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L. (Lisanne) Hameleers, PhD

PhD student - Curious Scientist

LISANNE HAMELEERS

  • Broad experience with Carbohydrate Active Enzymes (CAZymes) & sugar biochemistry
  • Experience in enzyme production, characterization & engineering
  • Qualification as project manager according §15 GenTSV (Germany)
  • Worldwide research internships & broad language skills
Education

10/2015 - 08/2018


Prof. B. Moerschbacher
WWU – IBBP, moersch uni-muenster.de

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) – M.Sc. Biotechnology

Title of the master’s thesis written at the Institute of Plant Biology & Biotechnology:

“Heterologous expression & characterization of chitin modifying enzymes of Aspergillus niger in vitro and in vivo

Heterologous protein expression:

  • Various cloning techniques (gibson assembly, rolling circle, back2back)
  • E. coli, P. pastoris, A. niger & HEK293T cells as expression systems
  • Fermentation in 2-, 10-, 30- and 500 L scale
Enzyme engineering:
  • Protein engineering by directed & random mutagenesis
  • Screening of a mutant library in 96-well scale
  • Enzyme activity assays, inhibition & kinetic studies
  • Structural analysis with PyMol & homology modeling
Analytical methods:
  • HPLC, LC-ESI-MS
Biomedical methods:
  • Production of monoclonal & chimeric antibodies
  • Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)
  • Cell culture with HEK293T & VERO cells
Plant biotechnology
  • Agrobacterium tumefacience mediated transformation
  • Experience in plant tissue culture
Project management:
  • Trained as project manager (according to §15 GenTSV)
Basic knowledge in innovation management & patent law

10/2012 - 08/2015

Dr. G. Noll
WWU - IBBP, gnoll uni-muenster.de

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) – B.Sc. Bioscience

Title of the bachelor’s thesis written at the institute of plant biology & biotechnology:

“Identification & molecular characterization of FT-homologs from Taraxacum ssp.

10/2009 - 06/2012

High school – St. Ursula Geilenkirchen

A-Levels (higher education entrance qualification) with focus on mathematics & biology

International internships

04- 05/2018

Prof. A.F.J. Ram      

LU-IBL, a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl

Universiteit Leiden (LU) – The Netherlands

Co-worker within the European Industrial Biotechnology project (FunChi)

Gene function analysis of chitin modifying enzymes by knock-out & overexpression experiments in Aspergillus niger

07 - 12/2016

Prof. S. B. Boscardin

USP - ICB, sbboscardin usp.br

Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Brazil

Participant in the DAAD’s UNIBRAL program with a full study grant. Research at the institute of biomedicine in the department of immunology

08/2014 - 02/2015

Universidade da Coruña - Spain

Participant in the ERASMUS program with a focus on microbiology & applied plant physiology

Work experience & Volunteering

05/2017 - 09/2018

04/2015 - 04/2016

Research assistant at Fraunhofer - IME Münster

  • Assistance in running projects
  04/2013 - 04/2018

Student association

  • Organization of diverse events for students
  • Member of examination boards
  • Responsible for supporting students abroad
Skills & Languages
IT
  • Excellent skills with Microsoft Office Tools, Inkscape (graphic program), electronic-lab journal
  • Basic skills in Python
Languages
  • English - B2/C2
  • Dutch   - B2
  • Spanish/ Portuguese/ French - basic skills
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