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07.02.1981
Stuttgart, Germany
female
german
1 daughter (*02/2016)
0000-0001-7561-7636
EDUCATION
Oct 2015
Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
Thesis:
“Identification of FoxP2 target genes in an avian
striatal nucleus—Area X—relevant for vocal learning”
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin
Sep 2008
Diploma engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) for Medical Biotechnology
summa cum laude
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin
Jul 2000
Abitur
Hoffmann-von-Fallerlseben-Gymnasium
Braunschweig
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jul 2018
Postdoctoral fellow (Carlsberg)
Department of Biology, SDU Denmark
Odense, Denmark
Jun 2018 - Jul 2016
Postdoctoral fellow (DFF)
Department of Biology, SDU Denmark
Odense, Denmark
Jan 2016 – Jun 2016
Maternity leave
Oct 2007 – Feb 2008
Student Assistant
Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Sept 2003 – Jul 2004
Student Assistant
DRFZ
Berlin, Germany
Aug 2002 – Oct 2002
Student Assistant
DSMZ
Braunschweig, Germany
SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATIONS
Jun 2019
Applied statistical modeling &
Frequentist and Bayesian inference for mixed effects models
by IMADA at SDU (5 ECTS each)
Jun 2018
General Data Protection Regulation
by University of Southern Denmark
Jan 2018
Advanced Microscopy and Biophotonic
BMB207 by Danish Molecular Biomedical Imaging Center SDU, Odense, Denmark
Dec 2016
Genomic Data Science with Galaxy Science
by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
Nov 2016
Introduction to Genomic Technologies
by Johns Hopkins University on Coursera
Sep 2010
Leadership and Career Development
by Imperial College London organized by the Helmholtz Association
Sep 2009
Advanced course on Laboratory Animal Science
Charité, Berlin
Jun 2009
Presentation and Paper Writing
by Imperial College London organized by the Helmholtz Association
Apr 2009
Basic course on Laboratory Animal Science
Charité, Berlin
Feb 2009
Next generation sequencing: ChIP-seq and RNA-seq
EMBO-course, 2 weeks
Nov 2008
Research Skills Development
by Imperial College London organized by the Helmholtz Association
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
2019
Planning and evaluation of biological studies
SDU Denmark
2019
International PhD summer school in Bioacoustics
SDU Denmark
2018 - 2020
Seminar: Zoophysiology
SDU Denmark
2018
Lab exercises: Pharmacy introductory course
SDU Denmark
2017 - 2020
Lab exercises: Zoophysiology
SDU Denmark
2017
Seminar: Behavioral Biology II
SDU Denmark
2016
Seminar: Behavioural Biology
SDU Denmark
2012 - 2014
Seminar and lab exercises: Animal Behavior
FU Berlin, Germany
2012 - 2013
Seminar and lab exercises: Introduction to Animal Behavior
FU Berlin, Germany
2012
Seminar: Reading and discussing scientific texts in English
FU Berlin, Germany
2009 - 2015
Seminar and lab exercises: Neuroethology
FU Berlin, Germany
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Molecular biology
Nucleotide extraction, PCR, RT-PCR, QPCR, Western Blotting,
In situ hybridization, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP),
Cloning
Muscle physiology
in vitro skeletal muscle physiology
Animal Behavior
Observations, Social Network Analysis, Song recordings and analysis
Field work
Catching birds, Blood sampling, Biometry, Song Recordings, Song Playback Experiments
Sequencing
Sanger sequencing, Transcriptome sequencing (Illumina), ChIP-sequencing (Illumina)
Immunohistochemistry
Antibody-staining (fluorescent, non-fluorescent)
Imaging
Confocal Imaging (Leica SP5)
Cell culture
Virus production, transfection, primary neuron culture, primary T-cell culture
Cell sorting
FACS, MACS
Programming
R (proficiency), Bioconductor, Matlab (familiar), Galaxy (familiar)
Misc. software
Avisoft Bioacoustics, ImageJ, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SPSS, VectorNTI, UCINET
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German
English
Danish
native
Frensh
fluent
Greek
basic (level A2+)
Latin
basic
basic
Intermediate proficiency certificate