SPP 1111:  Cell Polarity

• Subject Area: Biology
• Term: from 2001 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5470931

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• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• International Connection: USA

Projects

• Analyses of the role of RHO3 and of the WASP-homologue WAL1 for the maintenance of polarized hyphal growth in Candida albicans (Applicant Wendland, Jürgen )
• Analysis of ERM-1 (ezrin-radixin-moesin) function during epithelial development in C. elegans. (Applicant Bossinger, Olaf )
• Asymmetric division of the zygote in Arabidopsis thaliana (Applicant Laux, Thomas )
• Cell Polarity (Applicant Hülskamp, Martin )
• Cell polarity in C.elegans (Applicant Hyman, Anthony A. )
• Dynamic regulation of cell polarity in Arabidopsis (Applicant Palme, Klaus )
• Establishment of cell polarity and the role of calcium during chemotaxis of Dictyostelium discoideum (Applicant Schlatterer, Christina )
• Establishment of cell polarity by Par-1 kinase during Drosophila oogenesis: assessment of biochemically identified Par-1 substrates as targets in vivo (Applicant Ephrussi, Ph.D., Anne )
• Fungal Morphogenesis and Growth Polarity (Applicant Seiler, Stephan )
• Generation of cell polarity in Dictyostelium development (Applicant Noegel, Angelika A. )
• Identification and characterization of genes encoding proteins with polar expression in different Drosophila cells (Applicant Klämbt, Christian )
• Impact of the polycystins on establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity (Applicant Dworniczak, Bernd )
• Interphase microtubule organisation: Characterisation of newly identified factors involved in polarised organisation of microtubules (Applicant Brunner, Damian )
• Maternal control of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila melanogaster (Applicant Knust, Elisabeth )
• Maternal control of the formation of the polarized blastoderm epithelium in the Drosophila embryo (Applicant Müller, Arno H.J. )
• Mechanisms underlying dendritic differentiation in Drosophila (Applicant Tavosanis, Gaia )
• Molecular and cell biological analysis of trichome cell polarity in Arabidopsis (Applicant Hülskamp, Martin )
• Regulation of cell polarity and tight junction formation in vertebrate epithelial and endothelial cells by cell adhesion receptors (Applicant Ebnet, Klaus Thomas )
• Regulation of cell polarity by interactors of the PAK-family kinase Ste20 in budding yeast (Applicant Höfken, Thomas )
• Regulation von Chemotaxis durch Phosphoinositid 3-Kinasen in Leukozyten (Applicant Zeitlmann, Lutz )
• Role of Cdc42 in cell polarization during migration (Applicant Brakebusch, Cord )
• Role of the Sara endosome during asymmetric cell division (Applicant González Gaitán, Marcos A. )
• The function of alpha-spectrin in the Drosophila nervous system (Applicant Klämbt, Christian )
• The role of atypical protein kinase C in the control of cell polarity of neuroblasts and epithelia in Drosophila (Applicant Wodarz, Andreas )
• The role of GTPases and CRMP proteins in the establishment of neuronal polarity (Applicant Püschel, Andreas )
• The role of lipid-raft-associated cell adhesion molecules, tyrosine kinases and associated cytoskeleton in polarity of myelinating oligodendrocytes (Applicant Trotter, Ph.D., Jacqueline )
• The role of microtubules in establishing cell polarity and in polar growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis (Applicant Steinberg, Gero )
• The role of the Aspm (Abnormal spindle microcephaly-associated) protein in symmetric versus asymmetric division of polarized neuroepithelial cells. (Applicant Huttner, Wieland B. )
• We propose to analyze how membrane trafficking and the tissue polarity proteins control junctional remodeling and prepupal wing morphogenesis (Applicant Eaton, Suzanne )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Martin Hülskamp
• Deputy: Professorin Dr. Elisabeth Knust