Dr. Christina Schmitt

• Planung und Durchführung von Experimenten, Verteilen von Aufgaben an Labormitarbeiter • Vorstellung und Berichterstattung der Projektfortschritte auch vor Kooperationspartnern • Jahresplanung der Ausgaben und Verteilung der Ressourcen • Planung und Teilnahme an internationalen Kongressen • Verfassen von Publikationen

Development of a suitable protocol for the production of Curcumin loaded liposomes: - Preparation of liposomes based on the solvent evaporation hydration method, followed by extrusion - Perfomance of freeze-drying for long-term stability studies - Drug release studies - Physical and chemical analysis of liposomes by DLS and HPLC

Preparation of insulin encapsulated mPEG-PLGA-Mal NP's, functionalized with wildtype and variant albumin against the neonatal Fc receptor as a new drug delivery route through the intestine.

Nanomedicine, nanoparticles for drug delivery, cell culture

Silanization, chip-encapsulation for biosensing devices, ISFET characterization with different test systems, writing of SOPs

Position as a student trainee during the semester holidays: - Preparation of PowerPoint presentations - Development of pFMEAs (process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) - teaching new employees in GMP (Good manufacturing practice) courses of instruction and SOPs (standard operation procedures) - Developing and testing of an enzymatic-activity assay for the activity measurement of Enterokinase from different suppliers. - ELISA Assay development

3 months Bachelorthesis at the medical faculty Mannheim of the University Heidelberg, Mannheim in the research group "radiochemistry and molecular imaging" of Prof. Björn Wängler. Research topic: „Development of a bead construction kit for cell isolation by the use of superparamagnetic surface-derivatized iron-oxide nanoparticles“ Grade: 1,0

3 months internship at the University of Hongkong, Hongkong in the pharmaceutical research lab of Prof. Dr. John Rudd Research topic: “Evaluation of the Role of Histamine H2 Receptors in Mechanism of Motion-Induced Emesis in Suncus murinus (House Musk Shrew)” Grade: 1,0

• studying neuro-inflammatory and glial scarring processes in the brain • development and implementation of in vitro test systems • preparation of curcumin loaded liposomes to alleviate in vitro brain-foreign body responses final grade: magna cum laude plus (0.7)