Chrisina Plevnali

Scientist with great interest in research fields of immunology, molecular biology and cancer.

Qualified research assistant at Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim (07/2022 – 08/2023) 

»liquid-liquid extraction of lipids from serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples 

»aliquoting of samples 

»general laboratory work 

»documenting the laboratory work

Master thesis at Central Institue of Mental Health (ZI) Mannheim (11/2022 – 07/2023) 

»Lipid extraction from human blood and cerebral fluid samples 

»operating Speedvac and LC-MS/MS 

»data processing with Xcalibur™ Software and GraphPad PRISM 

Bachelor thesis at Nephrology research laboratory of the V. Medical Clinic, University Medical Centre Mannheim (14/09/2020 – 28/02/2021) 

»Lipid extraction from human blood samples 

»cell isolation from umbilical cords 

»Cell culture and cell stimulation 

»Toxicology testing with MTT-Assay and FACS of several substances 

»Protein isolation 

»Western Blot, Bradford assay and PAGE 

»Immunodetection 

»RNA isolation, DNAse treatment and subsequent cDNA synthesis 

»qPCR 

Practical semester at Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Mannheim (02/2019 07/2019) 

»scientific work in the laboratory 

»scientific documentation 

»support of a research group 

»independent realization and evaluation of subprojects 

»PBMC isolation from human blood and stem cell isolation from mice 

»Cell sorting and counting with Cell counter and flow cytometer 

»RNA isolation 

»RT-PCR and PCR 

»Recombinant DNA production 

»Gelelectrophoresis and evaluation of results

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

• Course of study: Biochemistry 
• Date: 01/09/2016 - 28/02/2021 
• Institution: University of Applied Sciences Mannheim 

Master of Science (MSc)

• Course of study: Biotechnology 
• Date: 01/03/2021 - 31/08/2023 
• Institution: University of Applied Sciences Mannheim