Laura Uelze

Assistant Director of ETIV do Brasil an International NGO and Non-Profit for Environmental Conversation and Youth Development in Brazil -volunteer coordination -project development, implementation and evaluation -English teaching for children and adults -marketing and recruitment -finances and fundraising

-investigation of cell wall metabolism in Bacillus subtilis -application of a wide range of routine genetic modification methods as well as modern molecular biology techniques

-analysis of microbiological communities in the sediment of water reservoirs -identification and quantification of archaea species with a wide range of methods (Denaturing Gradient Gelelectrophoresis, quantitative PCR, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-FISH)

-analysis of secured drugs and pharmaceuticals -measuring of steroid concentrations in samples by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS) -developing of an improved sample preparation method

-developing of a liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method for analysis of amphetamines in blood and urine samples -analysis of blood samples by liquid-liquid-extraction, derivatisation and measuring with LC-MS

-analysis of long-term data on algae growth in various dams in the Free State of Saxony (Germany) -comparison with published data of algae growth in dams and lakes worldwide and identification of long-term trends