Florian Aust

EDUCATION

College / University

Georg-August-University Göttingen

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology

Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Microscopy (fluorescence, confocal, light), neuronal and mammalian cell culture, transformation (electroporation, heat shock), transfection (lipo-/expifectamine), protein purification (Ni-NTA, Streptavidin-beads, size-exclusion chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography), SDS-PAGE, (blue) native PAGE, Western blotting, cloning, PCR, CD spectroscopy, automated peptide and oligonucleotide synthesis, ITC, stopped flow, photometric enzyme-kinetics, AFM imaging and force measurements, FRET, FRAP measurements, Interpreting NMR- and MS-Spectra, programming in Python and R, organic synthesis and purification.

Projects / Research

2020: Bachelor's thesis "Characterizing effector protein complexes from Legionella pneumophila", Dept. for Neurobiology (Prof. Jahn), MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
2020 – 2021: Elucidating the interaction of the synaptic proteins SNCA, SYN1 and SNCAIP, Dept. for Molecular Neuroscience (Dr. Milovanovic), DZNE Berlin

Scholarships / Awards

2021 – 2022:

Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am especially interested in the causes and molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, I am intrigued by structural biology, particularly NMR spectroscopy, and I hope that I am given the opportunity to combine both these fields in my future scientific career. With my background in biochemistry I have a solid foundation on which I can build within the program and its diverse lectures across molecular biology, preparing me for PhD research.