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).
Ongoing & completed projects:
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).