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:

Excitation light-induced phototoxicity during fluorescence imaging. Ojha A, Ojha NK (2021) J Biosci 46, 78..

Danger perception and stress response through an olfactory sensor for the bacterial metabolite hydrogen sulfide. Koike K, Yoo SJ, Bleymehl K, Omura M, Zapiec B, Pyrski M, Blum T, Khan m, Bai Z, Leinders-Zufall T, Mombaerts P, Zufall F (2021) Neuron 109, 2469-2484.

A diacylglycerol photoswitching protocol for studying TRPC channel functions in mammalian cells and tissue slices. Leinders-Zufall T, Storch U, Mederos y Schnitzler M, Ojha NK, Koike K, Gudermann T, Zufall F (2021) STAR Protocols 2, 100527.

A central mechanism of analgesia in mice and humans lacking the sodium channel Nav1.7. MacDonald DI, Sikanda S, Weiss J, Pyrski M, Luiz AP, Millet Q, Emery EC, Mancini F, Iannetti GD, Alles SRA, Arcangeletti M, Zhao J, Cox JJ, Brownstone RM, Zufall F, Wood JN (2021) Neuron 109, 1-16.

Sensory Detection by the Vomeronasal Organ Modulates Experience-Dependent Social Behaviors in Female Mice. Trouillet, A.C., Moussu C, Poissenot K, Keller M, Birnbaumer L, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P (2021) Front. Cell. Neurosci.

Cyclic regulation of Trpm4 expression in female vomeronasal neurons driven by ovarian sex hormones. Eckstein E, Pyrski M, Pinto S, Freichel M, Vennekens R, Zufall F (2020) Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 105, 103495.

Chemosensory cell-derived acetylcholine drives tracheal mucociliary clearance in response to virulence-associated formyl peptides. Perniss A, Liu S, Boonen B, Keshavarz M, Ruppert AL, Timm T, Pfeil U, Soultanova A, Kusumakshi S, Delventhal L, Aydin Ö, Pyrski M, Deckmann K, Hain T, Schmidt N, Ewers C, Günther A, Lochnit G, Chubanov V, Gudermann T, Overwinkler J, Klein J, Mikoshiba K, Leinders-Zufall T, Offermans S, Schütz B, Boehm U, Zufall F, Bufe B, Kummer W (2020) Immunity 52, 683-699.

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