Jörg Watzke Bio CV Publications
Overview:
Based on my working experience at the water cluster in Lunz am See (Lower Austria), I am very experienced with creative lab organization, administration and project management in ecological and biochemical research. I am trained in the set up and operation of analytical instruments to separate, identify, and quantify lipid classes (HPLC-ELSD) and fatty acids (GC-FID, MS), as well as in methods for gene expression analysis (RNA-genetics, RT-PCR), and in microscopy protocols for the identification for the limnology food web. My research interests are based on food web research at the plant-animal-interface and the uptake and synthesis of essential biomolecules in organisms.
Education and Work Experience:
| 1987 – 1999 | school education in Görlitz, finished with matriculation standard |
| 2001 – 2003 | basic study period in biochemistry at MLU Halle |
| 2003 – 2005 | main study period in biochemistry at MLU Halle subjects: biochemistry, organic chemistry, plant physiology, ecology and analytic |
| 2005 – 2006 | diploma thesis: "Innate Immunity in embryos of zebrafish (danio rerio): In-vitro test development as proof for the immune modulation of environmental toxins." (UFZ, Leipzig), Department of Cell Toxicology |
| 2006 | diploma in biochemistry |
| 2007 – 2011 | head of laboratory at water cluster in Lunz (WKL), aquatic lipid and ecotoxicology research group (Dr. Martin Kainz): lab management, lipid analytics, field work, molecular biology, microscopy, lab experiments |
| 2011 – 2016 | lab technician of the new Max Planck Research Group: "Plant foods in hominin dietary ecology" |
Participation in projects:
| 2007-2011 | Annual sampling and analysis of the planktonic food web at Lake Lunz |
| 2010 | Finland sampling campaign - LAPBIAT-EU funded project |
| 2010 | Cultivation of algae and zooplankton, FWF-project "LIPTEMP" |
| 2009-2010 | Biotests and lipid analysis - Mariash et al. 2010 |
| 2009 | Sampling campaign, PhD-project of Mathieu F. |
| 2008-2009 | Stable isotope analysis - Brett et al. 2009 (PNAS) |
| 2008 | Lipid analytics - Schultz S. |
| 2008 | Lipid analysis - Hall et al. 2010 (Functional Ecology) |