Supported projects since January 2011

Protein structure and activation mechanism of the cold shock-regulated Protein Kinase A (PKA) of the tropical parasite Trypanosoma

Prof. Dr. Michael Boshart Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Prof. Susan S. Taylor University of California, San Diego Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Temporal earthquake reconstruction using luminescence dating techniques

Dr. Markus Fuchs University of Bayreuth	Prof. Thomas K. Rockwell San Diego State University Department of Geological Sciences

Precursor Methods for Silicon based Materials

Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Fässler Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Susan M. Kauzlarich University of California, Davis Department of Chemistry

Increasing efficiency and robustness of in-vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

Prof. Dr. Steffen J. Glaser Technische Universität München	Prof. Daniel Spielman Stanford University Department of Radiology - Lucas Center

Laser-driven X-ray Source for Medical Imaging

Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Dr. Wim Leemans Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Combined Scatter and Beam Hardening Correction for Computed Tomography

Prof. Dr. Marc Kachelrieß Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Physik	Prof. Dr. Norbert Pelc Stanford University Radiological Sciences Laboratory

The role of sulfur in a primordial arsenic biochemical pathway

Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich University of Bayreuth Juniorprofessur Umweltgeochemie	Dr. Robert Jellison University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute Prof. Dr. James T. Hollibaugh University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute

Bio-Inspired Strategies in Wet Adhesion

Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel University of Bayreuth Chair of Biomaterials	Prof. Dr. Herbert Waite University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute

Development of optogenetic and optopharmacological tools to study central nervous plasticity

Prof. Dr. Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich	Prof. Sascha du Lac University of California, San Diego Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

Characterization of Supported Ionic Liquid Phase (SILP) catalysts by in-situ spectroscopy methods and catalytic experiments

Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering	Prof. Dr. Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley Department of Chemical Engineering

Identifying cellular organization within tissue engineered cartilage by molecular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

PD Dr. Goetz H. Welsch Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Prof. Dr. Robert L. Sah University of California, San Diego Cartilage Tissue Engineering Lab