Mareike Schmidt

- Product management and project management - Creation and delivery of online trainings and virtual learning content - Laboratory Haematology - Customer support and complaint handling

Quality Management Representative

Quality management/Quality assurance: DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018, Good Laboratory Practice Implementation and validation of test methods and assays according to DIN EN ISO, OECD, ASTM, AOAC: e.g. Efficacy testing of biocides, Genotoxicity assays Evaluation of non-standard/ custom-made test methods and practical implementation thereof Evaluation of efficacy testing data and composition of test reports Project management Validation

Master thesis project: Investigations on the efficiency of micellar extraction of lipophilic compounds from microalgae. Skills: - Cultivation of different microalgae - HPLC analysis of metabolites - Laboratory scale and upscaling to pilot plants

iGEM is a competition in synthetic biology which encourages students to work on self-chosen projects. Functions: - Acquisitions manager: Organization of sponsoring and fundraising events - Laboratory work: genetic engineering of E. coli and B. subtilis - Presenter: Preparation of the presentation and holding the presentation at various occasions including the Giant Jamboree in Boston Achievements of the team: - Gold medal - Winner of the category "Best Information Processing Project"

Enzyme fusion of SviDyP and an oxidase Skills: - Protein and enzyme engineering - Genetic engineering - Protein purification methods - Kinetic enzyme essays

Internship including research for Bachelor's thesis Improvement of recombinant protein yields in a Leishmania expression system - genetic engineering - cell culturing and transfection of Leishmania tarentolae cells - methods of protein analytics

- sample preparation and analysis (HPLC-MS) - extraction of primary and secondary metabolites