A list of BSc and MSc theses supervised in our research group at the JGU Mainz is provided below. For inquiries about available topics, please send an email request (wachter@uni-mainz.de).
Completed projects:
2025
Milena S. Ecker. Effects of UV Light on Alternative Splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (08/2025).
Nina Borges. Applying HyperTRIBE to plant polypyrimidine tract-binding proteins. BSc thesis (08/2025).
Franziska Fuchslocher. Investigating the interaction between the kinase AFC2 and plant specific RS proteins. BSc thesis (07/2025).
Merle M. Remmers. Assembly of RS modules into chimeric RS proteins and their impact on alternative splicing and their intranuclear distribution. BSc thesis (07/2025).
Miriam E. Berneiser. Probing the proteolytic activity of TEV by substrate mutants close to the cleavage site and evaluation of their general applicability by exchanging fusion protein modules. BSc thesis (06/2025).
Paul V. Rihm. Screening for possible RS31 & RS41 protein interactors via proximity labeling in Arabidopsis thaliana. MEd thesis (05/2025).
2024
Moritz Constantin Hardt. The impact of RS41 charge pattern on in vitro solubility properties and on alternative splicing of a reporter in transient expression assay. BSc thesis (09/2024).
Lara Cronhardt-Lück-Gießen. Investigation of RS41 function in Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (08/2024).
Natalie Rupp. Feedback regulation of an RNA helicase transcript via a structured RNA motif. BSc thesis (08/2024).
Clara Olshausen. Alternative splicing of RBP45 precursor mRNAs is linked to the structured mRNA motif 45ABC. BSc thesis (05/2024).
2023
Philipp Berg. The Role of the Evolutionarily Conserved and Structured mRNA Motif DEAD in Alternative Splicing Regulation. MSc thesis (11/2023).
Anna-Lena Schäfer. Alternative splicing activity of RS41-protein variants in transient expression
(N. benthamiana) and generation of stable transformants (A. thaliana). MSc thesis (10/2023).
Alissa Bocanegra Petry. Golden Gate Cloning of RS41 variants, their impact on alternative splicing of a reporter and their localization as monitored by transient expression in N. benthamiana and confocal fluorescence microscopy. BSc thesis (09/2023).
Celine Denrath. Alternative splicing of RBP45 precursor mRNAs is linked to the structured mRNA motif 45ABC. BSc thesis (09/2023).
Patrick Lederer. Characterization of rs higher order mutants in their photomorphogenic response. BSc thesis (05/2023).
Dogan C. Kalay. Functional analysis of the PIKK family members on plant nonsense-mediated mRNA-decay. MSc thesis (01/2023).
2022
Cynthia B. Müller. Regulation of the salinity stress response through nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay (NMD) associated with the degradation of NMD factors in Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (10/2022).
Larissa C. Grütz. Transient expression of new RS41 variants in N. benthamiana and their impact on alternative splicing of a RS31 reporter. BSc thesis (09/2022).
Julia S. Bauer. Auto- and crossregulation of the RNA helicase gene DRH1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (08/2022).
Anne Schmidt. Untersuchung des gelelektrophoretischen Laufverhaltens von RS-Proteinen mittels Klonierung und immunologischem Nachweis von HA-Tag-Varianten. BSc thesis (02/2022).
2021
Moritz P. Denecke. Proximity Labelling for the identification of RS protein interactors in planta. MSc thesis (11/2021).
Laura S. Schütz. Establishment of proximity labeling to identify RS protein interaction partners in planta. BSc thesis (05/2021).
Leonhard T. Thews. Construction, expression and biophysical analysis of recombinant RS-proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (04/2021).
Jens C. Mülders. The role of novel structured mRNA motif 3126-1 in plant alternative splicing control. BSc thesis (03/2021).
2020
Dogan C. Kalay. Rekombinante Expression und Aufreinigung von pflanzlichen RS-Proteinen. BSc thesis (11/2020).
Verena Schneider. Examining the influence of localisation sequences on PTB2-TRIBE activity. BSc thesis (10/2020).
Marc Gebauer. Alternative splicing control of the RNA helicase gene DRH1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. BSc thesis (10/2020).
Maren Reinhardt. Characterization of new non-coding RNA classes in plant alternative splicing control. MSc thesis (08/2020).
Katarina O. Erbstein. Role of SnRK1 as energy sensor during plant development. BSc thesis (03/2020).
Kim N. Janßen. Examining the Cellular Site of PTB-Target RNA Interactions via Plant TRIBE. BSc thesis (02/2020).
2019
Moritz P. Denecke. Photomorphogenesis response in splicing regulator mutants. BSc thesis (10/2019).
Kevin Rockenbach. Identification of PTB2 targets via Plant-TRIBE. BSc thesis (09/2019).