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

Prof. Andrew Cleland
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Physics

PD Dr. John Martini
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
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffwissenschaften (Glas und Keramik)

Prof. Dr. Jin Z. Zhang
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry