Volkan Adak

Investigating the neuromuscular system, muscle metabolism and molecular exercise physiology.

Purification of TEV-Protease by various liquid chromatographic approaches using ÄKTA systems

Voluntary Internship at Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH, Department of Pharmaceutical Development Biologicals, Group Early Stage I in the subject area of analytics: Development and implementation of ion chromatographic methods in order to quantify excipients - particularly anions and carbohydrates - in protein-containing samples.

Course specializations: protein biochemistry & pharmacology; Master's thesis at the institute of protein biochemistry, Prof. Dr. Fändrich Research Group: 'Structural Analysis of ATTR Amyloid Fibrils', dealing with the extraction, (cryo-)EM structure analysis and purification of human ATTR

Bachelor's thesis at the institute of organic chemistry 3, Prof. Dr. Weil Research Group: 'Precise Biohybrid Architectures – Novel Synthesis Routes and Applications', dealing with bioorthogonal protein modifications, synthetic oligonucleotide-protein hybrids and synthetic fusion proteins