Supported projects since July 2003

Coding and Transmission Aspects for Wireless Multimedia

Dipl.-Ing. Günther Liebl Technische Universität München Dr. Thomas Stockhammer Technische Universität München Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hagenauer Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Antonio Ortega University of Southern California, Los Angeles Department of Electrical Engineering, Signal and Image Processing Institute SIPI

Structure and electro-optical properties of III-nitride based heterostructures and alloys

Dr. Martin Albrecht Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Biomaterialien) Prof. Dr. Horst P. Strunk Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Biomaterialien)	Prof. Dr. Zuzanna Liliental-Weber University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division

Influence of grain boundaries on deformation resistance and deformation kinetics of crystalline materials

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Blum Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Allgemeine Werkstoffeigenschaften)	Prof. Dr. Michael E. Kassner University of California, San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Interaction of Spin Waves with Conduction Electrons in Magnetic Materials

Prof. Dr. Ralph Claessen University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik II	Prof. Dr. Herbert Hopster University of California, Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy

Plenoptic Models in 2D/3D Image Registration for Computer Assisted Surgery and Intraoperative Navigation

Dr. Joachim Denzler unbekannt	Dr. Torsten Rohlfing Menlo Park University of California Stanford Research Institute, SRI International

Long-Term Creep

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. G. W. Ehrenstein Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institute of Polymer Technology	Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knauss California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH) Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics

Using theory to screen for new thermoelectric materials

Prof. Dr. Volker Engel University of Würzburg Institute of Physical Chemistry	Prof. Dr. Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara

Isotopic Anomalies and Long range transport of Atmospheric Pollutants (IALAP)

Prof. Dr. Peter Fabian Technische Universität München Chair of Ecoclimatology	Prof. Dr. Mark H. Thiemens University of California, San Diego Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Synthesis of Single Molecule Magnets incorporating ferric wheels

Thomas Gottschalk Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institut für Organische Chemie I	Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Development of an International Online Access Panel

Dr. Anja Göritz Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Psychologie insbes. Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie Prof. Dr. Klaus Moser Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Psychologie insbes. Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie	Prof. Dr. Michael Birnbaum California State University, Fullerton Department of Psychology

Development of a fluoreszence based testsystem to investigate the mechanism of activation of G protein-coupled receptors

Dr. Carsten Hoffmann University of Würzburg Chair of Pharmacology	Prof. Dr. Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Biomedical Informatics R.

Mechanism of allelic exclusion at the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus

Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Jäck Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Prof. Dr. Matthias Wabl University of California, San Francisco Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Fast Micro-CT for Small Animal Imaging

Prof. Dr. Willi A. Kalender Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Physik	Prof. Dr. Sandy Napel Stanford University Molecular Imaging and Small Animal Imaging Group

Periodic Orbits of the n-body problem of Celestial Mechanics

Prof. Dr. Andreas Knauf Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Mathematik	Prof. Dr. Richard Montgomery University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Mathematics

New bioanalytical techniques for human biomonitoring

PD Dr. Dietmar Knopp Technische Universität München	Prof. Dr. Bruce Hammock University of California, Davis Entomology Cancer Research Center

Protease regulation of colonic ion transport

Prof. Dr. Christoph Korbmacher Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Physiologie	Prof. Dr. Nigel Bunnett University of California, San Francisco Departments of Surgury and Physiology

Biophysical investigations of the membrane-permeabilizing activities of the pentraxins

Prof. Dr. Matthias Leippe University of Würzburg Molekulare Parasitologie, Zentrum für Infektionsforschung	Prof. Dr. Peter Armstrong University of California, Davis Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Sialic-acid interactions of CD22, a B-lymphocyte specific transmembrane receptor

Prof. Dr. Lars Nitschke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	Prof. Dr. James C. Paulson The Scripps Research Institute California

Calculation of optical absorption of electronic materials using Time Dependent Density Functional Theory

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

Efficient Mining of Molecular Fragments with Cluster computing

Prof. Dr. Michael Philippsen Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Informatik 2 (Programmiersysteme)	Dr. Michael Berthold Tripos Data Analysis Research Lab

Raf kinases and apoptosis control

Prof. Dr. Ulf R. Rapp University of Würzburg Institut für Medizinische Strahlenkunde und Zellforschung	Prof. Dr. John C. ReedM.D. University of California, San Diego Department Molecular Pathology and Biology

Cowpea mosaic virus supported catalysts and their application towards drug synthesis

Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser University of Regensburg	Prof. Dr. M. G. Finn The Scripps Research Institute California Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

Activation of mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinases in primary sensory neurons and spinal cord associated with neuropathic pain

Dr. Maria Schäfers University of Würzburg Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik Prof. Dr. Claudia Sommer University of Würzburg Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik	Prof. Dr. Linda S. Sorkin University of California, San Diego Anesthesiology Research Laboratory

On-line analysis of bioparticles in the ambient aerosol

Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann University of Augsburg Lehrstuhl für Festkörperchemie, Institut für Physik	Dr. Matthias Frank Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)