Our institute welcomes Victor Krajka. He is a graduate of the University of Ulm with a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and the University of Lübeck with a Master's degree in Molecular Life Science. He then conducted his doctoral research in the laboratory of Christine Klein under the supervision of Aleksandar Rakovic. There, he investigated the influence of beta-tubulin 4A (TUBB4A) mutations on microtubule dynamics in vitro and protein conformation in silico. With us, as project responsible, he will demonstrate his efforts to make biological processes visible and thus quantifiable. In the project "Decoding Lyme Disease: From Microengineering to Biomechanics", the mechanobiology during the extravasation of bacteria from blood vessels will be investigated using an organ-on-a-chip system, where electrical engineering meets microfluidic systems, and molecular biology.
