Lab Members

Prof. Dr. Trese Leinders-Zufall

Email: trese.leinders @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. Thomas Blum

Scientist

Email: thomas.blum @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16375

Yuchen Hao

Scientist

Email: yuchen.hao @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16376

André Heller

Master student - Biology ZHMB

Email: andre.heller2 @web.de

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Paula-Marie Lölkes

Master student - Biology ZHMB

Jens Vandevelde

Scientist

Email: jens.vandevelde @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

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

Technical Personnel

Lisa Blum

Technical Assistant, Animal Care

Email: lisa.blum @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Technical Assistent, Laboratory

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Animal Care Personnel

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Experience: Electrophysiology or Behavioral Neuroscientist.

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Latest news:

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.

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.