 12th March, 2014 | Ajinkya Chandrakant Kulkarni | Dynamics of Iron (III)-oxide reducing microorganisms in rice field soils |
| 96 | 12th March, 2014 | Wiebke Bünger | Isolation and characterization of rice-associated bacteria |
| 95 | 5th March, 2014 | Mukta DhananjayChinchwadkar | Analysis of nitrogen cycling in the Kavango region of Namibia for sustainable land use and management |
| 94 | 5th February, 2014 | Isha Girish Shirsikar | Investigation of LAMP1 during Hepatitis A virus infection |
| 93 | 15th January, 2014 | Nimesha Suresh Sarma Tadepalle | Influence of arsenite on the glycolytic flux and glutathione export of astrocyte-rich primary culture |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 92 | 13th December, 2013 | Supreet Kaur | Role of PHLPP 1/2 phosphatases in pancreatic ß-cells |
| 91 | 23th September, 2013 | Eva-Maria Blumrich | Studies on the intra- and extra-exosomal secretion of hepatoma-derived growth factor |
| 90 | 26th July, 2013 | Kore Irina Jasmin Schlottau | Establishment of a quantitative in-house RT-PCR for the detection of HAV-RNA |
| 89 | 20th June, 2013 | Marie-Kristin Sarah Lampe | Transcriptomic analysis of the alternative Sigma factor deletion mutants BHΔrpoN1 and BHΔrpoN2 in Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 88 | 20th June, 2013 | Vrushali Yashwant Khobragade | Investigation of role of fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5) in survival and function of pancreatic beta cells |
| 87 | 22nd May, 2013 | Fabian Trempel | Investigation of the winzig mutant in Eschscholzia californica |
| 86 | 24th April, 2013 | Anika Nieder-Röhrmann | Construction of recombinant Hepatitis A viruses for the detection of virus infection and viral replication sites and to shut down synthesis of certain cellular proteins |
| 85 | 27th March, 2013 | Urjita Joshi | Investigation of the involvement of lipid rafts in the nonlytic release of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) from the host cells |
| 84 | 11th March, 2013 | Maria Grünberg | Recombinant Myelin-associated Glycoprotein preparations for biological assays |
| 83 | 11th March, 2013 | Jessica Nüße | Investigations on the role of Exosomes in Hepatoma-derived growth factor unconventional secretion |
| 82 | 8th March, 2013 | Shweta Bendre | The effect of transient expression of a lamin A mutant on the nuclear structure and mechanics in different human cell lines |
| 81 | 8th February, 2013 | Paul Schilf | Analysis of the lamin genes of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) |
| 80 | 1st February, 2013 | Jana Schulz | Characterization of cytoplasmic lamin LIII in Xenopus oocytes before nuclear transport |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 79 | 19th December, 2012 | Andreas Beust | Investigation of the transcriptional and post-translational regulation of the type VI secretion system in Azoarcus sp. BH72 |
| 78 | 18th September, 2012 | Martin Schäfer | Analysis of potential plant defence elicitors from Azoarcus sp. BH72 on rice |
| 77 | 3rd July, 2012 | Rutuja Diwan | Search for nuclear-encoded saxitoxin genes in the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense strain A5 |
| 75 | 4th June, 2012 | Sebastian Nintemann | Functional analysis of mycorrhizal carbohydrate exchange in poplar |
| 74 | 21st May, 2012 | Ashwini Bhide | Analysis of PISTILLATA as a target of post-translational protein modification |
| 73 | 16th May, 2012 | Vishakha Bhedasgaonkar | The effect of the antiretroviral drug efavirenz on the energy metabolism of cultured rat brain astrocytes |
| 72 | 11th May, 2012 | Madhura Panse | Effect of Phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase gamma (PI3Kγ) knockout on obesity induced glucose intolerance and cell function |
| 71 | 25th April, 2012 | Chinmay Rahane | RND efflux pumps and the metabolism of monoterpenes in Castellaniella defragrans |
| 70 | 11th April, 2012 | Ina Votteler | Analysis of the involvement of lipid rafts in the nonlytic release of Hepatitis A virus from infected host cells |
| 69 | 15th March, 2012 | Rucha Tongaonkar | Formaldehyde oxidation and its effect on the glycolytic flux in OLN-93 cells |
| 68 | 15th March, 2012 | Felix Bulcke | Characterization and accumulation of fluorescent iron oxide nanoparticles by oligodendroglial cells |
| 67 | 27th Februar, 2012 | Amod Anand Godbole | An in vitro study of the interactions of Xenopus lamin LIV with other endogenous lamins |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 66 | 7th December, 2011 | Mithila Vinay Vaidya | Characterization of alternative Sigma factor deletion mutants, BHΔrpoN1 and BHΔrpoN2, in Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 65 | 25th November, 2011 | Neeti Shrikant Sudumbrekar | Characterization of antimicrobial plasma coatings on titanium implant material |
| 64 | 23rd November, 2011 | Manasee Kishore Mankar | Analysing the gene cluster azo2969 to azo2981 and its possible role in ethanol oxidation in Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 63 | 24th October, 2011 | Varad Ravindra Shende | Analysis of germ line-specific lamin LIV from Xenopus laevis |
| 62 | 1st September, 2011 | Jan Michel Meyer | Establishment of a 454-amplicon sequencing method for field applications to study biodiversity with emphasize on Azadinium |
| 61 | 1st July, 2011 | Aishwarya Kishore Paknikar | Anaerobic degradation of cyclic alkanes by nitrate-reducing enrichment cultures |
| 60 | 27th June, 2011 | Xi Chen | Approaches towards Detection of Putative Candidate Genes in Oryza sativa Involved in Endophytic Colonization of Azoarcus sp. Strain BH72 |
| 59 | 20th May, 2011 | Karsten Eichholz | Transcriptomic characterization and evolutionary classification of polyketide synthase genes in the spirolide producing marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii |
| 58 | 19th April, 2011 | Anamika Chatterjee | Interactions between iron oxide nanoparticles and proteins released by astrocytes |
| 57 | 15th March, 2011 | Maria Schlöcker | Cross-talk between PI3K catalytic subunits p110alpha and p110beta and the influence on Akt in diabetes |
| 56 | 17th February, 2011 | Hannah Klingenberg | Generation of Azoarcus sp. BH72 reporter strains for quantification and visualization of quorum sensing-like gene regulation |
| 55 | 19th January, 2011 | Upasana Anand Kulkarni | Characterization of Bacterial Candidate Division OP3 |
| 54 | 13th January, 2011 | Charlotte Petters | Investigations on the subcellular localization of iron oxide nanoparticles in cultured astrocytes |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 53 | 17th December, 2010 | Payal Nandkumar Shah | Role of TLR4 signalling in ageing and obesity induced insulin resistance |
| 52 | 15th December, 2010 | Fardous Kaneer El-Senduny | Interaction of Candida albicans with sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins (siglecs) |
| 51 | 13th December, 2010 | Aboli Ranjan Joshi | “FISH”ing for Azadinium with quantitative PCR: Resolving the azaspiracid producing Azadinium species complex with molecular maker tools |
| 50 | 15th November, 2010 | Meenakshi Manohar Prabhune | Comparison of mechanical properties of cancer cells and normalcells using Atomic Force Microscope |
| 49 | 12th March, 2010 | Jaaee Prashant Jadhav | Comparative analysis of cis-regulatory elements in the developmental regulators EScaAG1, EScaAG2 and EcCRC |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 48 | 5th November, 2009 | Shaunak Vivek Khandekar | Identification and isolation of lamin LIII gene in platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) |
| 47 | 4th November, 2009 | Ketaki Ujwal Apte | Ex vivo expression of wild type and mutated Caenorhabditis elegans lamin in Xenopus laevis oocyte |
| 46 | 29th October, 2009 | Amey Sunil Bhide | Expression analysis of carpel developmental genes during seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 45 | 22nd June, 2009 | Shobhit Agrawal | Testing the stepping stone mode of dispersal along the Scotia Arc: A molecular case study on the Antarctic giant isopod Glypotonotus antarcticus |
| 44 | 18th June, 2009 | Gitanjali Vinayak Dharmadhikari | Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectins: |
| 43 | 10th June, 2009 | Siddharth Rajendra Deshpande | Tubular network formation in Physarum polycephalum |
| 42 | 5th February, 2009 | Manawa Suhas Diwekar | Establishment of a bacterial system for the investigation of SUMOylation of PISTILLATA |
| 41 | 9th January, 2009 | Yean Sin Ong | Structural basis of ligand-binding in Siglec-2 |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 40 | 25th November, 2008 | Sandeep Kumar Botla | DNA methylation pattern in breast cancer leading to epigenetic signature of breast cancer |
| 39 | 24th November, 2008 | Rohit Sanjeev Nalavade | Capture probe digestion and signal optimization for a ligation based DNA microarray system |
| 38 | 21st October, 2008 | Alaa Mohamed Ahmed Othman | Quantitative study of the cellular interactions of B-6-16 boron containing liposomes |
| 37 | 13th October, 2008 | Teja Shripad Shidore | Investigating the presence of type VI secretion system in Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 36 | 9th October, 2008 | Ketki Ninad Tulpule | Uptake of ferrous iron by cultured astrocytes |
| 35 | 8th October, 2008 | Soniya Vikas Savant | Analysis of the Lamin A-specific domain in Xenopus embryos and oocytes |
| 34 | 6th October, 2008 | Dipti Milind Kelkar | Relative quantification of HMGA2 gene expression in fibroadenomas of the breast by quantitative real-time RT-PCR |
| 33 | 20th June, 2008 | John Paul Grube | Sequence specific isolation of DNA using paramagnetic nanobeads containing target specific oligonucleotides |
| 32 | 29th April, 2008 | Mariette Mourad Youssef Riad Kassabgy | 16S rRNA-targeted DNA microarrays - a potential routine tool for the high throughput characterization of marine bacterioplanktion communities? |
| 31 | 28th March, 2008 | Annett Dümmler | Approach to miniaturize electrophysiology |
| 30 | 24th January, 2008 | Terlumun Thaddeus Gbem | Expression of recombinant trans-sialidase from Trypanosoma congolense |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 29 | 6th November, 2007 | Xiaojing Chen | Quantification of NAD(H) and NADP(H) levels in cultured brain astrocytes using enzymatic cycling assays |
| 28 | 21st September, 2007 | Tejas Vijay Borwankar | Influence of osmolytes on the mobility and aggregation of poly(Q) containing proteins |
| 27 | 6th February, 2007 | Prajwal | Functional analysis of the glutamine synthetases – GlnA and GlnT in a nitrogen-fixing grass endophyte, Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 26 | 12th January, 2007 | Michael Frederick Freitag | Analysis of differential gene expression in the haptophyte Prymnesium parvum |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 25 | 29th November, 2006 | Nicole Frey | Comparative analysis of defence responses against biotrophic and necrotrophic fungi in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 24 | 26th 0ctober, 2006 | Sanyukta Rana | Gap junction hemichannel mediated release of glutathione from brain astrocytes |
| 23 | 24th October, 2006 | Trung Tat Ngo | Identification of sequence specific nucleic acid binding protein(s) by a qantitative proteomics approach |
| 22 | 29th September, 2006 | Christina Pöhler | Construction of adeno-associated viruses for gene therapy and characterisation of cancer-related HMGA2 gene |
| 21 | 15th September, 2006 | Umesh Gangishetti | Photosynthetic gene expression in Emiliania huxleyi |
| 20 | 11th September, 2006 | Shivangi Gupta | Identification of new splice variants and differential expression of HRP-2 |
| 19 | 8th August, 2006 | Theresa Marie Dinse | Generation of mutant Neisseria gonorrhoeae for the characterization of a novel sRNA proposed to autoregulate pilE transcripts |
| 18 | 8th August, 2006 | Rahul Ravindran | Sialic acid dependent interaction of siglecs with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi: Implication of siglecs as pathogen receptors |
| 17 | 4th August, 2006 | Arshad Ali Syed | Molecular characterization, function and regulation of an LPS-related gene msbB in Azoarcus sp. strain BH72 |
| 16 | 24th July, 2006 | Diana Cipriana Ioana Radovan | BSH-induced leakage of various liposomal formulations for future cancer therapy applications |
| 15 | 13th June, 2006 | Ioan Daniel Daraban | Interaction of BSH with liposomes measured with different leakage assays |
| 14 | 12th May, 2006 | Ketan Thakar | Identification of non-consensus sumoylation motif in Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor |
| 13 | 2nd May, 2006 | Junqing Zeng | A recombinant protein expressed in E. coli from a synthetic gene of the abalone Haliotis laevigata shows perlucin-like activity |
| 12 | 26th April, 2006 | Xiaolong Kong | Analysis of HMGB1 expression in human non-small cell lung cancer tissues and non-cancerous lung tissues using real-time RT-PCR |
| 11 | 24th April, 2006 | Gerrit Volkmann | Construction and characterization of protein splicing elements for future protein engineering applications |
| 10 | 18th April, 2006 | Mukul Moholkar | Interactions of Iron and Glutathione Metabolism in Astrocytes |
| Number | Date of defense | Name of master student | Title of master thesis |
| 9 | 29th September, 2005 | Daojun Diao | Primary research of inhibitors against human fucosyltransferase V (hFucTV) |
| 8 | 16th September, 2005 | Xin Fu | Quantitative analysis of thyroid adenoma associated (THADA) gene expression in thyroid tumors from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues using real-time RT- PCR |
| 7 | 15th August, 2005 | Elwy Okaz | Posttranslational modification of the hepatoma-derived growth factor by the small ubiquitin-like modifier |
| 6 | 15th August, 2005 | Ravi Varaha Sudarshan Malla | Characterization of Nogo receptor and Nogo receptor homologues by interaction and expression studies |
| 5 | 11th August, 2005 | Joel Smith | Molecular cloning, recombinant expression and enzymatic activity of a trans-sialidase from trypanosoma congolense |
| 4 | 11th August, 2005 | Sarang Limaye | Function of CD-33-related siglecs for the tumor-induced activation of human mononuclear phagocytes |
| 3 | 26th April, 2005 | Roland Meyer | Enzymatic Treatment of Siglec Fc-Chimeras |
| 2 | 25th April, 2005 | Srujana Chitipothu | First steps towards the development of the micorarray for the indentification of calanidae copepod species of the Atlantic Ocean |
| 1 | 29th March, 2005 | Irene Tikum Tabod | Interaction of cationic liposomes and mercatoundecahydro-closo-dodecaborate(2-) BSH |