Lena Anna-Maria Lachner
former PhD candidate
Job description
Projects:
Development of a tranformation protocol for the parasitic plant Cuscuta in order to exploit its unique way of life for research purposes.
Investigation of contact and transport at the interface region where host and parasite meet.
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Research interests
To learn always new things. Plants and animals - their interactions with everything around and within them and methods that can make our world a "greener" place.
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Education and work experience
PhD, 2017-2022
Developing a pipeline for biotechnological exploration of the parasitic weed Cuscuta – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, BFE, AMB, Kirsten Krause
Microscopy, Plant tissue culture, Plant transformation methods, Molecular standard methods, study design, project planning
Research stay at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, 2019
High-pressure freezing, Electron microscopy, Virus induced gene silencing, international collaboration
Research stay at the University of Leeds, School of Biology, UK, 2018
Resin embedding, Immunolabeling, Confocal microscopy
Master of Science, 2014-2017
Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedical Sciences, University of Graz, Austria
Laboratory practice, TU Graz, Institute for environmental biotechnology, Austria, 2016
Plant-microbe interactions: Volatile organic compound assays, root growth assays
Internship, Roche Diagnostics, Germany, 2013/14
Antibody development, Cell fusion/Hybridoma production, ELISA
Bachelor of Science, 2010-2013
Molecular Biosciences, University of Salzburg and Linz, Austria,
Internship, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, Macao, 2012
Standard techniques (Western Blot, PCR), Model system zebrafish