Master projects always include laboratory experiments, field investigations or development and validation of new laboratory methods. Bachelor projects can include laboratory work but literature studies are also possible.
Since the time available for a bachelor and even a master project is limited we recommend that you choose a subject related to some of our on-going research, e.g. endocrine disruption in fish, amphibians and invertebrates or effects of plastic particles.
We have a lot of students and because of limited time and resources, every student has to make a brief individual motivation description.
Your start in our laboratories
Because we work with toxic substances we want to make sure that everybody working in our laboratories work under safe conditions and that nobody pose a risk to themselves or others. Therefore, the laboratory technicians will introduce all new students (except students doing literature studies) to our laboratories by a mandatory one-day crash course. The course will take you through small laboratory exercises and basic knowledge such as use of lab instruments, handling of chemicals and waste, Kemibrug, how to calibrate pipettes and pH-meters, and how to calculate and validate results. The aim of the course is to get to know our new students and to show you the value of Good Laboratory Practice. We believe that the daily life in the laboratory is much easier and safer if everybody works according to the same rules and values.
Examples of former Bachelor and Master Projects
Former Bachelor Projects
Practical projects
- Endocrine disrupting effects of pesticides
- Mechanism of action of the serotonin-regulating drug Paroxetine and its effects on embryos of great pond snail (Lymnaea Stagnalis)
- The effect of sertraline on rotational behavior in embryos of great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis
- Investigation of intersex in peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana) by histology
- Annual variation in yolk protein levels in the swollen river mussel (Unio tumidus) - important background knowledge for the development of a biomarker
- Biological mercury-selenium interactions in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas)
Literature studies
- Endocrine disrupting effects of parabens
- The role of sex steroid hormones in molluscs
- Obesogens – are they a reason for obesity?
- The Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome
- Teratogenic effects of pharmaceuticals
- Copper regulation in crustaceans
Former Master Projects
- The influence of weak painkillers on prostaglandin synthesis and sexual differentiation in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
- The estrogenic effects of cyclo siloxanes in zebrafish
- Endocrine effects in the population of brown trout in Danish streams
- Trenbolone in the environment and effects on rainbow trout pituitary
- The estrogenic effect of biochanin A in brown trout
- Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on embryo development in eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
- Effects of serotonin on molluscs. Method development and investigations of the effects of serotonin and escitalopram on Lymnaea stagnalis embryo development and behavior
- The effect of dopamine and serotonin on rotational behavior in embryos of great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis
- Development of an ELISA for quantification of egg yolk protein in the freshwater mussels Unio pictorum and Unio tumidus. Investigations of the influence of food availability on protein concentrations
- Intersex in the marine snail Littorina littorea related to areas with TBT exposure
- Interactions between mercury and selenium in aquatic organisms
- Effect of selenium on the elimination of methylmercury in crustaceans