Dr. Silke Gerlich

Data Steward | Trainer

Kompetenzbereiche

Research Data Management, Metadata, Training & Teaching, FAIR Data, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Project Management

Kontakt

+49 241/927803-46

E-Mail

ORCID

ResearchGate

Adresse

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)

Materials Data Science and Informatics (IAS-9)

Warum und woran ich forsche

I studied Biology at RWTH Aachen and University of Cologne, Germany and hold a PhD in Molecular Plant Science. After graduation, I gathered several years of experience as an educational consultant. In 2021, I joined the IAS-9 and the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration, acting as a Data Steward and Trainer and I am specifically interested in making research (meta)data handling more approachable for the scientific community.

In my free time, you can find me in the bouldering gym, giving yoga classes or hiking in the mountains. I understand myself as a life-long learner and volunteer as a mentor for Arbeiterkind, a NGO supporting students from educationally disadvantaged families.

Vita

Academic Career

2016 - 2018

Ph.D in Molecular Plant Science

CEPLAS Graduate School, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Thesis title: „Does the evolution of C₄ photosynthesis include adaptions in mineral nutrition? Comparative analysis of sulfur and phosphorus homeostasis in the genus Flaveria“

2014 - 2016

Master of Science in Biological Sciences

University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2011 - 2014

Bachelor of Science in Biology

University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Professional Career

Since 06/2021

Data Steward, Trainer

Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC), Hub Information

Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS), Materials Data Science and Informatics (IAS-9), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Aachen, Germany

• development of training material

• moderation and teaching

• consulting

• conceptualization, execution and analysis of requirement surveys

01/2018 - 06/2020

Program Coordinator, Statistics & Evaluation

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany

• statistical evaluation and presentation of internal and external data, data curation

• development and execution of various evaluation concepts

• supervision and consulting of university students and teaching staff

• project management: conceptualization and organization of educational programms, workshops and summer schools

• management and moderation of seminars

01/2015 - 12/2017

Research Associate, PhD Student

Exzellenzcluster für Pflanzenwissenschaften (CEPLAS),

University of Cologne, Botanical Institute, Prof. S. Kopriva, Cologne, Germany

• analytical methods: metabolite analyses via HPLC,

ion chromatography, ICP-MS, qPCR, flux analyses, (s)RNA

sequencing, gas exchange analyses, data mining

• method development: cultivation systems for non-model organisms, inter-species grafting, CrisprCas

• establishing and consolidating national and international collaborations

• thesis supervision

Publikationen

Arndt, W. , Gerlich, S. C. , Hofmann, V. , Kubin, M. , Kulla, L. , Lemster, C. , Mannix, O. , Rink, K. , Nolden, M. , Schweikert, J. , Shankar, S. , Söding, E. , Steinmeier, L. and Süß, W. and Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) Working Group "Taskforce Survey". "A survey on research data management practices among researchers in the Helmholtz Association.", ed. by Lorenz, S., Finke, A., Langenbach, C., Maier-Hein, K., Sandfeld, S. and Stotzka, R.. HMC Report, 1. HMC-Office, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, 39 pp. (2022). 10.3289/HMC_publ_05.

Koprivova, A., Elkatmis, B., Gerlich, S. C., Trick, M., Harper, A. L., Bancroft, I., Kopriva, S. "Natural Variation in OASC Gene for Mitochondrial O-Acetylserine Thiollyase Affects Sulfate Levels in Arabidopsis." Plants. (2022). 10.3390/plants12010035

Zimmermann, S. E., Benstein, R. M., Flores-Tornero, M., Blau, S., Anoman, A. D., Rosa-Téllez, S.,Gerlich, S. C., Salem, M. A., Alseekh, S., Kopriva, S., Wewer, V., Häusler, R. E., Flügge, U.-I.; Jacoby, R.P., Fernie, A. R., Giavalisco, P., Ros, R., Krueger, S. „Non-photorespiratory serine biosynthesis linksplant growth with nitrogen metabolism.“ Mol Plant. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab167

Kleinenkuhnen, N., Büchel, F., Gerlich, S. C., Kopriva, S., Metzger, S. „A Novel Method for Identification and Quantification of Sulfated Flavonoids in Plants by Neutral Loss Scan Mass Spectrometry.“ Front Plant Sci. 10: 885. (2019). 10.3389/fpls.2019.00885

Gerlich, S.C., Walker, B.J., Krueger, S. und Kopriva, S. „Sulfate metabolism in C 4 Flaveria species is controlled by the root and connected to serine biosynthesis.“ Plant Physiol. 178 (2): 565 - 582. (2018). 10.1104/pp.18.00520

Kopriva, S., Calderwood, A., Weckopp, S. C. und Koprivova, A. „Plant Sulphur and Big Data.“ Plant Sci 241: 1-10. (2015). 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.014

Weckopp, S.C. und Kopriva, S. „Are changes in sulphate assimilation pathway needed for evolution of C 4 photosynthesis?.“ Front Plant Sci 5: 773. (2018). 10.3389/fpls.2014.00773

Letzte Änderung: 01.09.2023