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Publié par | technische_universitat_berlin |
Publié le | 01 janvier 2011 |
Nombre de lectures | 25 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 8 Mo |
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Expression Libraries as Tools for the
Development of Subunit Vaccines and Novel
Detection Molecules for Orthopoxviruses
vorgelegt von
Diplom‐Ingenieurin
Lilija Miller
aus Berlin
Von der Fakultät III – Prozesswissenschaften
der Technischen Universität Berlin
zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades
Doktorin der Ingenieurwissenschaften
‐Dr.‐Ing.‐
genehmigte Dissertation
Promotionsausschuss:
Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. L.‐A. Garbe
Berichter: Prof. Dr. R. Lauster PD Dr. A. Nitsche
Berichter: Prof. Dr. J. Kurreck
Tag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 02. Dezember 2011
Berlin 2011
D83
“You can accurately judge the research of others only after
you’ve done your own and can understand the messy reality
behind what is so smoothly and confidently presented in your
textbooks or by experts on TV.” [1]
‐ I ‐
To my parents, my sister and my other half
‐ II ‐
Acknowledgments
As with all projects in life, this one wouldn’t have been possible to complete without
the help of many persons, including my dear colleagues but also friends and family. It
is thus highly likely that I won’t be able to acknowledge every single contribution by
name. Therefore, in order to do justice, I would first like to thank everyone who helped
me through this demanding but interesting time, independent of the kind of support!
I am grateful to Andreas Nitsche for giving me the opportunity to do my PhD project
and for continuously providing motivation and support. Sincere thanks to my
colleague, my best friend, and my fellow in misery Daniel Stern! Thank you for the
innumerable, valuable scientific discussions, for frequent encouragement and for
always having a sympathetic ear. Without you the time would have been much harder!
Further, I’d like to thank all members of the ZBS1 group for the friendly atmosphere,
company during lunch, and the badminton tournaments.
A great contribution to this thesis was done by the students I supervised during my
PhD project. Lisa Schlicher, Isabel Choschzick, and Christoph Hapke contributed to the
“Expression library project” during their internships. Marco Richter and Christoph
Hapke further contributed to this project by completing their master’s thesis or
bachelor’s thesis, respectively. Johannes von Recum contributed to the “Phage Display
project” within the scope of his master’s thesis. I am thankful to Janine Michel, who
helped me with phage display selections and subsequent peptide characterization.
Wojtek P. Dabrowski contributed to the same project by programming the “Library
Insert Finder” software and thus considerably simplified the search for the random
peptide sequences.
I am also grateful to the staff of the photo laboratory for taking great pictures of
various agar plates and nitrocellulose filters and for printing my posters.
Jung‐Won Sim‐Brandenburg and Delia Barz gave me excellent technical assistance,
whereas the staff of the sequencing lab, namely Julia Tesch, Silvia Muschter, Julia
Hinzmann, and Marlies Panzer provided me with numerous DNA sequences. I am
grateful to all of you for becoming more than colleagues but also valuable friends.
Sincere thanks to Ursula Erikli for copy‐editing and continuous suggestions for
improving my English language skills.
This work was funded within the BMBF/VDI‐financed BiGRUDI network of the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI; Berlin). In this context I am also thankful to the members
of the “Aptamer work group” for the valuable scientific discussions.
Most grateful I am to my parents who shaped me to be the person I am today. They
always give me the feeling of being the best person in the entire world and thus help
me to overcome moments of uncertainty. Last but not least, I am grateful to my
partner for sharing the cheery moments with me as well as for supporting me in times
of despair. Thank you so much for always having the right word at the right moment
and for all the cooking.
‐ III ‐
Declaration of Authorship
I certify that the work presented here is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
original and the result of my own investigations, except as acknowledged. The present
work has not been submitted, either in part or whole, for a degree at this or any other
University. Parts of this work have been published under the following title:
Miller, L., Richter, M., Hapke, C., Stern, D., & Nitsche, A. (2011) Genomic Expression
Libraries for the Identification of Cross‐Reactive Orthopoxvirus Antigens. PLoS ONE
6(7): e21950. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
Berlin,
Lilija Miller
‐ IV ‐
Abstract
The global eradication of smallpox led to the cessation of routine smallpox
vaccination due to rare but severe adverse reactions. Today, more than 30