Practical trainings, student assistants and theses

• Internship or Bachelor/Master/Diploma Thesis Opportunity
• Focus: Optimize ion exchange processes to recover rare earth elements (REE) from matrix solutions

• Study in the field of Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Processing Engineering, or related

• Internship or Bachelor/Master/Diploma Thesis Opportunity
• Focus: Use FactSage and HSC for high-temperature process simulation and experimental validation of mixed Zn and LD slag valorization

• Study in the field of Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Processing Engineering, or related

Project: WAELUE Project

• Internship or Bachelor/Master/Diploma Thesis Opportunity: Zn Slag Leaching Optimization
• Focus: Optimize leaching of Zn slag to recover valuable materials

• Study in the field of Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Processing Engineering, or related

Project: WAELUE Project

The application of phage surface display (PSD) technology has accelerated developments in the field of biomolecular sensors and materials science. A practical complement to this technology is Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS). In this combination, a more comprehensive view of biopanning rounds with a deep insight into the entire sequence space is made possible. It is possible to identify sequencing artefacts, determine sequence number and structure, recognize binding motifs and observe the evolution of the phage library over the course of an experiment. PSD in combination with biopanning is able to select candidates with high affinity and selectivity to the desired substrates from large peptide libraries. In practice, this specific enrichment of peptides leads to a reduction in library diversity. It should therefore be possible to better visualize this reduction in sequence space using data clustering methods in order to better understand distances between similar sequence families.

Prerequisite is a valid enrollment in a Master's program in bioinformatics, biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biology or a related natural science program. Furthermore:

- Interest in data cluster methods and bioinformatics
- Basic knowledge in bioinformatics, statistics, stochastics and clustering
- Experience with a programming language (e.g. Python, R, C, C++ or other)
- Ability to work independently and in a team
Interested students are invited to submit their application documents including CV, last academic transcript and letter of motivation.

The topic is to be worked on as part of a Master's thesis in conjunction with a mandatory internship. This results in a duration of 12 months. The duration can be extended or adjusted in consultation with the supervisor. We can offer you:

- An innovative multidisciplinary research environment related to relevant issues in resource technology
- Supervision by experienced scientists and researchers
- Practical experience in the field of bioinformatics and directed evolution