Pia Burgmer

- Coordinating logistical aspects of the trial - Communication with the six involved laboratories, clinical partners, vendors and couriers - Train personnel on site on clinical documentation and sample processing - Troubleshooting of technical and practical issues - Monitoring and data management - Interaction with internal departments

- Involved in lab infrastructure set-up - Discussions with various groups to implement a new process for sample work-up and analysis. - Writing analytical SOPs - Training of new technicians - Ordering materials and reagents - Development and validation of the AMLprofiler microarray: Independent lab work (mononuclear cell isolation, RNA isolation, generation of cDNA and cRNA, microarray handling, cell culture)

- Evaluate a novel technique for viral production - Culturing of cells and molecular biological techniques (e.g. transfection of cells, quantification of viruses with plaque assay, haemagglutination assay)

Purification of cytoplasmic proteins with liquid chromatography, determination of optimal conditions for membrane protein over-expression in bacteria, dot blot and Western blotting

Protein Science, Biological Fluorescence, Genomes and Gene Expression, Cell Structures and Function, Molecular Cell Physiology, Ethics,

Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Measuring Techniques, Instrumental Analysis, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry