Alumni & Alumnae

Master theses

2024:

• Pradyumna Prabhu Bolanthur (topic: structural variant detection tools)

• Friderieke Schwarzer (topic: RNA-seq analysis of trees under drought stress)

• Samuel Nestor Meckoni (topic: heterologous production of drug candidates in aquatic plants)

2023:

• Michael Burgis (topic: gene coexpression in Arabidopsis thaliana to identify novel anthocyanin genes)

Bachelor theses

2024:

• Jakob Horz (topic: Digitalis purpurea flower traits, publication)

2023:

• Corinna Thoben (topic: automatic annotation of bHLH transcription factors, publication)
• Benjamin Harder (topic: substrate specificity of flavonoid hydroxylases)
• Bennet Garz (topic: flavonol biosynthesis in Urtica dioica)
• Lena Fürstenberg (topic: anthocyanin biosynthesis in Urtica dioica)

2022:

• Henrik Permann (topics: anthocyanin pigmentation of flowers)

Research projects

2023:

• Rika Pape (topic: seed pigmentation in Brassica napus)

2022:

• Milan Borchert (topics: anthocyanin transport, gene expression)

Visitors

2024:

• Maya Höstje (high school student internship, TU Magazin article (in German))

2023:

• Jen Nguyen (UC San Diego scholarship, topic: genomic differences between cacao varieties)
• Sarah Winnier (DAAD RISE, topic: anthocyanin biosynthesis in cacao)
• Nancy Choudhary (DAAD scholarship; topic: substrate preferences of flavonoid biosynthesis enzymes; publication1)
• Shakunthala Natarajan (DAAD scholarship;topic: plant microbe interactions, sustainable bioprocessing, specalized metabolites with biomedical application; publication1)

2022:

• Sophia Bertram (high school student internship)