Master Thesis

with

Femtech Fellowship possibilities for female students

Our group is interested in the chromatin based epigenetic regulation of fungal secondary metabolites production. Studying antibiotics and mycotoxins production in filamentous fungi like Aspergillus and other species as model systems we are trying to identify chromatin features (histone post translational modifications, chromatin associated proteins) that determine active production of these important natural products.

Topic of master theses/internships:

“Epigenetic regulation of penicillin cluster gene expression by histone acetytransferase complex Saga/ Ada”

Methods: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP), Co-immunoprecipitation, qPCR, Northern Blot and other standard molecular biology and biochemistry methods; microbiological methods

Prerequisite:  (Female) Master students with solid theoretical background and practicals done in microbiology and biotechnology

Duration: 8- 10 months

Place: UFT Tulln

Salary: 1.400,00 brutto per month

Contact: DI Agnieszka Gacek; agnieszka.gacek@boku.ac.at