Supported projects since July 2011

Structure and mechanics of reconstituted Intermediate filament Networks

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

Autophagy - a defense pathway for Betaherpesviruses?

Prof. Dr. Armin Ensser Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie	Prof. Chengyu Liang University of Southern California, Los Angeles Keck School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Contactless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles by Roadway Electrification and Automation

Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Lehrstuhl für Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik (FAPS)	Steven Shladover University of California, Berkeley PATH (Partners for Advanced Tramsportation Technology)

Networks of superconducting microwave resonators and qubits on a chip

Dr. Michael Hartmann Technische Universität München	PD Dr. John Martini University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics Prof. Andrew Cleland University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Local adaptation to plant-plant interactions and consequences for establishment of invasive species: The example of the annual Erodium cicutarium in Germany and California

Dr. Tina Heger Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Renaturierungsökologie (Restoration Ecology)	Prof. Kevin Rice University of California, Davis Department of Plant Sciences

Epigenetic effects of metabolic variation

Prof. Dr. Axel Imhof Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Medical Faculty Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Department of Metabolic Biochemistry	Prof. Dr. Paolo Sassone-Corsi University of California, Irvine Department of Pharmacology

Solution conformations of multichromophoric silver cluster-nucleic acid assemblies

Prof. Don C. Lamb Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Faculty for chemistry and pharmacy	Prof. Elisabeth Gwinn University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics

Identification of new drug targets in the human parasite Toxoplasma Gondii

Dr. Steven Verhelst Technische Universität München Lehrstuhl für Chemie der Biopolymere	Prof. Dr. Matt Bogyo Stanford University Department of Pathology

The RNA response to envelope stress

Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel University of Würzburg Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie	Prof. Carol Gross University of California, San Francisco Gross Lab (Cell &Tissue Biology; Microbiology & Immunology)

Active optical motion tracking system for fMRI

PD Dr. Peter Wilke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Computer Science Department 5 - Pattern Recognition Lab	Dr. Andy Beall University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering on gold-silver-nanoparticles supported on polysaccharide templates

PD Dr. Cordt Zollfrank Wissenschaftszentrum Straubing Fachgebiet Biogene Polymere	Prof. Dr. Jin Z. Zhang University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry