Nils Wax

Photo: Kai Röver

Doctoral researcher

RG Fischer

Address

Universität Hamburg

Department of Chemistry

Institute of Food Chemistry

Research Group Fischer

Grindelallee 117

20146 Hamburg

Office

VGII

Room: 654

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-4379

Fax: +49 40 42838-4342

Email: nils.wax"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Field of work

"Genetic profiling: Determination of sweet and bitter almond varieties by comparison of extrachromosomal genome sequences (plastids) and a quantification of bitter almond varieties in marzipan."

CV

since November 2018	PhD candidate at the Hamburg School of Food Science of the University of Hamburg on the topic "Genetic profiling: Determination of sweet and bitter almond varieties by comparison of extrachromosomal genome sequences (plastids) and a quantification of bitter almond varieties in marzipan"
August 2018	M. Sc. degree in nutritional and food sciences. Topic of the master thesis: "Identification and functional characterization of parental-effect embryonic lethal genes in C. elegans"
since April 2016	Studies of M. Sc. in nutritional and food sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
since October 2012	Studies of B. Sc. in nutritional sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Publications

Detection of Arbutus unedo and Olea europaea leaves as admixture of oregano using LAMP and duplex LAMP based test systems with LFA and colorimetric visualization
N. Holz, N. Wax, B. A. Illarionov, M. Iskhakova, M. Fischer
Agriculture in press (2024)

Fast and User-Friendly Detection of Flatfish Species (Pleuronectes platessa and Solea solea) via Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP)
N. Wax, L.S. Pförtner, N. Holz, S. Sterzl, M. Melnik, K. Kappel, P. Bade, U. Schröder, I. Haase, J. Fritsche, M. Fischer
J. Agric. Food Chem. 71 , 40, 14795-14805 (2023)

Variety Differentiation: Development of a CRISPR DETECTR Method for the Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Cacao (Theobroma cacao) and Almonds (Prunus dulcis)
N. Wax, F. La-Rostami, C. Albert, M. Fischer
Food Analytical Methods 16, 1302–1312 (2023)

Detection of almonds (Prunus dulcis) adulteration by genotyping of sweet and bitter almonds with double-mismatch allele-specific qPCR (DMAS-qPCR)
N. Wax, L. F. Voges, S. H. Wenck, J. L. Herold, S. Seifert, M. Fischer
Food Control 152, 109866 (2023)

Point-of-care suitable identification of the adulterants Carthamus tinctorius and Curcuma longa in Crocus sativus based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and lateral-flow-assay (LFA)
N. Holz, B. A. Illarionov, N. Wax, C. Schmidt, M. Fischer
Food Control 148, 109637 (2023)

In vitro CRISPR-Cpf1 assay for differentiation of fine and bulk cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.)
F. La-Rostami, N. Wax, M. Druschka, E. Adams, C. Albert, M. Fischer
J. Agric. Food Chem. 70, 28, 8819–8826 (2022)

Food Fraud auf der Spur: Authentizitätskontrolle von Lebensmitteln durch den Nachweis kleinster DNA-Sequenzvariationen
N. Wax, L. Voges, S. Seifert, M. Fischer
Lebensmittelchemie 76, 59-64 (2022)

In vitro CRISPR-Cpf1 Assay zur Differenzierung von Edel- und Konsumkakao (Theobroma cacao L.)
F. Rostami, N. Wax, M. Fischer
Lebensmittelchemie 76 (S1) 56-56 (2022)