Lab Members

Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Zufall

Email: frank.zufall @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16350

Fax: +49 (0)6841 16-16352

Gabriele Mörschbächer

Secretarial (Administrative) Office

Email: gabriele.moerschbaecher @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16350

Fax: +49 (0)6841 16-16352

Scientific Personnel

Dr. Abhilasha Ladha Ojha

Scientist

Email: abhilasha.ladha @ks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16334

Dr. Navin Kumar Ojha

Scientist

Email: navin.ojha @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16334

Dr. Martina Pyrski

Scientist

Email: martina.pyrski @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16336

Dr. Jan Weiss

Scientist

Email: jan.weiss @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16336

Technical Personnel

Monika Vorndran

Technical Assistant, Molecular Biology

Email: m.vorndran @mx.uni-saarland.de

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16334

Kristina Erschens

Technical Assistant, Molecular Biology, IHC

Animal Care Personnel

Visiting Scientist / Scientific Collaborators

Prof. Dr. Bernd Bufe

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16335

Email: bernd.bufe @hs-kl.de

University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern

Dr. Pablo Chamero

Laboratoire de Physiologie de la
Reproduction & des Comportements,
Université François Rabelais

Latest news:

Seeing glutamate at central synapses. Hao Y & Plested AJR (2022) J Neurosi Methods.

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.

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.