Dr. Naowras Al-Obaidi

Joint PhD position, research topic: Target identification of a small molecule rescuing monastrol-induced spindle defects, under the guidance of Prof. Thomas Mayer (Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany) and Prof. Craig Crews (Yale University, New Haven, USA)

Thesis (Diplomarbeit) on "Cyanine-based FIT-PNA probes as tools for microRNA detection and localization studies" under the guidance of Prof. Oliver Seitz, including a scientific visit to the lab of Dr, Michael Gait at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK (http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/mg/)

Student assistant of the general and the inorganic chemistry laboratory

Research training under the guidance of Prof. Mikael Widersten, research: Optimizing a colorimetric assay suitable for screening epoxide hydrolase activity in cell lysates

Research training under the guidance of Prof. Christoph Arenz, research: Synthesis of ether-linked phosphoglycerols as potential chemical chaperones for the experimental therapy of Niemann Pick Disease

Chemical Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry

biological and bioorganic chemistry