Forschungspraktikum Experimentelle Limno-Genomik

What it is about

You work for six weeks in the Global Change Limnology research group at the Limnological Research Station Iffeldorf on an independent project on the genetic/genomic biodiversity of aquatic organisms. You conduct field and/or laboratory work as well as bioinformatic analyses and statistical evaluations and document the results in publication-quality form.

What you will be able to do

• Plan and carry out ecological experiments (laboratory and field)
• Appropriate handling of living aquatic organisms
• Apply molecular biological methods for DNA isolation and subsequent analysis procedures
• Analyze genetic/genomic diversity of aquatic organisms
• Determine biodiversity indices and population genetic parameters
• Bioinformatically analyze DNA sequence data with high performance computing
• Statistically analyze results with R
• Independent work and documentation in a digital laboratory notebook
• Document, present and discuss results in publication quality
• Expand competencies in scientific reading and writing

What the module consists of

• Research internship (onsite, 6 weeks, full-time)Integration into the research daily routine; independent participation in a research project with laboratory and/or field components as well as bioinformatic evaluation
• Teamwork and supervisionjoint development of the project and supervision by scientific staff
• Documentationresults are recorded in the digital laboratory notebook
• Presentationscientific poster in the staff seminar (10 min presentation + 10 min discussion)

Teaching method

• Practical project work on siteenables learning of scientific laboratory and field work as well as insight into the research daily routine
• Supervised independence in the teampromotes time management, application of good scientific practice and independent work
• Presentation and discussion in the staff seminartrains scientific communication and critical discussion of the results