Dr. Andreas Buchbender

During my PhD in the group of Dr. Julian König, I try to understand how the interaction between RNA and RNA binding proteins (RBP) is altered in cancer patients, and how these altered RNA-RBP interactions contribute to the cells´ overall malignancy. In order to answer this question, together with bioinformatic experts we work on transcriptome-wide conclusions from my RNAseq knockdowns as well as in vitro and in vivo iCLIP experiments.

During the semester breaks of my B.Sc. studies i used to work at the MPIZ regularly. I was working for several subgroups of the Koorneef and the Coupland Department. The projects are mentioned below: - Protein analysis of A. thaliana samples (Koornneef Dep.) - Generating a GFP-line in A. thaliana (Koornneef Dep.) - Genotyping and sequencing of S. lycopersicum samples (Koornneef Dep.) - Genotyping and sequencing of A. alpina (Coupland Dep.)