Lab Members

Prof. Dr. Trese Leinders-Zufall

Email: trese.leinders @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16350

Fax: +49 (0)6841 16-16352

Research - Publications

Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Zufall

Email: frank.zufall @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16350

Fax: +49 (0)6841 16-16352

Research - Publications

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. Thomas Blum

Scientist

Email: thomas.blum @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16375

Ionas Kyriakou

cand. Med.

Email:

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

André Heller

Master student - Biology ZHMB

Email: andre.heller2 @web.de

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16379

Dr. Navin Kumar Ojha

Scientist

Email: navin.ojha @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Dr. Martina Pyrski

Scientist

Email: martina.pyrski @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16376

Jens Vandevelde

Scientist

Email: jens.vandevelde @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16375

Dr. Jan Weiss

Scientist

Email: jan.weiss @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16376

Visiting Scientist / Scientific Collaborator

Dr. Pablo Chamero

Université François Rabelais

Lab. Physiologie de la Reproduction & des Comportements,

Dr. Brett Boonen

KU Leuven

Email: brett.boonen @kuleuven.be

Prof. Dr. Bernd Bufe

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16335

Email: bernd.bufe @hs-kl.de

University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern

Technical Personnel

Lisa Blum

Technical Assistant, Animal Care

Email: lisa.blum @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16375

Monika Vorndran

Technical Assistant, Molecular Biology

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

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Tamara Huber

Technical Assistant

Email: tamara.huber @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Animal Care Personnel

Open Position for

Postdoctoral Fellow

Experience: Electrophysiology or Behavioral Neuroscientist.

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.