Lukas Widmer

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Bioanalytics and Cell Biology

Country

Switzerland

Lab Experience

Common techniques in molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology and biochemistry, cell line engineering, immunofluorescence microscopy, protein purification, mass spectrometry, basic bioinformatics

Projects / Research

2022: Bachelor-Thesis: "Generation and validation of a BRM degron model in human induced pluripotent stem cells". MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
2021: Internship: "The affinity of synthetic single domain antibodies to recombinant SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domains". University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
2018: Lab-technician: Implementation and protocol development of a 3D-glioblastoma model for epigenetic research. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
2018: Apprenticeship (Final project): "A protein-nanocellulose paper for sensing heavy metal ions at the nano- to micromolar level in soil". Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Scholarships / Awards

2022 – 2023:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2022:	Stipend, Swiss European Mobility Program (SEMP)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Regulation of gene transcription allows cells to react to external stimuli and defines their cellular identity. Gene transcription regulation is a tightly controlled mechanism by the cell using a wide array of multiple molecular processes. I am particularly interested in how stem cells manage to develop into highly specialized cells, creating these extremely complex biological machines we are. Understanding these mechanisms might give us new insides into the molecular processes of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, or congenital heart disease just to name a few.