Anja Armbruster

Continued my PhD research following the relocation of the research group from the University of Freiburg to the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), Saarbrücken. Independently designed and led two interdisciplinary research projects in synthetic biology. Developed protein-based technologies for targeted AAV gene delivery and worked on extracellular receptor activation. Published two first-author research articles. Designed, optimized and performed experiments involving mammalian cell culture, flow cy

Initiated my PhD research project in Synthetic Biology under Prof. Wilfried Weber. Established experimental workflows and developed the foundations for subsequent research on AAV engineering and extracellular optogenetic receptor activation. The projects continued following the relocation of the research group to the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), Saarbrücken.

Established experimental workflows that formed the basis of subsequent PhD research projects. Investigated AAV shielding strategies and extracellular optogenetic receptor activation. Performed molecular cloning, mammalian cell culture, flow cytometry and recombinant protein production

Student Research Assistant in the plant physiology and biotechnology group. Supported research on plant propagation and plant biotechnology. Performed sterile plant culture and complex media preparation

Supported optimization of downstream processing workflows for recombinant proteins. Performed IMAC, SEC, HPLC, mammalian cell culture and flow cytometry. Documented and evaluated experimental results in an industrial R&D environment