Maximilian Ferle
EDUCATION
College / University
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Highest Degree
Bachelor of Science (Honors)
Major Subjects
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bioinformatics
Country
Germany
Lab Experience
Organic Chemistry: Synthesis, extraction and purification
Biology: (fluorescence-) microscopy; cultivation, transformation (CaCl2, Electroporation) and metabolic analysis of microorganisms; mammalian cell culture, transfection (Lipofectamine); purification of synaptic vesicles from rat brain
Biological Chemistry: Protein extraction and purification, western blotting, protein interaction studies, automated peptide-synthesis; DNA extraction and purfication, PCR, electrophoresis, automated oligonucleotide synthesis; formation of liposomes, reconstitution of membrane proteins, encapsulation of soluble proteins
Bioanalytics: HPLC, ITC, stopped-flow, photometric enzyme-kinetics, AFM imaging and force measurements, fluorimetric FRET measurements
Data analysis: Interpreting of MS- and NMR-spectra; Programming in Python and R
Projects / Research
- 04/2020 – 03/2021: Bachelor’s thesis and subsequent research assistance “Forces in Tissue and Collective Migration” (https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100478), Dept. of Biophysical Chemistry (Prof. Janshoff), Institute for Physical Chemistry, Göttingen
- 03/2019: Internship “Characterization of a vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT)”, Dept. of Neurobiology (Prof. Jahn), MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Scholarships / Awards
2020 – 2021: | Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School |