LEVKIN GROUP - Key Persons
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- Bachelor Student / Heidelberg University
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- Head
- Project Leader
- of Biofunctional Materials
Dr. Anna Popova is a head of biological sub-group in the Multifunctional Materials Systems research laboratory at the Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems (IBCS-FMS) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany led by Prof. Pavel Levkin. She graduated from the department of Cell Biology and Immunology of the Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia and obtained her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology in at University of Heidelberg, Germany. Since January 2014 Dr. Popova started at KIT as a project leader and head of the biology sub-group. Dr. Popova is the co-founder of Aquarray GmbH.
Her research is focused on developing novel in vitro systems for high throughput screenings and personalized medicine. The topics in the BIO sub-group include:
• Personalized oncology: developing highly miniaturized protocols and workflows for personalized drug sensitivity and resistance testing of patient-derived cancer cells
• Seq-on-a-Chip: developing protocols for nucleic acid isolation and manipulation from live cells cultured on a chip in nanolitre droplets, followed by sequencing
• Proteomics-on-a-Chip: developing protocols for protein isolation and digestion from live cells followed by LC-MS analysis of cell proteome
• hiPSC (human induced pluripotent stem cells): developing assays for high throughput screening of hiPSC against different stimuli with the aim to control pluripotency and differentiation of hiPSCs
• Complex 3D cell culture models (spheroids, organoids, tumoroids, co-culture, complex systems) in high throughput nanolitre format
• Microbiological applications and multi-drug resistance: high throughput antibiotic screenings & personalized antibiotic sensitivity test
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- Master Student, KIT, 2022
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- Bachelor Student / Heidelberg University
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- Scientist at Incella GmbH
Dr. Alexander Efremov: postdoc in the group of Prof. Niemeyer at the KIT, Germany
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- Biological Lab Technician, KIT, 2020
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- Head of the Biofunctional Materials Systems Research Group at the Institute of Biological
- Head of the Group
Prof. Dr. Levkin is head of the Biofunctional Materials Systems research group at the Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems (IBCS-FMS) and Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He graduated from the Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow and obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Tübingen in Germany, followed by postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley. Pavel Levkin is the cofounder of ScreenFect GmbH and Aquarray GmbH. His research focuses on the development of functional and responsive materials, and surfaces for biomedical and biotechnological applications.
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- Visiting Professor, 2019
- VISITING PROFESSORS and ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
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- Visiting PhD Student, KIT, 2023
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- Master Student, KIT, 2022
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- Master Student, KIT, 2023
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- Student and Postdoc, KIT, 2018
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- Master Student, KIT, 2022
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- Master Student, KIT, 2020