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Doctoral research student Lisa Böhme, M.Sc.

Doctoral research student

Lisa Böhme (Germany, 1987)

M.Sc. in Forensic Science [B.Sc. in Biology]
PhD project Infectious diseases in Northern Europe during the late medieval ages: A host-genomic study.
Research interests Ancient DNA, human genetics, forensic molecular biology, genetic profiling, evolutionary biology.
Education

Since December 2014
Member of the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” at Kiel University.

September 2010 – November 2012
Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands. M.Sc in Forensic Science with a focus on molecular biology and genetics. Thesis: “Estimating the age of bloodstains using RNA markers”.

October 2006 – February 2010
University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany. B.Sc in Biology with a focus on Biotechnology. Thesis: “Organic Food Additives – Production of Thickeners”.

Work experience

January 2014 – November 2014
Technician at the Institute of Medical Molecular Diagnostics GmbH in Berlin, Germany. Main tasks: paternity testing, gene diagnostics, arrayCGH

February 2012 – November 2012
Master Thesis Project at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Forensic Molecular Biology Department. “Estimating the age of a bloodstain using RNA markers”.

August 2011 – September 2011
Summer Project at the Landeskriminalamt in Berlin, Germany. Forensic DNA Laboratory. “Establishment of a differential lysis protocol with the QIAcube”.

July 2008 – January 2009
Internship at the Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Harvard Institute of Medicine in Boston, MA, USA. Renal Divisions. “Gene expression study in zebrafish via morpholino knockdowns”.

Summer of 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009
Internships at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA. Renal Divisions. “Gene expression study in zebrafish via morpholino knockdowns”.

Selected publications

2013
Torsten Kirsch, Jessica Kaufeld, Ron Korstanje, Dirk M. Hentschel, Lynne Staggs, Frank Bollig, Michaela Beese, Patricia Schroder, Lisa Boehme, Hermann Haller, Mario Schiffer. „Knockdown of the Hypertension-Associated Gene NOSTRIN Alters Glomerular Barrier Function in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)” 2013 Hypertension. Oct;62(4):726-30.

2007
Dirk M. Hentschel, Michael Mengel, Lisa Boehme, Fabian Liebsch, Caroline Albertin, Joseph V. Bonventre, Hermann Haller, Mario Schiffer. “Rapid screening of glomerular slit diaphragm integrity in larval zebrafish” 2007 Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 293:F1746-F1750.
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