Supported projects since July 2001

DNA sequencing of foraminifera

Prof. Dr. Alexander V. Altenbach Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Geowissenschaften - Paläontologie & Geobiologie	Prof. Dr. Jere H. Lipps University of California, Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology

Analysis of specific nuclear export pathways

Prof. Dr. Joachim Hauber Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie	Prof. Dr. Larry Gerace The Scripps Research Institute California Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

Role of Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARg) in macrophage-survival in chronic and acute mucosal inflammation

PD Dr. Hans Herfarth University of Regensburg Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I	Dr. Gerhard Rogler University of California, San Diego Department of Cellular und Molecular Medicine Prof. Dr. Christopher K. Glass University of California, San Diego Department of Cellular und Molecular Medicine

Simulation of earthquakes on supercomputers

Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Fakultät für Geophysik - Department Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften	Prof. Dr. Yehuda Ben-Zion University of Southern California, Los Angeles Department of Earth Sciences

Associative optical memories made from photorefractive polymers

Prof. Dr. Klaus Meerholz Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Faculty for chemistry and pharmacy	Prof. Dr. Demitri Psaltis California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH) Department of Optical Engineering

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of immunomodulation by the soluble fusion protein CTLA4Ig in murine and human lupus

Dr. med. Thomas Nagel Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Medizinische Klinik III mit Poliklinik	Dr. David Daikh University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine, Dicision of Rheumatology

Large-scale calculations of the properties of electronic materials

Prof. Dr. Oleg Pankratov Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Festkörperphysik	Dr. John E. Klepeis Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Oxotransferase Models

Prof. Dr. Thomas Straßner unbekannt	Prof. Dr. Mahdi Abu-Omar University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Lecture: "Understanding Silicon Valley: The History, Economy and Society of Calfornian High Tech"

Prof. Dr. Mark Thompson Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institut für Politische Wissenschaft	Prof. Dr. Martin Kenney University of California, Davis Silicon Valley

Joint doctorate/PhD programme at Technische Universität München and University of California Davis

Prof. Dr. Rudi F. Vogel Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie	Prof. Dr. Linda J. Harris University of California, Davis Department of Food Sciences and Technology

Genetically modified adult neural progenitor cells for spinal cord regeneration

Dr. med. Norbert Weidner University of Regensburg	Dr. Armin Blesch University of California, San Diego Department of Neurosciences

Adult neural stem cells in the peripheral nervous system

Prof. Dr. Beate Winner Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung (IZKF) Prof. Dr. Jürgen Winkler University of Regensburg	Dr. D. Pizzo University of California, San Diego Department of Neurosciences Prof. Dr. Leon Thal University of California, San Diego Department of Neurosciences