"Proteins for Plant Health": Screening for Anti-Phytopathogenic Fungal Proteins
- Beschreibung
Are you passionate about plant pathology, biotechnology, or molecular biology? We are seeking motivated students to participate in a full-semester research project focused on screening short proteins with antifungal activity against plant pathogens. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in microbiology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics while contributing to cutting-edge research in agricultural biotechnology.
- Beschreibung des interdisziplinären Teils des Projekts
- 1. Screening and characterizing proteins with potential antifungal properties. 2. Culturing and identifying plant-pathogenic fungi. 3. Performing bioassays to assess protein efficacy. 4. Utilizing molecular biology techniques such as bacterial protein purification and gene expression analysis. 5. Data analysis and interpretation of antifungal activity.
- Projektzeitraum
- Sommersemester 2025
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 01. bis 13.04.2025
- Durchführung
- semesterbegleitend
- Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung
Flexible schedule, dependent on student availability.
- Studienfach
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Agrarbiologie
Agrarwissenschaften
Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics & Subtropics
Bioeconomy
Biologie
Biotechnologiy
Crop Sciences
Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production
Organic Agriculture and Food Systems - Betreuende
- Venkata Partha Sarathi Amineni
- Institut
- Institut für Phytomedizin (360) (Plant pathology)
- Sprache
- englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
- min. 1, max. 2
- Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 120 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
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ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- experimentell
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
- Knowledge and Understanding: Explain the role of antifungal proteins in plant health and identify various phytopathogenic fungi.
- Application I: Perform basic microbiological and biochemical techniques for protein purification and characterization.
- Application II: Conduct and analyze bioassays to assess antifungal activity experimentally.
- Evaluation and Problem Solving: Critically evaluate experimental results and assess their significance for plant disease control.
- Creating New Knowledge: Develop innovative approaches for utilizing antifungal proteins in plant protection research.
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
Please feel free to contact me in advance if you are interested and willing to clarify your doubts on the project that help to make your decision. It would also be better if you already knew how to work in a molecular biology lab, for example, using a pipette, but this is not mandatory. Training at early days will be provided.
- Schlagworte
- Antifungal proteins, plant pathology, biotechnology, Microbiology, bioassays