Prof. Dr. Ilia Solov’yov, IfP, Quantum biology and computational physics group
Project: Structure-function relationships in signaling molecules

Prof. Dr. Anja Bräuer, DfH, Anatomy
Project: Retinal degeneration protein 3 (RD3) as regulator of nucleotide cycle in brain tissue

Dr. Izabella Brand, IRAC, Physical Chemistry
Project: Lipid-protein interactions

Prof. Dr. Jens Christoffers, IRAC, Organic Synthesis
Project: Test of new fluorescence dyes attached to calcium sensor proteins

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Gerlach, IBU, Biodiversität und Evolution der Tiere
Project: Molecular basis of sensory biology (GRK 1885/1)

Apl. Prof. Janssen-Bienhold, DfN, Neurobiology
Project: Photoreceptor signalling proteins and their immunolocalization

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lienau, IfP, Ultrafast Nano-Optics
Project: Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of neuronal calcium sensor proteins

Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen, IBU, Neurosensory/Animal Navigation
Project: Biochemical characterization of cryptochromes

National

Prof. Dr. Elmar Behrmann/ Dr. Heide Behrmann, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
Project: Structure-function relationships in cryptochrome molecules

Dr. Nicole Weisschuh, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, University of Tübingen, Germany
Project: Mutations in the GUCA1A gene and impact on guanylate cyclase activity

Prof. Dr. Bernd Wissinger, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, University of Tübingen, Germany
Project: Mutations in the GUCA1A gene and impact on guanylate cyclase activity

International

Prof. Dr. James Ames, University of California Davis, USA
Project: 3D-structure of zGCAP5

Prof. Dr. Jaume Bertranpetit, UPF-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Projects on kinetic modeling of visual phototransduction

Prof. Dr. Darryl Bornhop, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Project: application of backscattering interferometry in protein-protein interaction studies

Prof. Dr. Daniele Dell'Orco, University of Verona, Italy
Different projects on processing of sensory signaling in phototransduction

Prof. Dr. Alexander Dizhoor, Salus University, Elkins Park, USA
Project: Dystrophy-related mutation in the GUCA1A gene

Prof. Dr. Teresa Duda and Prof. Dr. Ramesh Shama, Salus University, Elkins Park, USA
Different projects on guanylate cyclases

Prof. Dr. Peter Hore, Department of Chemistry, Oxford University, UK
Project: Structure-function relationships in cryptochrome molecules

Prof. Dr. Samuel G. Jacobson, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, USA
Project: Dystrophy-related mutation in the GUCA1A gene

Prof. Dr. Pere Garriga, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Project: Study of rhodopsin, rhodopsin mutants and other GPCRs by surface plasmon resonance

Dr. Brandon Invergo, current position in EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Projects on kinetic modeling of visual phototransduction

Prof. Dr. Stephan Neuhauss, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Project: Functional role of recoverin isoforms in the zebrafish retina

Prof. Dr. Pavel Philippov, Dr. Evgenii Zernii, Moscow State University, Russia
Different projects on recoverin and rhodopsin kinase

Prof. Dr. Yogendra Sharma, Centre for Cellular and Molecualr Biology, Hyderabad, India
Project: Exploring the structural and functional determinants of neuronal calcium sensors

Prof. Dr. Dror Sharon, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Project: Genotype-phenotype correlations in guanylate cyclase GC-E encoded by GUCY2D