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Cassandra Theresa Mitchell

PhD student
  • Address: Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzel-Weg 7 (Anthropology, Room 00-221), 55128 Mainz
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"Being part of the RTG will help me develop a broader understanding of genetics in general, not just for humans."

Education

  • Since 2025: PhD studies on different gene regulations across diverse human lifestyles
  • 2021-2024: MSc in Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany
    Thesis: "Genetic Insights into Early Medieval Societies: A Palaeogenomic Analysis of Human Skeletons from Cemeteries in Southern Germany"
  • 2018-2021: BSc in Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
    Thesis: "The influence of different stressors on the growth and gene expression of streptomycetes"

Working Experience

  • Oct–Dec 2022: Internship at RiskTOX, University of Valencia, Spain “In vitro studies of mycotoxins”
  • Aug–Sep 2022: Internship at the Aquaculture research, Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, “Antibiotic effects of sponges and their possible increase by artificial factors”

  • Blöcher J, Vallini L, Velte M, Eckel R, Guyon L, Winkelbach L, Thomas MG, Gharehbaghi N, Mitchell CT, Schümann J, Köhler S, Seyr E, Krichel K, Rau S, Hirsch J, Duras J, Klement K, Wilkenhöner M, Vetterdietz L, Gentilin F, Müller M, Mücke A, Zedda N, Tawfik Y, Saal E, McGlynn G, Bramanti B, Orschiedt J, Molitor R, Fliß B, Spazier I, Shankland D, Vetterling C, Karpf K, Planert V, Hölzl S, Codreanu-Windauer S, Quast D, Mikić I, Päffgen B, Brami M, Richter T, Chaix R, Brather-Walter S, Steffens P, Marquart M, Becker T, Haberstroh J, Meier M, Schmidt-Hofner S, Brather S, Harbeck M, Patzold S, Wegmann D, Burger J (2025)
    Historic Genomes Uncover Demographic Shifts and Kinship Structures in Post-Roman Central Europe bioRxiv, 2025.03.01.640862
  • Mitchell CT, Bridgeman L, Moyano-López C, Penalva-Olcina R, Juan C, Juan-García A (2024)
    Study of cytotoxicity in neuroblastoma cell line exposed to patulin and citrinin  Food and Chemical Toxicology, 186, 114556.