Manuel Blank (MRSB)

Experience

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  Weiss Präzisionstechnik

  Sept 2003 - Oct 2006

  Mechanical Engineer

  Apprentice in charge of producing small batches or customised prototypes of highly precise machine parts. Focus on CNC-programming and basic CAD-modelling.

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  Fundacion centro de capacitacion Fernandez

  Oct 2006 - Apr 2007

  Volunteer

  Providing young local unemployed people with basic workshop-oriented job training.

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  SZT Education Group

  Feb 2011 - Jun 2011

  EFL Teacher

  Organised, supervised and taught classes of 50 to 70 students of age 3 to 13.

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  Pumpkin English Training School

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  EFL Teacher

  Organised, supervised and tought classes of 6 - 12 students and 1on1-lessons. Included organisation of extracurricular activities.

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  University of Dundee

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2017

  Public Speaker

  List of presentation at internal and external events. Presentations that were part of the curriculum are not listed here. Listed by: Date - Event - Title - Mode of presentation16/09/2016 - Dundee Effector Consortium Retreat - Interactions between Microbiota and the Plant Immune System - 3min presentation27/09/2016 - Bright Club Dundee - The Scientific Method - 7min standup set09/02/2017 - Barley Away Day - No title - 3min flash presentation03/04/2017 - Microbiology Society Conference - Flagellin Application Perturbs the Microbiota thriving at the Barley-Root Soil Interface - 12min presentation (competitively selected abstract)19/04/2017 - Divisional Seminar - Flagellin Application Perturbs the Microbiota thriving at the Barley-Root Soil Interface - 20min presentation24/05/2017 - Root-rhizosphere workshop and ISRR medal lecture - Deciphering the Cross-talk between Growth and Microbiota Recognition at the Root-soil Interface - 1min flash presentation and poster31/05/2017 - Humanities Undergraduate Conference - Making Peace with all Disciplines - Interdisciplinarity among Undergraduate Students - 5min flash presentation and Poster Show less

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  SZT Education Group

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  EFL teacher trainer

  Teaching 16 volunteer teachers from Cambridge University in basic language teaching techniques. Included supervising and oral as well as written feedback during the whole duration of their stay.

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  University of Dundee

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2017

  Student

  1st Class BSc Honours, Biological Sciences (Molecular Microbiology)1st Class U/G Master of Science Honours, Biological Sciences (Bioinformatics)Key modules include:Biological Sciences Research Project & Skills, MSci Research Project, Advanced Molecular Microbiology, Advanced Bioinformatics, Molecular Biotechnology, Practical Projects in Synthetic Biology, Biochemistry, and BioinformaticsLaboratory Techniques & Skills include:- DNA:Making & Testing Competent E.Coli Cells, DNA-extraction from Genomic DNA, DNA-extraction from Soil, Transformation & Transfection, Plasmid Purification, Restriction Digests, Ligation Reactions, PCR, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Primer Design, Codon Optimisation, 35S radiolabelling, reporter-gene assays- Protein:Overexpression and Purification of soluble and membrane bound proteins and complexes, Affinity Chromatography, Ion Exchange Chromatography, Size Exclusion Chromatography, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, Determination of reaction rates and specific activity, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC), Biolayer Interferometry (BLI), Peptide Synthesis (Atavis Peptide Synthesiser)- Cells, Organisms and media:Growth of various E. coli strains on solid and in liquid media aerobically and anaerobically, streaking and patch-plating for colony selection, preparation of broths, solid media, and buffers under sterile conditions, serial dilutions, tissue culture and transfection of COS cells, Growth of different barley cultivars on different soil types- Data Analysis & IT:Sequence Alignments in Jalview using appropriate algorithms for the type of alignment, Analysis of NGS and RNAseq data, differential expression and differential abundance analysis using DEseq, analysis of amplicon based metagenomic data using phyloseq, structural modelling using Phyre, statistical analysis and programming in R-studio environment, basic programming skills in python, mySQL, html & css, Show less

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  Young Researchers Association

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2016

  Founder and President

  Founder of DUYRA, the Dundee University Young Researchers Association. DUYRA is a student run society, focusing on education in research methods by enabling students to pursue small scale research projects. For this we provide funds and support to the best of our ability and organise an annual symposium where students can showcase their project.Key responsibilities include:Organising and hosting meetings, Organising lectures, workshops, and symposia, Networking with staff and pitching for support, Delivering brainstorming and teambuilding workshopsReceived Principal's Commendation for founding DUYRAExample Project: https://blog.dundee.ac.uk/one-dundee/students-irn-bru-science/ Show less

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  Victoria University of Wellington

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2023

  Postgraduate Researcher

  Participation in active research projects centered around the topic of antimicrobial resistance and the discovery of novel antimicrobials using genomic and metagenomic methods.