Supported projects since January 2006

Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Quasi-Zero Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures

Dr. Markus Betz Technische Universität München	Dr. Robert A. Kaindl University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division

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Dipl.-Ing. Markus Friebe Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institute for Digital Communications	Prof. Dr. Sanjit K. Mitra University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Functional properties of G protein coupled receptors

Prof. Dr. Peter Gmeiner Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Department Chemie und Pharmazie	Prof. Dr. Brian Kobilka Stanford University Kobilka Lab

Fabrication and characterization of optically resonant nanostructures

Dr. Rainer Hillenbrand Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry Nano-Photonics Group	Prof. Dr. Mark Brongersma Stanford University Geballe Laboratory for advanced materials

Earthquake-Induced Rotational Motions

Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Geophysik - Department Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften	Prof. Dr. Frank Vernon University of California, San Diego Scripps 10 Institute of Geographics

Computational Modelling of Insect Anatomy using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy

Prof. Dr. Peter Jakob University of Würzburg Physikalisches Institut Experimentelle Physik V	Dr. Torsten Rohlfing Menlo Park University of California Stanford Research Institute, SRI International

Morphometry of spatially complex biomaterials

Prof. Dr. Klaus Mecke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik	Prof. Dr. Antoni P. Tomsia University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division

Channelrhodopsins as tools for stimulation of neurons by light

Prof. Dr. Georg Nagel University of Würzburg Julius-von-Sachs-Institut - Lehrstuhl für Botanik I	Prof. Dr. Karl Deisseroth Stanford University Department of Bioengineering

Is there a link between defective asymmetric stem cell division and cancer initiation?

Dr. Claudia Petritsch Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Prof. Dr. Gabriele Bergers University of California, San Francisco Brian Tumor Research Center and Department of Neurological Surgery

Novel ground states of thermo-electric materials

Prof. Dr. Christian Pfleiderer Technische Universität München Physik-Department E21 - Experimental physics	Prof. Dr. M. Brian Maple University of California, San Diego Department of Physics Maple Group

SocSim: Computational Simulation of Human-like Social Behaviour

Prof. Dr. Thomas Rist University of applied sciences Augsburg Leitung	Dr. Jonathan Gratch University of Southern California, Marina del Rey ICT - Institute for Creative Technologies

Nonviral transfection of adult murine broncholaveolar stem cells as a proof of concept for a novel treatment of diseases affecting the lung parenchyma of infants

Prof. Dr. Joseph Rosenecker Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Prof. Dr. Sam Hawgood University of California, San Francisco Department of Pediatrics

Structural and functional studies of cationic lipid-DNA complexes for gene delivery

Prof. Dr. Erich Sackmann Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Cyrus R. Safinya University of California, Santa Barbara Materials Research Laboratory

The Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells In Innate Immune Responses against HIV

Dr. med. Barbara Schmidt Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie	Prof. Dr. Jay A. Levy University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Development and functional testing of new molecules with therapeutic potential for leukemias and lymphomas

PD Dr. Robert Slany Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Prof. Dr. B. Matija Peterlin University of California, San Francisco