Bachelor’s /Semester/Master’s thesis - Separation/Extraction of Protein and Polysaccharide

23.04.2025, Studentische Hilfskräfte, Praktikantenstellen, Studienarbeiten

Filamentous fungi, particularly basidiomycetes or wood rotting fungi, benefit humankind as they have a lot of biomolecules such as protein, polysaccharides, which have different applications in food and the cosmetic industry. Separation of this molecule with different method will be studied

The focus of project is on particularly lectins(protein) and β-glucans(polysaccharides) to extract and separate them from fungi using efficient downstream units such as (fractionation and chromatographic methods.
This will involve screening and optimizing different extraction methods, chromatographic methods, and filtration (fractionation) and also to scale up this methods. Not only this, it also involves the fermentation of the fungi by using different media to increase the biomass.


Your Tasks:
Optimisation of reproducible fermentation process for fungi
Screening and optimizing different extraction/chromatographic/fractionation methods
Development of analytical methods: HPLC, Hemagglutination assay, SDS Page

Your Profile:
Structured and independent work
Experience with lab work
Student in biotechnology (IBT, MBT), biochemistry, biology, chemistry or similar

Kontakt: Bhagyeshri Ulhas Mantri, b.mantri@tum.de , Chair of Bioseperation Engineering