Dr. Venkat Raman Ramnarayan

- Investigate COPI mutations and their role in neurodegeneration - Collaborated with Aki Ikeda (US) and Uli Brandt (Netherlands) on complexome profiling - Supervise master’s students, organise and conduct biochemistry lab courses

- Isolated and sequenced microRNA content of human cytomegalovirus - Successfully collaborated with Anne Halenius (Freiburg) and TAL (Göttingen) - Generated preliminary data for funding agencies

- Identified host proteins required for cytomegalovirus to escape immune detection - Assisted in acquiring funds from the DFG and Tönjes-Vagt-Stiftung - Supervised teams comprising PhD and bachelor students - Taught immunology (ECTS 2.5 credit) course at Hochschule Bremen - Collaborated on interdisciplinary projects involving antibody printing and synthesising polyelectrolyte microcapsules - Maintained a BSL 2 tissue culture and flow cytometer (CyFlow Space)

Immunology, virology and tumour biology.

Cell biology, molecular biology, and biotechnology

Biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, immunology, upstream and downstream processing