GRK 723:  Spatio-Temporal Signal Processes in Neurons and Cellular Biophysics

• Subject Area: Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• Term: from 2001 to 2004
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273337

The program of the research training group 723 concentrates on signal processes of single molecules occurring at neuronal membranes or reduced membrane preparations. A common goal of all projects is the analysis of interactions of single molecules, mostly proteins.Another feature shared by all of the projects of this program is the application of modern, mostly optical methods upon single molecule analysis. Methods used are EM, X-ray microscopy, atomic force microscopy, two photon microscopy, often in conjunction with patch clamp methods, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, dielectric spectroscopy and total internal reflexion microscopy.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Detlev Schild
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Norbert Elsner; Professor Dr. Thomas Heimburg; Dr. Udo Kaatze; Professor Dr. Bernhard Keller; Professor Dr. Reiner Kree; Professor Dr. Werner Lauterborn; Professor Dr. Erwin Neher; Professor Dr. Manfred Radmacher; Professor Dr. Diethelm Wolfgang Richter; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Rössler; Professor Dr. Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann (†); Professor Dr. Walter Stühmer; Professorin Dr. Annette Zippelius