Neurosciences (MSc/PhD/MD-PhD)

Manuela Schmidt

EDUCATION

College / University

Universität Würzburg

Highest Degree

Diplom

Major Subjects

Plant physiology, biotechnology, pharmacology and toxicology
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Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Different practical courses in the above mentioned subjects, research project in Nottingham (UK), practical course in the institute of epidemiology of the GSF (Munich), diploma thesis in plant physiology; applied techniques: sequencing, MALDI-TOF analysis, site-directed mutagenesis, QTL analysis, electrophysiological techniques, working with RNA, cloning, in-situ hybridization, techniques for protein analysis

Projects/Research

  • Summer 2000: QTLs for ammonium resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana, Institute for Plant Physiology, University of Nottingham
  • Winter 2000/20001: The role of the STAT6 gene in the development of asthma bronchiale, GSF, Neuherberg
  • 2001 Diploma thesis: The regulation of a K+ -outward-rectifying channel of Arabidopsis thaliana, Institute of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Universität Würzburg

Scholarships / Awards

Grant of the bavarian government depending on the „Bayerisches Begabtenförderungsgesetz“
Grant for books from the “Oskar-Karl-Forster-Stiftung”

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Getting well educated in the challenging field of neuroscience and trying to combine that knowledge with virology as a lot of cruel diseases caused by viruses do affect the nervous system in some way.