Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM)

Saarland University, School of Medicine

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Molecular Neurophysiology

- Dieter Bruns

Biophysics - Hair Cell Physiology

- Jutta Engel

Biphysics

- Markus Hoth

Molecular Physiology

- Frank Kirchhoff

Sensory and Neuroendocrine Physiology

- Trese Leinders-Zufall

Molecular Biophysics

- Barbara Niemeyer

Cellular Neurophysiology

- Jens Rettig

Molecular Neurobiology

- Frank Zufall

ZHMB Juniorprofessor

Systems Neurophysiology

- Julia Schiemann

Latest news:

Gai2+ vomeronasal neurons govern the initial outcome of an acute social competition. Pallé A, Montero M, Fernánez S, Tezanos P, de Las Heras JA, Luskey V, Birnbaumer L, Zufall F, Chamero P, Trejo JL (2020) Sci. Rep. 10, 894.

Bacterial MgrB peptide activates chemoreceptor Fpr3 in mouse accessory olfactory system and drives avoidance behaviour . Bufe B, Teuchert Y, Schmid A, Pyrski M, Pérez-Gómez A, Eisenbein J, Timm, T, Ishii T, Lochnit G, Bischoff M, Mombaerts P, Leinders-Zufall T & Zufall F. (2019) Nature Communications

Trpc5 deficiency causes hypoproloactinemia and altered function of oscillatory dopamine neurons in the arcuate nucleus . Blum T, Moreno-Pérez A, Pyrski M, Bufe B, Arifovic A, Weissgerber P, Freichel M, Zufall F & Leinders-Zufall T (2019) PNAS

Central role of G protein Gai2 and Gai2+ vomeronasal neuron sin balancing territorial and infant-directed aggression of male mice . Trouillet A, Keller M, Weiss J, Leinders-Zufall T, Birnbaumer L, Zufall F & Chamero P (2019) PNAS

P/Q type calcium channel Cav2.1 defines a unique subset of glomeruli in the mouse olfactory bulb. Pyrski M, Tusty M, Eckstein E, Oboti L, Rodriquez-Gil DJ, Greer CA & Zufall F (2018) Front Cell Neurosci