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

Prof. Dr. Christiane Richter-Landsberg, DfN, Molecular Neurobiology

Project: Interactions of α-Synuclein with proteins of the vertebrate retina (Bachelor thesis)

National

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. 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