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 Marion Bonazzi, Alumni

Alumna

Marion Bonazzi (France, 1989)

M.Sc. in Biotechnology / Molecular biology

PhD project Mycobacterium leprae and tuberculosis genomics and co-evolution
Research interests Ancient DNA, ancient pathogens, population genetics, molecular biology, host-pathogen interactions, evolutionary biology
Education

Since February 2013
Member of the Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes” at Kiel University.

December 2012
Participation the Meeting of Students in Evolution and Ecology (StEvE Meeting) at the Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen. Title of the talk: “Quantitative evaluation of ancient DNA losses during Computed Tomography scanning of paleological remains.”Obtained a Best Talk Prize.

August 2009 – October 2012
University of Strasbourg, France. Engineer diploma (M. sc. Equivalent) in Biotechnology with focus on molecular biology, genetics and life-modeling techniques. Thesis: “Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of DNA degradation caused by Computed Tomography X-rays exposure of ancient remains”.

July 2007 – June 2009
Reunion Island University, France. Studies in life- and geosciences in a prep school.

Work experience

February 2012 – December 2012
Institute for Prehistory and Archeological science, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen. Theme: “Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of DNA degradation caused by Computed Tomography X-rays exposure of ancient remains” (Research group Paleogenetics).

October 2012 – November 2012
Internship at the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Genetic and Biology, University of Strasbourg. Theme: “Trinucleotide repeats expansion mechanisms in Huntington disease and Friedrich ataxia” (Research group Translational medicine and neurogenetics: Biology and Physiology of recessive ataxia).

June 2011 – August 2011
Internship at the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Genetic and Biology, University of Strasbourg. Theme: “Myopathies-related miRNA sequence variations” (Research group Translational medicine and neurogenetics: Pathophysiology of neuromuscular diseases).

June 2010 – August 2010
Internship at the Basler Biozentrum, University of Basel. Theme: “Gene-targeted knock-out in the filamentous fungi A.gossypii” (Applied Microbiology research group)

Selected publications

2015
Alexander Immel, Dorothée G. Drucker, Marion Bonazzi, Tina K. Jahnke, Susanne C. Münzel, Verena J. Schuenemann, Alexander Herbig, Claus-Joachim Kind & Johannes Krause: Mitochondrial Genomes of Giant Deers Suggest their Late Survival in Central Europe. Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 10853, doi:10.1038/srep10853

Memberships

2009 – 2011
Student representative of the Administration Board of the Biotechnology school.

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