NEUREST Faculty

MPIbpc: Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
ENI-G: European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen
MPIem: Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
Umed: Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen
Uphys, Ubiol: Schools of Physics and Biology
DPZ: German Primate Center
SMEs: Research-oriented companies

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Prof. Erwin Neher Membrane Biophysics	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Neurotransmitter and hormone release, Ca^2+ signals, Ca^2+ buffering, neuronal modeling
Dr. Jürgen Klingauf Microscopy of Synaptic Transmission	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Exocytosis and endocytosis in neurons and endocrine cells
Prof. Christian Griesinger NMR-based Structural Biology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	NMR of membrane proteins and proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases
Prof. Reinhard Jahn Neurobiology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Mechanisms of membrane fusion, neurotransmitter uptake by synaptic vesicles, Coordination
Dr. Dirk Fasshauer Structural Neurobiology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Biophysical and structural investigations of protein-protein interactions
Dr. Anastassia Stoykowa Molecular Developmental Biology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Forebrain morphogenesis, role of transcription factor Pax6
Dr. Kamal Chowdhury Molecular Developmental Biology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Genes involved in the regionalization of the developing mouse brain
Dr. Ahmed Mansouri Molecular Cell Differentiation	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Mouse developmental genetics, stem cell research for Parkinson's disease
Dr. Jakob Soerensen Molecular Mechanisms of Exocytosis	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Electrophysiological studies of the molecular mechanisms of fast calcium-triggered exocytosis
PD Dr. Joachim Bormann Molecular Neurobiology	GAUSS	MPIbpc	Mechanisms of inhibitory neurotransmission Coordination of training activities
Dr. Stefan Eimer Molecular Neurogenetics	GAUSS	ENI-G	Trafficking and sorting of ion channels, neurodegeneration
Prof. Fred Wouters Cell Biophysics	GAUSS	ENI-G	Neuropathological mechanism of Alzheimer's disease, synaptogenesis, protein assembly
Prof. Klaus Nave Neurogenetics	GAUSS	MPIem	Neuron-glia interactions, genes for myelin assembly, human white-matter diseases
PD Dr. Frank Kirchhoff Neurogenetics		MPIem	Physiology and optical imaging of neuron-glia interactions
Prof. Nils Brose Molecular Neurobiology	GAUSS	MPIem	Synapse formation, cell adhesion proteins, regulation of transmitter release
Prof. Walter Stühmer Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals	GAUSS	MPIem	Structure-function relations of voltage-gated ion channels, roles of ion channels in diseases
Prof. Hannelore Ehrenreich Clinical Neuroscience	GAUSS	MPIem	Hypoxic/ischemic brain damage, endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection
Prof. Mathias Bähr Neurology	GAUSS	Umed	Mechanisms of CNS degeneration, vector-based gene delivery, neuronal repair and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Prof. Kerstin Krieglstein Neuroanatomy	GAUSS	Umed	Neuroanatomy and developmental neurobiology
Prof. Diethelm Richter Neurophysiology	GAUSS	Umed	Mechanisms of respiratory rhythm generation, intracellular signalling and neuromodulation
Prof. Tobias Moser Cochlear Signal Transduction	GAUSS	Umed	Function and dysfunction of cochlear hair cells
Prof. Detlev Schild Molecular Neurophysiology	GAUSS	Umed	a)Information processing in the olfactory system b) Single molecule dynamics
Prof. Walter Paulus Clinical Neurophysiology	GAUSS	Umed	Human neuroplasticity, motor learning, visual perception, visuomotor coordination
Prof. Jutta Gärtner Neuropediatrics	GAUSS	Umed	Pathogenesis of neurometabolic disorders
Prof. Edgar Brunner Medical Statistics	GAUSS	Umed	Medical statistics, methods for the analysis of microarrays, multi-center studies
Prof. Jörg B. Schulz Neurodegeneration and Restoration	GAUSS	Umed	Models, molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, aging, and learning; neuroprotection; gene therapy
PD Dr. Mikael Simons Molecular Neuroscience	GAUSS	Umed	Myelin biogenesis, Alzheimer's disease
Prof. Eberhard Fuchs Neuroethology	GAUSS	DPZ	Neurobiological mechansims of psychosocial stress; nonhuman primate models for neurodegenerative diseases
Prof. Gabriele Flügge Experimental Neuroscience	GAUSS	DPZ	Central nervous molecular processes in chronic psychosocial stress
Prof. Annette Zippelius Theoretical Neuroscience	GAUSS	Uphys	Stochastic modelling of synaptic transmission
Prof. Theo Geisel Theoretical Neuroscience	GAUSS	Uphys	Structure and dynamics of cortical networks, mathematical modelling of learning and developmental plasticity, correlation analysis of multiple single-unit recordings
Prof. Norbert Elsner Neurobiology	GAUSS	Ubiol	Neuroethology of acoustic communication in insects
Prof. Jens Frahm Biomedical NMR GmbH	GAUSS	SME	Noninvasive neurobiology, functional mapping of neuronal activation
Dr. Cord Dohrmann Develogen		SME	Metabolic diseases (diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome)
Dr. Henrik Martens Synaptic Systems		SME	Development of new polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for synaptic proteins
Dr. Luis Pardo iOnGen		SME	Antibody technology, channelopathies, animal models of disease