Supported projects since January 2001

High-Resolution Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Correlated Electron Materials

Prof. Dr. Ralph Claessen University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik II	Prof. Dr. Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University Laboratory for Advanced Materials

Structural analysis of alpha-synuclein fibrillogenesis

Prof. Dr. Klaus Beyer Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Medical Faculty Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Department of Metabolic Biochemistry Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Haass Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Medical Faculty Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Department of Metabolic Biochemistry	Prof. Dr. Charles Glabe University of California, Irvine Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Intrinsic limits in the application of high-temperature superconductors as compact low-power microwave devices

Prof. Dr. Werner Hanke University of Würzburg	Prof. Dr. Doug J. Scalapino University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

PCR as diagnostic tool for Herpesvirus Infection in Koi and Common Carp

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Hoffmann Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Tierärztliche Fakultät - Inst. Zoologie, Fischereibiologie u. Fischkrankheiten	Prof. Dr. Ronald P. Hedrick University of California, Davis Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine

Microfabricated Tools for Stabilization of Human Hepatocyte Phenotype in Vitro

Dr. Thomas Weiss University of Regensburg Dr. med. Wolfgang Thasler University of Regensburg Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Walter Jauch University of Regensburg	Prof. Dr. Sangeeta N. Bhatia University of California, San Diego Department of Bioengineering

Tuneable optical properties of self assembled semiconductor Quantum dots

Prof. Dr. Khaled Karrai Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Physik - Lehrstuhl für Festkörperphysik	Prof. Dr. Pierre Petroff University of California, Santa Barbara Materials Department

Object-relational integration of access methods for data mining

Prof. Dr. Hans-.Peter Kriegel Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Institut für Informatik	Dr. Paul G. Brown Informix Software, Inc.

System Support for Algebraic System Calculation

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Möller University of Augsburg Department of Computer Science	Dr. Douglas R. Smith Kestrel Institute

Development of disease-specific cDNA arrays

PD Dr. med. Frank Kullmann University of Regensburg Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I PD Dr. med. Ulf Müller-Ladner University of Regensburg Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I	Dr. John Welsh Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Moleculare Biology Prof. Dr. Michael McClelland Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Moleculare Biology

Optimization of a novel DNA vaccine vector and vaccine strategy: application towards cancer therapy and the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease

Dr. Peter J. Nelson Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Medizinische Poliklinik	Dr. Edward Nelson University of California, Irvine Department of Medicine

Morphological Studies of Block Copolymers for Optical Data Storage

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt University of Bayreuth Makromolekulare Medizin I	Prof. Dr. Edward J. Kramer University of California, Santa Barbara Departments of Materials and Chemical Engineering

Expression profiling of mixed-functional solute transporters (NLM genes) in Arabidopsis thaliana using the DNA microarray technique

Dr. Alfons Weig University of Bayreuth Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenphysiologie	Prof. Dr. Maarten J. Chrispeels University of California, San Diego Department of Biology

Models for Global Computing

Prof. Dr. Martin Wirsing Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Institut für Informatik	Dr. Carolyn L. Talcott Stanford University Department of Computer Science Dr. Jose Meseguer Menlo Park University of California Stanford Research Institute, SRI International