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Available Positions

At the moment we can offer the following research projects:

Bachelor Thesis:

• Synthesis of paramagnetic compounds for EPR method developments (Dr. Jörn Plackmeyer)
• Analysis of RNA structures and dynamics
• Pulsed EPR experiments on RNA molecules
• Pulsed EPR experiments on Proteins
• Cw-EPR experiments on RNA molecules in cells

Master Thesis:

• Synthesisand cw-EPR spectroscopy of paramagnetic multi-radical molecules (Dr. Jörn Plackmeyer)
• Characterization of conformational flexibility of RNA aptamer
• Characterization of conformational flexibility of multi-domain proteins
• In-cell EPR experiments
• Dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced NMR experiments (Dr. Vasyl Denysenkov)

PhD Thesis:

• Investigation of RNA motives by EPR spectroscopy (Dr. Burkhard Endeward)
• In-cell EPR experiments
• Quantum-mechanical modeling and optimization of pulsed EPR experiments (Prof. Thomas Prisner)
• High-field pulsed EPR method developments and applications (Dr. Burkhard Endeward)
• High-field Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR spectroscopy in liquids (Dr. Vasyl Denysenkov)
• Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced MRI for medical applications (Dr. Vasyl Denysenkov)

Postdoctoral Research:

• EPR method developments and applications to biological systems

If you are interested please write an e-mail to Prof. Prisner
or contact us via:

Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Prisner
Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Goethe University Frankfurt
Max-von-Laue-Str. 7
Building N140/17
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Germany