PhD Student

After her PhD Sandra continued to do academic research and is now PostDoc at the Nelson Lab in Princeton University, USA.

Previous CV:

HIGHER EDUCATION

2014 – present       PhD candidate in the group of Frank Schnorrer, PhD
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2011 – 2014            Master of Science in Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany
2008 – 2011            Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2013 –  2014  Master thesis in the group of Frank Schnorrer, PhD
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2012 –  2013  Research internship in the group of Jürg Müller, PhD
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2012                Research internship in the group of Prof. Ruth Brack-Werner, PhD
Helmholtz Center, Neuherberg, Germany
2012                Research internship abroad in the group of Prof. Michael Levine, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
2011                Bachelor thesis in the group of Prof. Don C. Lamb, PhD
LMU Munich, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

Lemke SB, Schnorrer F. In vivo imaging of muscle-tendon morphogenesis in Drosophila pupae. Journal of visualized Experiments. 2018 Feb 6;(132). doi: 10.3791/57312. PMID: 29443094. Article

Lemke SB, Schnorrer F. Mechanical forces during muscle development. Mechanisms of Development 144(Pt A), 92‑101 (2017). Article

Oktaba K, Zhang W, Lotz TS, Jun DJ, Lemke SB, Ng SP, Esposito E, Levine M, Hilgers V. ELAV links paused Pol II to alternative polyadenylation in the Drosophila nervous system. Molecular Cell 57(2), 341‑348 (2015). Article

Hilgers V, Lemke SB, Levine M. ELAV mediates 3’UTR extension in the Drosophila nervous system. Genes and Development 26(20), 2259‑2264 (2012). Article

FELLOWSHIPS

2015 – 2017         Fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF)
2014 – present   IMPRS (International Max Planck Research School) for Molecular Life Sciences Graduate Program  
2010 – 2014         Fellowship of the Max Weber-Program of Bavaria (an extracurricular program of excellence)
2008 – 2014         Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation: sponsoring the academically gifted)

AWARDS

2016   Best talk award at the IMPRS seminar
2015   Best talk award at the IMPRS seminar