Supported projects since January 2009

COSINA: COnversional Skills for Interactive NArrative

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André
University of Augsburg
Lehrstuhl für Multimediakonzepte und ihre Anwendungen

Prof. Dr. Michael Mateas
University of California, Santa Cruz
Computer Science Department


Development and functional testing of new suicide genes for treating cancer and infectious diseases

Dr. Christian Berens
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Department of Microbiology

Prof. Dr. B. Matija Peterlin
University of California, San Francisco


Recombinant herpesviruses for research in autophagy and cancer

Prof. Dr. Armin Ensser
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Klinische Virologie

Prof. Dr. Jae U. Jung
University of Southern California, Annenberg
School of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology


Development and functional testing of new antibody-derived fusion proteins with therapeutic potential for prostate cancer

Prof. Dr. Georg Fey
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Dr. Todd A. Braciak
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
Div. of Immune Regulation


"Filming" structural changes of light-activated proteins using pulsed electron spin resonance

Prof. Dr. Steffen J. Glaser
Technische Universität München

Prof. Dr. Song-I Han
University of California, Santa Barbara
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry


Large-scale resequencing of 500 nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes in patients with mitochondrial disorders and Parkinson's disease

Dr. med. Tobias Haack
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik im Klinikum München - Großhadern

Prof. Dr. Ronald W. Davis
Stanford University
Stanford Genome Technology Center - Dept. of Biochemistry


Electronic Law Information Agent for Security ("eLIAS") – Methodology and modelling of an electronic agent system for data- and IT-security on the basis of information and communication technology

Prof. Dr. Dirk Heckmann
University of Passau

Dr. Roland Vogl
Stanford University
Stanford Law School - Center for Computers and Law


Strong ground motion and seismic hazard in the Los Angeles Basin

Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Fakultät für Geophysik - Department Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Kim Olsen
San Diego State University
Department of Geological Sciences


Mechanisms of receptor activation

Prof. Dr. Martin Lohse
University of Würzburg
Chair of Pharmacology

Prof. Dr. Brian Kobilka
Stanford University
Kobilka Lab


Speaker identification and classification of speaker characteristics

Prof. Dr. Elmar Nöth
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Computer Science Department 5 - Pattern Recognition Lab

Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Shriberg
SRI International
STAR Laboratory


Analysis of HDACi-mediated apoptotic and angiostatic pathways in solid human tumors

PD Dr. med. Matthias Ocker
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Medizinische Klinik I

Dr. Richard S. Finn
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center


The role of oxidative stress on the glycation of cytosolic proteins, mitochondrial DNA, and genomic DNA in vitro and in vivo

Prof. Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Lebensmittelchemie

Dr. Ting-Ting Huang
Stanford University
Department of Neurology - Lucile Packer Children's Hospital


Planning, Diagnosis and Learning in Reconfigurable Production Systems

Dr. Martin Sachenbacher
Technische Universität München

Dr. Johan de Kleer
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Intelligent Systems Lab


Development of genetic and cell biological tools for the study of organelle formation in magnetotactic bacteria

Prof. Dr. Dirk Schüler
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich

Prof. Dr. Arash Komeili
University of California, Berkeley


Ternary Solid Solutions in Mineral Physics from ab-initio Computations

Dr. Gerd Steinle-Neumann
University of Bayreuth
Bayerisches Geoinstitut

Prof. Dr. Axel van de Walle
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (CALTECH)
Engineering & Appl. Science Division


Construction of lux expression cassettes for lactic acid bacteria

Prof. Dr. Rudi F. Vogel
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie

Dr. Kevin P. Francis
Caliper Life Sciences
Biology R&D


Artificial urinary implants - finalization of development phase and clinical validation

Prof. Dr. Helmut Wassermann
University of applied sciences München

Prof. Dr. Rodney U. Anderson
Stanford University
School of Medicine - Dept.of Urology


Neurogenic potential of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from Parkinson disease (PD) patients

Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Winkler
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Division of Molecular Neurology

Prof. Dr. Fred. H. Gage
University of California, San Diego
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences