Jennifer Seefeldt

EDUCATION

College / University

Georg August University Göttingen

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry

Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Various techniques in cell biology, biochemistry and molecular genetics.

Projects / Research

07/2009 – 08/2009: Optimizing the biosynthesis of wax esters by retargeting of biosynthetic enzymes (Bachelor thesis), Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Göttingen, Germany
11/2008 – 03/2009: Investigation of early endosomal budding and fusion, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Neurobiology, Göttingen, Germany
03/2008: Establishment of a HPLC-based method for the analysis of oxylipids derived from pinolenic and stearidonic acid, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Göttingen, Germany
08/2008 - 10/2008: Internship at CombinatoRX, Inc., Singapore

Scholarships / Awards

2009 – 2010:

Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Although the field of molecular biology offers a huge amount of different interesting topics, I am currently mainly interested in cell signaling, protein-protein interactions, and cellular pathways. In my opinion it is highly fascinating how small molecules are able to interact with each other to thereby enable the cell to exist depending on its environment, development state or function. By participating in this program I hope to gain further theoretical and practical experience, also in fields which are still new to me, such as immunology.