Sven
Ostermann
Education:
Since 10/2014 - 03/2017
Master of Science „Infection Biology“ at University of Lübeck
10/2011 – 09/2014
Bachelor of Science „Biological Sciences“ at the University of Rostock
Practical experiences:
08/2017 – present Institute for Immunology, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany
PhD research
· Genetic engineering of Aeromonas salmonicida
· Establishing of an oral model in rainbow trout for testing of vaccine efficacy
09/2015 – 02/2017 Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Canada
Master Thesis
· Genetic engineering of Mannheimia haemolytica
· Establishing a sepsis mice model for bovine and porcine pathogens
· Design and construction of hybrid antigens
12/2016 Snyder Trainee Research Day, Calgary, Canada
Poster presentation
06/2016 Banff conference of Infectious Diseases; Banff, Canada
Poster presentation
06/2016 ImmuNet Research Day; Edmonton, Canada
Poster presentation
04/2013 – 09/2014 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
Scientific assistant
· Taking care of laboratory organisms
· Conducting experiments concerning the ageing of Hydra vulgaris
· Analyzing the collected data
09/2013 – 10/2013 FBN - Leibniz-Institute For Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf
Trainee at the department of behavioural biology
· Video analyzes of exclusion performance by dwarf goats using the software OBSERVER
· Observation of cognitive bias studies performed on pigs
12/2012 – 03/2013 Centogene GmbH, Rostock
Scientific assistant
· Handling and processing of various laboratory samples (blood, amniotic fluids)
· Working on establishing a mutation database
03/2012 – 12/2012 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
Scientific assistant
· Taking care of laboratory organisms
· Studying the early life mortality patterns of aquatic invertebrate animals
Immunology (Fish) Microbiology Vaccine Design