Thesis projects for BSc and MSc students
The Laboratory of Microbiology offers graduation projects for BSc and MSc students in different themes. Below you can find a list of currently available projects.
Bacterial Genetics
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Engineering Microalgae for biofuel and Fatty acid production - A CRISPR-Cas based approach
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Seizing cell cycle of a synthetic cell
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Better genome editing tools through bacterial sex – Laboratory evolution of DNA nucleases
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Genome architecture – Designing a synthetic genome
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What’s on the menu? Molecular cuisine, or how to feed a synthetic cell
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Mining and expressing novel antimicrobials from sponge symbionts
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Unravelling the mechanistic roles of CRISPR nucleases: more than a little mystery
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Exploiting the anti-CRISPR potential to enhance the CRISPR genome engineering toolbox
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Metabolic engineering of syngas utilizing microbes for chemical building blocks
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Improving the performance of solventogenic clostridia using CRISPR Cas
Microbial Evolution
Molecular Ecology
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Game of HMOs: human milk and the rise of the infant gut microbiota
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Exploration of Microbial Reductive Dehalogenation in Marine Environments
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RumenPredict: predicting diet based GHG mitigating strategies in ruminants
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Complex fibres, gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome
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Hunt for microbial degradation of fluorinated pollutants (PFAS)
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Elimination of the two most important greenhouse gasses: methane and carbon dioxide
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Minimizing the impact of antibiotics: are prebiotics the answer to recover baby’s gut microbiota?
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Microbial networks of the infant gut
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Prebiotics for the treatment of functional constipation in children; let’s find a way out!
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Interspecies hydrogen transfer in the human gut ecosystem
Microbial Physiology
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Using electricity to supplement syngas fermentation for improved CO2 capture
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Isolation of novel thermophilic carboxydotrophic microbes for syngas bioconversion
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Elimination of the two most important greenhouse gases through their transformation into products with high market value
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Handling stress; survival and growth strategies of acidophiles
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Alcohol metabolism in sulfate reducing bacteria
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Fermenting syngas to biodegradable plastics
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Thermoacidophilic bioreduction of elemental sulfur for the recovery of valuable metals
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Uncovering microbial interactions for methylated compounds
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Microbial synthesis gas fermentation for the production of bio-based products
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Exploring metabolic capabilities of novel anaerobes