Internship in Prof. Catherine Picart Lab
Laboratoire des matériaux et du génie physique
Institut national polytechnique de Grenoble (France)

Modulation of the in vitro environment of muscle progenitor cells by biomimetic films produced with the layer-by-layer method

Student interniship in the Laboratory of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (head: Professor Aldo Roda), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6, Via Belmeloro, 40126, Bologna

o Production, expression, purification, biochemical and analytical characterization of in vivo biotinylated luciferases (different mutants) as probes for immunoassay applications
o Molecular biology techniques (PCR, gene cloning, transfection and mutagenesis studies)
o Energy transfer techniques
o Luminescence detection methods
o Cell culture
o Enzyme assays
o Plate and nitrocellulose immunoassays
o Plate and nitrocellulose functionalization with proteins by means of physical absorption
o In vitro bioluminescence imaging
o In vivo (mice) bioluminescence imaging in cancer and gastric-emptying models

Student internship in Prof. Clemens Lowick Lab, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands)

Exploration of in vivo optical imaging technologies, with a specific focus on bioluminesce imaging.