Maximilian Pfindel

Student assistant → Structural Biology at ICSP (2024 – 2024)

with Prof Tobias Unruh

• Lipid-Nano-Particle production with antisolvent precipitation
• Analysis of selfmade LNPs and Comirnaty via SAXS and PCS at different pH

Bachelor Thesis → AA-MD-simulations at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2024 – 2025)

The interplay between outer membrane porins and antimicrobial peptides in altering membrane properties- A Molecular Dynamics study with Prof Rainer Böckmann

• Running and analysing multi µs AA-MD simulations in GROMACS and Python on HPC (e.g. Bending Modulus, Diffusion, Potential of mean force, Contact scores)
• Detailed knowledge of bacterial membrane composition and their connection to antimicrobial resistance

Master Internship → CG-MD-simulations at BZH (2025 – 2025)

with Dr Fabio Lolicato

• Development of new Martini3 parametrization and universal membrane setup workflow
• Reparametrisation of Martini3 transmembrane protein models

Master project → AI-S2F-model at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2025 – 2025)

Organizer and Lecturer: Dr Alexander Sasse

• GNN (Pytorch) based RNA translation efficiency prediction from sequence and structure
• Collobaratory group work with documentation on Github

MSc in Molecular Bioscience Systems Biology – Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2025)

BSc in Integrated Life Science - Biology, Biomathematics, Biophysics – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg (2022 – 2025)