Dr. Magdalena Ganz

New horizons and extended business-skills: adaptability, stress-bearing capacity, intercultural competence, organizational competence, problem-solving competence, communication skills

Project: "The functional interplay of DEK and PARP-1 in the replication stress response" - Cell culture - Cell &molecular biology (RNA interference, genome editing, recombinant DNA techniques, site-directed mutagenesis) - Biochemistry (protein purification, peptide analysis, PAR-binding Assays) - Immunocytochemistry - Light microscopy (widefield and confocal fluorescence microscopy) - Scientific supervision of students (student internships, Bachelor/Master theses)

Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research - Global Imaging Group - Establishment of methods: preparation of FDB muscle fibers from BL/6 mice - Analysis of calcium-dynamics in muscle fibers (SHG/fluorescence imaging)

Research Intership at the Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology : Characterization of the lipoprotein Lpt (Lactococcus lactis)

- GMP training - Validation of laboratory equipment according to Annex 15 EG-GMP-Guide - Validation for the standardization of a microbiological-active pharmaceutical ingredient - Biological inspection of industrial hygiene

Replication Stress and DNA Repair, Microscopy

Courses: advanced topics in microbiology, immunobiology, mechanisms of disease

Main topics: molecular toxicology, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology & viorology Master thesis: "The role of the oncoprotein DEK in the replication stress response" (Bioimaging Center - University of Konstanz)

Main topics : molecular microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry, physics, mathematics Bachelor thesis: “Hsp 70/40 Interaction Analysis of Yeast Ssb and Zuotin via Cysteine Mutants“ (Chair of Molecular Microbiology - University of Konstanz)