Thesis / Abschlussarbeit
Open positions for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students
Alle Abschlussarbeiten können in Englisch oder Deutsch verfasst werden. All theses can be written in English or German.
Start dates are tentative ... assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Master Thesis: Characterisation of a novel mRNA decapping enzyme of trypanosomes

Methods: Immunoprecipitation, Molecular biology, cell culture, imaging
Supervisor: Susanne Kramer
Start: May 2018 (or later)
Send mail to: Susanne.kramer@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Electron cryo microscopy of trypanosome VSG

JOINT VENTURE WITH Prof. Bettina Böttcher (Dept. Biochemistry & Virchow)
Methods: Artificial membrane systems, protein purification, electron cryo microscopy
Supervisors: Nicola Jones, Bettina Böttcher & Markus Engstler
Start: Spring 2018
Send mail to: markus.engstler@uni-wuerzburg.de
Bachelor Thesis: Cloning, expression and purification of a trypanosome cell surface protein

Methods: Molecular biology, cell culture, protein purification, imaging
Supervisor: Erick Aroko, Nicola Jones & Markus Engstler
Start: January 2018
Send mail to: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de
Bachelor Thesis: Cloning and inducible expression of a trypanosome cell surface protein

Methods: Molecular biology, cell culture, imaging
Supervisor: Erick Aroko, Nicola Jones & Markus Engstler
Start: January 2018
Send mail to: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de
Bachelor Thesis: Quantitative Light-Sheet-Mikroskopie der Tsetse-Fliege

JOINT VENTURE MIT CCTB
Methoden: Computer-gestützte 3D-Bildbearbeitung
Betreuer: Philip Kollmannsberger und Markus Engstler
Start: Spring or summer 2018
Mail an: Philip.Kollmannsberger@uni-wuerzburg.de, markus.engstler@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Automated analysis of very large electron tomograms

JOINT VENTURE WITH CCTB
Methoden: Computer-gestützte 3D-Bildbearbeitung
Betreuer: Torsten Paul, Philip Kollmannsberger und Markus Engstler
Start: anytime
Send mail to: Philip.Kollmannsberger@uni-wuerzburg.de, markus.engstler@uni-wuerzburg.de
Bachelor Thesis: Motilitätsanalysen bei Trypanosomen in Mikrofluidik-Systemen

Methoden: Zellkultur, Mikrofluidik
Betreuer: Tim Krüger und Markus Engstler
Start: Febuary 2018
Mail an: tkrueger@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Bachelor Thesis: Produktion von Plasmamembran-Vesikeln

Methoden: Klonierung, Zellkultur, künstliche Membranen
Betreuer: Nicola Jones, Susanne Fenz und Markus Engstler
Start: Januar 2018
Mail an: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de, susanne.fenz@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Exosomes in trypanosomes

Methods: Cloning, cell culture, SEM, TEM, SIM
Supervisor: Tim Krüger and Markus Engstler
Start: Summer 2018
Send mail to: markus.engstler@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Inducible manipulation of the trypanosome cell surface in the tsetse fly

Methods: Molecular biology, tsetse work, stereo fluorescence imaging
Supervisor: Christian Reuter, Nicola Jones & Markus Engstler
Start: summer 2018
Send mail to: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Genetic manipulation and heterologous expression of a viral protein

Methods: Cloning, molecular biology, cell culture, imaging
Supervisor: Erick Aroko, Nicola Jones & Markus Engstler
Start: Summer 2018
Send mail to: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Superresolution-Mikroskopie an Endosomen

Methoden: Superresolution Imaging, Elektronen-Tomography
Betreuer: Susanne Fenz, Tim Krüger and Markus Engstler
Start: Summer 2018
Mail an: tkrueger@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
Master Thesis: Manipulation of the trypanosome VSG expression site

Methods: Cloning, cell culture, imaging
Supervisor: Nicola Jones and Markus Engstler
Start: Fall 2018
Send mail to: nicola.jones@uni-wuerzburg.de, markus.engstler@uni-wuerzburg.de