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. Brett Boonen

Scientist

Email: brett.boonen @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16374

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

Ana Moreno-Pérez

PhD student, Biology

Email: ana.moreno @uni-saarland.de

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16376

Visiting Scientist / Scientific Collaborator

Dr. Pablo Chamero

Université François Rabelais

Lab. Physiologie de la Reproduction & des Comportements,

Technical Personnel

Lisa Knieriemen

Technical Assistant, Animal Care

Email: lisa.knieriemen @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Michael Konzmann

Lab Manager

Email: michael.konzmann @uks.eu

Phone: +49 (0)6841 16-16377

Open Position for

Postdoctoral Fellow

Experience: Electrophysiology or Behavioral Neuroscientist.

Alumni

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