Chair of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Metabolism and information processing are core processes of life. They form the focus of the Chair’s teaching and research, which combines experimentation and bioinformatics

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What’s it all about?

Topics/Research and Teaching Profile

Under the leadership of Prof. Dr Röbbe Wüschiers, the Chair combines innovative research with practice-oriented teaching. Our team works on interdisciplinary projects that blur the boundaries between chemistry, biology and engineering: from the discovery of new natural products and the synthesis of chemical active substances to the development of enzymatic catalysts for sustainable processes.

The Chair cooperates closely with regional industry partners, international research institutions and the university community. Through modern laboratory facilities, interactive teaching methods and practice-oriented research projects, it offers students an exciting introduction to the world of Biotechnology and chemistry – and invites researchers to work together to achieve the next scientific breakthroughs.

Biotechnology (Bachelor’s)

Genomic Biotechnology (Master’s)

Professor Wünschiers’ research in Mittweida

Holder of the Chair

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Röbbe Wünschiers
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Röbbe Wünschiers
Professur Molekularbiologie/Biochemie
+49 3727 582220
wuenschi@hs-mittweida.de
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What are we working on?

Our research projects

Wild bee health in relation to landscape and agriculture

Development of an assessment method for biodiversity and the vitality of pollinators in agricultural land

Biohydrogen production using purple bacteria: Analysis and editing of the regulatory network using machine learning in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Ciao Varroa – Genome-wide genetic association studies in honey bees (Apis mellifera spp.) with a view to breeding for Varroa resistance

Genetic breeding research on the sheep poodle

Evaluation of honeybee breeding programmes based on genetic analyses of Varroa mite resistance traits
Passion, knowledge, teamwork

Our team

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sandra Feik
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sandra Feik
Laboringenieurin
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 582280
feik@hs-mittweida.de
Profile
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M.Sc. René Kretschmer
M.Sc. René Kretschmer
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 582280
rene.kretschmer@hs-mittweida.de
Profile
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M.Sc. Anna Nauruschat
M.Sc. Anna Nauruschat
Doktorandin
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 582274
naurusch@hs-mittweida.de
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M.Sc. Lisa Carolina Prudnikow
M.Sc. Lisa Carolina Prudnikow
Doktorandin
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 581941
prudniko@hs-mittweida.de
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M.Sc. Tom Schmidt
M.Sc. Tom Schmidt
Doktorand
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 581895
schmid17@hs-mittweida.de
Profile
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M.Sc. Nils Schön
M.Sc. Nils Schön
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben
Biotechnologie
+49 3727 581468
schoen@hs-mittweida.de
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Public Relations

Graduates

Theses currently being supervised

Research projects and publications

NaturErlebnisRoute Stollberg: Wildbienenleben begreifbar machen

  • Term: 2024/05/27 – 2025/12/31
  • Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Regionalentwicklung
  • Project managers: Röbbe Wünschiers
2789 Röbbe Wünschiers

Gesundheit solitärer Wildbienen in Abhängigkeit von Landschaftsvielfalt, landwirtschaftlichen Praktiken und des Pollenangebot

  • Term: 2023/07/01 – 2027/07/31
  • Financed by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Funding code: 528348559
  • Project managers: Röbbe Wünschiers
2688 Röbbe Wünschiers

Innovationscluster HSMW 2023, AP08: Assemblierung des Schafpudel-Genoms und genomweite Assoziationsstudien zu Kryptorchismus mit dem Ziel der Entwicklung eines Testverfahrens

  • Term: 2023/04/01 – 2026/12/31
  • Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
  • Funding code: 100685484
  • Project managers: Röbbe Wünschiers
2210 Röbbe Wünschiers

Innovationsvorhaben zur Profilschärfung 2022, AP 4.13 Gendiagnostische Nutzung der genetischen Biodiversität beim Schafpudel, einem Hütehund der ostdeutschen Tiefebene

  • Term: 2022/03/01 – 2022/12/31
  • Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
  • Funding code: 100613388
  • Project managers: Röbbe Wünschiers
2551 Röbbe Wünschiers

Innovationscluster HSMW 2020, AP 4: Entwicklung eines Bewertungsverfahrens für die Vitalität von Bestäubern in Agrarflächen mithilfe eines mobilen genetischen Biodiversität-Tests

  • Term: 2020/03/01 – 2022/12/31
  • Financed by: Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus
  • Funding code: 100400192
  • Project managers: Röbbe Wünschiers
2243 Röbbe Wünschiers
R. Wünschiers

Gentechnik im Wandel – Wie CRISPR und KI unser Leben verändern

Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature, 2026
ISBN: 978-3-662-71409-6
21491 monographie
R. Wünschiers

Computational Biology: A Practical Introduction to Bio Data Juggling with Worked Examples

Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-70314-0 (eBook)
21238 monographie Modellierung und Simulation
L. Prudnikow, R. Wünschiers

Der Bienengesundheit auf der Spur – Varroamilben, Landwirtschaft und Genomik

Appeared in: Biologie in unserer Zeit 55 (2025), P. 350 – 361
21490 journalartikel
N. Wappler, R. Wünschiers

Analysis of a σ54 Transcription Factor L420P Mutation in Context of Increased Organic Nitrogen Tolerance of Photofermentative Hydrogen Production in Cereibacter sphaeroides Strain 2.4.1 Substrain H2

Appeared in: Synthetic Biology and Engineering 2 (2024)
20963 journalartikel
R. Wünschiers, R. Leidenfrost, H. Holtorf, B. Dittrich, T. Dürr, J. Braun

CRISPR/Cas9 gene targeting plus nanopore DNA sequencing with the plasmid pBR322 in the classroom

Appeared in: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 25 (2024), No. 2
20997 journalartikel
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