Funding

DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1392: Integrative Analysis of Olfaction

Information für die Wissenschaft Nr. 34, 29. Mai 2008

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Giovanni Galizia, Konstanz

DFG contact: Dr. Jan Kunze

Advisory board:

Prof. Dr. Heinz Breer, Hohenheim

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hanns Hatt, Bochum

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hummel, Dresden

Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Zufall, Homburg

Projekt: Odor coding mechanisms in a novel olfactory subsystem of the mouse main olfactory epithelium.

Tandem Investigators: Peter Mombaerts (Frankfurt) and Frank Zufall (Homburg)

DFG CRC/Transregio 152: TRiPs to Homeostasis:

Maintenance of Body Homeostasis by Transient Receptor Potential Channel Modules

Project P10: Novel TRP channel function in olfaction

Prinicipal Investigator: Frank Zufall

DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 894: Ca2+-Signale: Molekulare Mechanismen und Integrative Funktionen

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jens Rettig, Homburg

Projekt A17: Mechanismen Rezeptor-vermittelter Ca2+-Signale in Pheromon-detektierenden Sinneszellen

National Institute on Deafness & Other Communicative Disorders (NIH/NIDCD)

Projekt: Transduction mechanisms and CNS targets of GC-D neurons

DFG Graduiertenkolleg (GK 1326): Calcium-Signaling and Cellular Nanodomains

Director: Prof. Dr. Dieter Bruns, Homburg

Projekt: Molecular mechanism of odor sensing in the mouse (link)

Latest news:

Congratulations to Dr. Kohei Koike for his outstanding doctoral thesis and receiving the Dr.-Eduard-Martin Preis !

News Saarland University Award

Congratulations to Dr. Brett Boonen for best short oral presentation at Behring-Röntgen and Leopoldina Tuft Cell Symposium in Gießen !

Optical activation of photoswitchable TRPC ligands in the mammalian olfactory system using laser scanning confocal microscopy. Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2023) In: Goldstein, B.J., Matsunami, H. (eds) The Olfactory System. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2710. Humana, New York, NY.

A succinate/SUCNR1-brush cell defense program in the tracheal epithelium. Perniss A, Boonen B, Tonach S, Thiel M, Poharkar K, Anouri WM, Keshavarz M, Papadakis T, Wiegand S, Pfeil U, Richter K, Althaus M, Obewinkler J, Schütz B, Boehm U, Offermans S, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Kummer W (2023) Science Advances.

Sensing and avoiding sick conspecifics requires Gai2+ vomeronasal neurons. Weiss J, Vacher H, Trouillet A, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P (2023) BMC Biol

Sensory detection of female olfactory cyes as a central regulator of energy metabolism and body weight in male mice. Garratt M, Neyt C, Ladyman SR, Pyrski M, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2023) iScience.

Lifespan extension in female mice by early, transient exposure to adult female olfactory cues. Garratt M, Erturk I, Alonso R, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Pletcher SD, Miller RA (2022) eLife.

BTDAzo – A photoswitchable TRPC5 channel activator. Müller M, Niemeyer K, Urban N, Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Schaefer M, Thorn-Seshold O (2022) Angew Chem Int Ed, ahead of print

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.