Bibliographia Humboldtiana

Publications in 2012

Biosciences, life sciences

Abdul-Kader, Prof. Ahmad

Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (SMAAR), Syria
Field of research: Plant genetics
Host: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Jacobsen Universität Hannover

• Ahmad Abdul-Kader, M. Almeslemani, A. Baghdady, H. Alzubi, N. Alasaad, N. Ali Basha, A. Damerika, H. J. Jacobsen, F. Hassan: Isolation, Characterization of the hva1 Gene from Syrian Barley Varieties and Cloning into a Binary Plasmid Vector. In: International Journal of Botany. 8 (3), 2012, p. 117 - 126 [LEA, late embryogenesis abundant, hval gene, barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), gene isolation, Cloning, pAHC25, pAHC25-ubil-hval-nos].

Adejumo, Prof. Dr. Timothy Olubisi

Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
Field of research: Microbiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Petr Karlovsky Universität Göttingen

• Timothy O. Adejumo: Evaluation of botanicals as biopesticides against storage pest and growth of Fusarium verticillioides causing rot diseases and fumonisin production of maize. In: Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials. 4(1), 2012, p. 23 - 31 [Alternative pesticides, antifungal, Fusarium verticillioides, maize, medicinal plants].

Adewusi, Dr. Stephen R.A.

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Field of research: Plant biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Dirk Selmar Technische Universität Braunschweig

• Stephen R.A. Adewusi, M. Q. Bello, N. O. Olawore, O. S. Falade: Potentials ot Two Uncultivated Plants in Nutrition And Industrial Development (Artocarpus heterophyllus and Parkia bioglobosa). In: Building a Non-Oil Export Based Economy for Nigeria: The Potential of Value-Added Products from Agricultural Residues. (Ed. Simeon O. Jekayinfa) Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2012, p. 175 - 182 [uncultivated platns; fixed oils; essential oils; nutrition and industrial potentials].

Arogunjo, Dr. Adeseye

Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
Field of research: Radiobiology
Host: Dr. Uwe Oeh Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt

• Adeseye Arogunjo: Comparison of Daily Urinary Excretion of Thorium in Exposed and Unexposed Subjects with their Biokinetic Model Prediction. In: Building a Non-Oil Export Based Economy for Nigeria: The Potential of Value-Added Products from Agricultural Residues. (Ed. Simeon O. Jekayinfa) Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2012, p. 205 - 212 [urine, excretion, human subjects, thorium, model].

Batary, Dr. Peter

Universität Göttingen, Germany
Field of research: Animal ecology and behavioural ecology
Host: Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke Universität Göttingen

• Peter Batary, Andrea Holzschuh, Kirill Mark Orci, Ferenc Samu, Teja Tscharntke: Responses of plant, insect and spider biodiversity to local and landscape scale management intensity in cereal crops and grasslands. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 146, 2012, p. 136 - 146 [Carabid beetles, Functional groups, Grasshoppers, Meadows, Organic management, Species traits, Wheat fields].

• Martin Ludwig, Hella Schinklert, Andrea Holzschuh, Christina Fischer, Cristoph Scherber, Alfréd Trnka, Teja Tscharntke, Péter Batáry: Landscape-moderated bird nest predation in hedges and forest edges. In: Acta Oecologica. 45, 2012, p. 50 - 56 [Artificial nest, Elevated nest, Ground nest, Hedgerow, Mayfield survival rate, Plasticine egg].

Bebrone, Dr. Carine

University of Liege, Belgium
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Rainer Fischer Technische Hochschule Aachen

• Heinrich Delbrück, Pierre Bogaerts, Michael Kupper, Roberta Rezende de Castro, Sandra Bennink, Youri Glupczynski, Moreno Galleni, Kurt Hoffmann, Carine Bebrone: Kinetic and Crystallographic Studies of Extended-Spectrum GES-11, GES-12, and GES-14 beta-Lactamases. In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56, 2012, p. 5618 - 5625 [antibiotic resistance beta-lactamase enzymology structural biology crystallography].

• Pierre Bogaerts, Carine Bebrone, TD Huang, W Bouchahrouf, Y Degheldre, A Deplano, Kurt Hoffmann, Youri Glupczynski: Detection and characterization of VIM-31, a new variant of VIM-2 with Tyr224His and His252Arg mutations, in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae. In: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56, 2012, p. 3283 - 3287 [antibiotic resistance beta-lactamase enzyme kinetics].

Ben Nouir, Dr. Nadia

Universite de Monastir, Tunisia
Field of research: Parasitology
Host: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischer Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (BNI)

• Nadia Ben Nouir, Marie-Luise Eschbach, Melanie Piédavent, Anke Osterloh, Manchang Tanyi Kingsley, Klaus Erttmann, Norbert Brattig, Eva Liebau, Bernhard Fleischer and Minka Breloer: Vaccination with Strongyloides ratti Heat Shock Protein 60 increases susceptibility to challenge infection by induction of Th1 response. In: Vaccine . 30, 2012, p. 862 - 871 [nematodes, Th1/Th2, HSP60, vaccine, immune-evasion].

• Nadia Ben Nouir, Melanie Piédavent, Anke Osterloh and Minka Breloer : Passive immunization with a monoclonal IgM antibody specific for Strongyloides ratti HSP60 protects mice against challenge infection. In: Vaccine. 30, 2012, p. 4971 - 4976 [Nematodes, Immune response, vaccine, Th1/Th2, IgM].

Bertics, Dr. Victoria

Harvard University, United States of America
Field of research: Marine biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Tina Treude GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

• Victoria J. Bertics, Carolin R. Löscher, Iines Salonen, Andrew W. Dale, Ruth A. Schmitz, and Tina Treude: Occurrence of benthic microbial nitrogen fixation coupled to sulfate reduction in the seasonally hypoxic Eckernförde Bay, Baltic Sea. In: Biogeosciences Discussion. 9, 2012, p. 6489 - 6533 [Nitrogen Cycling / Marine Sediments / Hypoxia / Bioturbation / nifH / Benthic Time Series / Denitrification / Boknis Eck].

Buchholz, Dr. Kathrin

Universität Gießen, Germany
Field of research: Parasitology
Host: Dr. Matthias Marti Harvard School of Public Health

• Filipa P. da Cruz, Cecilie Martin, Kathrin Buchholz, Maria J. Lafuente-Monasterio, Tiago Rodrigues, Birte Sonnichsen, Rui Moreira, Francisco-Javier Gamo, Matthias Marti, Maria M. Mota, Michael Hannus and Miguel Prudencio: Drug Screen Targeted at Plasmodium Liver Stages Identifies a Potent Multistage Antimalarial Drug. In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10, 2012, p. 1 - 9 [malaria, drug screen, decoquinate, mitochondrial bc1 cpmplex].

Carstens, Prof. Dr. Eric Bruce

Queen's University at Kingston, Canada
Field of research: Molecular biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Rolf Knippers Universität Konstanz

• Eric B. Carstens: Alphabaculovirus Baculoviridae. In: The Springer Index of Viruses second edition. (Ed. C. Tiidona, G. Darai) New York: Springer, 2012, p. 105 - 117 [baculovirus, alphabaculovirus, review, insect virus, ].

Chachami, Dr. Georgia

University of Thessaly, Greece
Field of research: Cell biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior Universität Heidelberg

• Sarah Schulz, Georgia Chachami, Lukasz Kozaczkiewicz, Ulrike Winter, Nicolas Stankovic-Valentin, Petra Haas, Kay Hofmann, Henning Urlaub, Huib Ovaa, Joachim Wittbrodt, Erik Meulmeester & Frauke Melchior : Ubiquitin-specific protease-like 1 (USPL1) is a SUMO isopeptidase with essential, non-catalytic functions. In: Embo reports. 10, 2012, p. 930 - 938 [SUMO protease; ubiquitin-specific protease family; USPL1; zebrafish C13orf22l; Cajal body ].

Chakrabarti, Dr. Shubhodeep

Universität Tübingen, Germany
Field of research: Neurophysiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail Deutsches Primatenzentrum - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung (DPZ)

• Shubhodeep Chakrabarti, Paul Hebert, Michael Wolf ,Michael Campos, Joel Burdick, Alexander Gail.: Expert-like performance of an autonomous spike tracking algorithm in isolating and maintaining single units in the macaque cortex. In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 205, 2012, p. 72 - 85.

Dallmann, Dr. Robert

Field of research: Biorhythmics, biochronology
Host: Prof. Dr. Steven Andrew Brown Universität Zürich

• Brown A. Steven, Elzbieta Kowalska, Robert Dallmann: (Re)inventing the Circadian Feedback Loop. In: Developental Cell. 22, 2012, p. 477 - 487 [Circadian rhythm, feedback loop].

• Robert Dallmann, Antoine U. Viola, Leila Tarokh, Christian Cajochen, Steven A. Brown: The Human Circadian Metabolome. In: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 14, 2012, p. 2625 - 2629 [Metabolome, Circadian, Human volunteers, mass spectography, serum, saliva, sleep].

Dam, Dr. Bomba

Visva-Bharati University, India
Field of research: Microbe ecology
Host: Priv. Doz. Dr. Werner Liesack MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie

• Pravin Malla Shrestha, Claudia Kammann, Katharina Lenhart, Bomba Dam, Werner Liesack: Linking activity, composition and seasonal dynamics of atmospheric methane oxidizers in a meadow soil. In: The ISME Journal. 6, 2012, p. 1115 - 1126 [methane-oxidizing bacteria; methanotrophs; upland soil cluster alpha; atmospheric methane; seasonal dynamics; grassland soil].

• Bomba Dam, Michael Kube, Somasri Dam, Richard Reinhardt, Werner Liesack: Complete sequence analysis of two methanotroph-specific repABC-containing plasmids from Methylocystis sp. strain SC2. In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78, 2012, p. 4373 - 4379 [Methane-oxidizing bacteria, Methylocystis sp. strain SC2, plasmid, repABC replicon, singleton pmoC ].

• Philipp A. Nauer, Bomba Dam, Werner Liesack, Josef Zeyer, Martin H. Schroth: Activity and diversity of methane-oxidizing bacteria in glacier forefields on siliceous and calcareous bedrock. In: Biogeosciences. 9, 2012, p. 1 - 16 [methanotrophic bacteria, glacier forefields, usc-gamma, Methylocystis, TRFLP].

• Bomba Dam, Somasri Dam, Michael Kube, Richard Reinhardt, Werner Liesack : Complete genome sequence of Methylocystis sp. strain SC2, an aerobic methanotroph with high-affinity methane oxidation potential. In: Journal of Bacteriology. 194, 2012, p. 6008 - 6009 [Methylocystis sp. strain SC2, genome sequence, plasmid, 454].

Engel, Prof. Dr. Felix

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany
Field of research: Cell biology, cytobiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Braun MPI für Herz- und Lungenforschung

• Chinmoy Patra, Sarmistha Talukdar, Tatyana Novoyatleva, Siva R. Velagala, Christian Mühlfeld, Banani Kundu, Subhas C. Kundu, Felix B. Engel: Silk protein fibroin from Antheraea mylitta for cardiac tissue engineering. In: Biomaterials. 33, 2012, p. 2673 - 80 [tissue engineering, heart, silk, RGD, connexin].

• Chinmoy Patra; Filomena Ricciardi; Felix B. Engel: The functional properties of nephronectin: An adhesion molecule for cardiac tissue engineering. In: Biomaterials. 33, 2012, p. 4327 - 4335 [biomaterial, tissue engineering, nephronectin, cardiomyocytes, cardiac adhesive].

• Araç D, Aust G, Calebiro D, Engel FB, Formstone C, Goffinet A, Hamann J, Kittel RJ, Liebscher I, Lin HH, Monk KR, Petrenko A, Piao X, Prömel S, Schiöth HB, Schwartz TW, Stacey M, Ushkaryov YA, Wobus M, Wolfrum U, Xu L, Langenhan T.: Dissecting signaling and functions of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors. In: Ann N Y Acad Sci.. 1276, 2012, p. 1 - 25 [adhesion GPCRs].

Faille, Dr. Arnaud

Museum National d`Histoire Naturelle, France
Field of research: Animal systematology and evolution
Host: Dr. Michael Balke Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns

• Michel Perreau, Arnaud Faille: Contribution à la phylogénie et la systématique des Aleocharinae hypogés d'Afrique du nord (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae). In: Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.). 48, 2012, p. 81 - 96 [Taxonomy, systematics, new species, biogeography, endogean fauna, troglobitic fauna, North-Africa].

• Arnaud Faille, Charles Bourdeau, Javier Fresneda: Molecular phylogeny of the Trechus brucki group, with description of two new species from the Pyreneo-Cantabrian area (France, Spain) (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). In: Zookeys. 217, 2012, p. 11 - 51 [Carabidae, Trechini, new species, molecular phylogeny, subterranean environment, Pyrenees, France, Spain].

Fedosov, Dr. Dmitry A.

Brown University, United States of America
Field of research: Biophysics
Host: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gompper Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

• Dmitry A. Fedosov, Julia Fornleitner, and Gerhard Gompper,: Margination of white blood cells in microcapillary flow. In: Physical Review Letters. 108, 2012, p. 028104 [white blood cell, margination, red blood cell, microcirculation].

Fischer, Prof. Dr. Jörn

, Germany
Field of research: Terrestrial ecology and sociobiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger Universität Lüneburg

• Jörn Fischer, Tibor Hartel, Tobias Kuemmerle: Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes. In: Conservation Letters. 5, No 3, 2012, p. 167 - 175 [CAP-reform; community-based natural resource management; Common-Agricultural Policy; Eastern Europe; farmland biodiversity; Romania; subsistence agricultura].

Furuya, Dr. Shinichi

Kwansei Gakuin University, United States of America
Field of research: Neurophysiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Eckart Altenmüller Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

• Shinichi Furuya: Science of pianist's brain. Japan: Syunjyusya, 2012, 276 pp. Original author: 古屋晋一 (English).

Gonzalez, Prof. Dr. Ramon Antonio

Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Field of research: Molecular biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Dobner Universität Hamburg

• Melanie Schmid, Ramon A. Gonzalez, Thomas Dobner: CRM1-Dependent Transport Supports Cytoplasmic Accumulation of Adenoviral Early Transcripts. In: Journal of Virology. 86, 2012, p. 2282 - 2292 [Adenoviral early mRNA transport; CRM1 ].

Jin, Dr. Emma Yu

Nankai University, People's Republic of China
Field of research: Informatics in biology, computer science in biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Markus Nebel Technische Universität Kaiserslautern

• Emma Yu Jin and Markus E. Nebel: A combinatorial proof of the recurrence for Rook paths. In: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, . 19(1), 2012, p. #59 [bijections, rook paths].

Karanovic, Dr. Ivana

Hanyang University, Korea
Field of research: Animal systematology and evolution
Host: Dr. Dietmar Keyser Universität Hamburg

• Ivana Karanovic: Recent freshwater ostracods of the world (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Podocopida). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012, 608 pp. [biodiversity, taxonomy, zoogeography, phylogeny].

Kralj-Fiser, Dr. Simona

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Slovenia
Field of research: Animal ecology and behavioural ecology
Host: Prof. Dr. Jutta Schneider Universität Hamburg

• KRALJ-FIŠER, Simona, KUNTNER, Matjaž. : Eunuchus as better fighters?. In: Naturwissenschaften. 99, 2012, p. 95 - 101 [Aggression, Cannibalism, Emasculation, Guarding, Plugging, Nephilidae, Nephilengys livida].

Kruse, Dr. Martin

Universität Hamburg, Germany
Field of research: Cell biophysics
Host: Prof. Dr. Bertil Hille University of Washington

• Martin Kruse, Gerald RV Hammond, Bertil Hille: Regulation of voltage-gated potassium channels by PI(4,5)P2. In: Journal of General Physiology. 140, 2012, p. 189 - 205 [Kv channels, phospholipids].

• Benjamin Schattling, Karin Steinbach, Edda Thies, Martin Kruse, Aurélie Menigoz, Friederike Ufer, Veit Flockerzi, Wolfgang Brück, Olaf Pongs, Rudi Vennekens, Matthias Kneussel, Marc Freichel, Doron Merkler, Manuel Friese : TRPM4 cation channel mediates axonal and neuronal degeneration in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis. In: Nature Medicine. 18, 2012, p. 1805 - 1811 [TRPM4, multiple sclerosis].

• Goutam Mandal, Mansi Sharma, Martin Kruse, Claudia Sander-Juelch, Laura A. Munro, Yong Wang, Jenny Veide Vilg, Markus J. Tamás, Hiranmoy Bhattacharjee, Martin Wiese, Rita Mukhopadhyay: Modulation of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin activity by a mitogen-activated protein kinase. In: Molecular Microbiology. 85, 2012, p. 1204 - 1218 [Leishmania major, mitogen-activated protein kinase].

Levkov, Dr. Zlatko

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia
Field of research: Plant systematology and evolution
Host: Dr. Richard M. Crawford Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)

• Zlatko Levkov, David M. Wiliams: Checklist of diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa (Macedonia), and their watersheds. In: Phytotaxa. 45, 2012, p. 1 - 76.

• Zlatko Levkov, Cvetkoska Aleksandra, Jane M. Reed: Lake Ohrid diatoms as palaeoclimate indicators of climate change during the last glacial-interglacial cycle. In: Diatom Monographs. 15, 2012, p. 1 - 216.

Liedvogel, Dr. Miriam

Lund University, Germany
Field of research: Zoology
Host: Prof. Dr. Almut Kelber Lund University

• Miriam Liedvogel, Charlie Cornwallis, Ben C. Sheldon: Integrating candidate gene and quantitative genetic approaches to understand variation in timing of breeding in wild tit populations (Abstract). In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 2012, p. 813 - 823 [animal model, breeding, candidate gene, circadian clock, heritability, polymorphism, quantitative genetics, timing, wild population].

Lise, Dr. Stefano

University of Oxford, Great Britain
Field of research: Informatics in biology, computer science in biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Robert B. Russell Universität Heidelberg

• LG Trabuco, S Lise, E Petsalaki, RB Russell: PepSite: prediction of peptide-binding sites from protein surfaces. In: Nucleic Acids Research. 40, 2012, p. W423 - W427 [Bioinformatics Protein-protein interactions].

Malashichev, Dr. Yegor

St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
Field of research: Animal anatomy and animal morphology
Host: Prof. Dr. Bodo Christ Universität Freiburg

• Andrey Giljov, Karina Karenina, Yegor Malashichev: Limb preferences in a marsupial, Macropus rufogriseus: evidence for postural effect. In: Animal Behaviour. 83, 2, 2012, p. 525 - 534 [Wallabies, marsupials, manual laterality, brain asymmetry, zoos].

• Andrey Giljov, Karina Karenina, Yegor Malashichev: Does Bipedality Predict the Group-level Manual Laterality in Mammals?. In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2012, p. e51583 [mammals, bipedalism, manual laterality, brain asymmetry, brush-tailled bettongs].

• Hans Epperlein, Shahryar Khattak, Dunja Knapp, Elly Tanaka, Yegor Malashichev: Neural crest does not contribute to the neck and shoulder in the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2012, p. e52244 [neural crest, scapula, shoulder girdle, axolotl, evolution].

Mathot, Dr. Kimberley Jean

Universite du Quebec, Canada
Field of research: Animal ecology and behavioural ecology
Host: Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers MPI für Ornithologie

• Kimberley Jean Mathot J. Wright B. Kempenaers N.J. Dingemanse: Adaptive strategies for managing uncertainty may explain personality-related differences in behavioural plasticity. In: Oikos. 121, 2012, p. 1009 - 1020 [personality plasticity managing uncertainty variance sensitivity sampling insurance].

Menzies, Dr. Brandon Rodney

University of Melbourne, Australia
Field of research: Genetics
Host: Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW)

• Brandon R Menzies, Geoff Shaw, Terrence P Fletcher, Andrew J Pask, Marilyn B Renfree: Maturation of the growth axis in marsupials occurs gradually during post-natal life and over an equivalent developmental stage to eutherian mammals. In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 349, 2012, p. 189 - 194 [marsupial, growth, IGF, altricial, mammal].

• Brandon Rodney Menzies, Marilyn B Renfree, Thomas Heider, Frieder Mayer, Thomas B Hildebrandt, Andrew J Pask: Limited genetic diversity preceded extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger. In: PLoS ONE. 7 (4), 2012, p. 35433 [marsupial, extinct, genome, population].

Millo, Dr. Diego

, Netherlands
Field of research: Biophysical chemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Peter Hildebrandt Technische Universität Berlin

• Murat Sezer, Diego Millo, Inez M. Weidinger, Ingo Zebger, Peter Hildebrandt: Analyzing the Catalytic Processes of Immobilized Redox Enzymes by Vibrational Spectroscopies. In: IUBMB Life. 64, 2012, p. 455 - 464.

• Jacek Kozuch, Claudia Steinenm, Peter Hildebreandt, Diego Millo: Combined electrochemistry and surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy of gramicidin A incorporated into tethered bilayer lipid membranes. In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51, 2012, p. 8114 - 8117.

• Gal Schkolnik, Tillmann Utesch, Johannes Salewski, Katalin Tenger, Diego Millo, Anja Kranich, Ingo Zebger, Claudia Schulz, László Zimányi, Gábor Rákhely, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Peter Hildebrandt: Mapping local electric fields in proteins at biomimetic interfaces. In: Chemical Communications. 48, 2012, p. 70 - 72.

Nakagawa, Dr. Shinichi

University of Otago, New Zealand
Field of research: Evolution
Host: Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers MPI für Ornithologie

• Julia Schroeder, Terry Burke, Maria-Elena Mannarelli, D. A. Dawson, Shinichi Nakagawa: Maternal effects and heritability of annual productivity. In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 2012, p. 149 - 156.

• Julia Schroeder, Shinichi Nakagawa, Ian R. Cleasby, Terry Burke: Passerine birds breeding under chronic noise experience reduced fitness. In: PLoS One. 7, 2012, p. e39200.

• Joanna Rutkowska, Malgorzata Lagiz, Shinichi Nakagawa: The long and the short of avian W chromosomes: no evidence for W shortening. In: Biology Letters. 8, 2012, p. 636-638.

Ndjonka, Dr. Dieudonne

Universite de Ngaoundere, Cameroon
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Eva Liebau Universität Münster

• Ajonina-Ekoti I, Ndjonka D, Tanyi MK, Wilbertz M, Younis AE, Boursou D, Kurosinski MA, Eberle R, Lüersen K, Perbandt M, Breloer M, Brattig NW, Liebau E. : Functional characterization and immune recognition of the extracellular superoxide dismutase from the human pathogenic parasite Onchocerca volvulus (OvEC-SOD). In: Acta Tropica. 124, 2012, p. 15 - 26 [Onchocerca volvulus, SOD].

• Dieudonné Ndjonka, Bärbel Bergmann, Christian Agyare, Kai Lüersen, Andreas Hensel, Carsten Wrenger and Eva Liebau. : In vitro activity of extracts and isolated polyphenols from West African medicinal plants against Plasmodium falciparum. In: Parasitology Research. 111, 2012, p. 827 - 834 [ellagic acid, gentisic acid, gallic acid, Plasmodium falciparum, geraniin].

• Ndjonka Dieudonne, Ajonina-Ekoti Irene, Djafsia Boursou, Lüersen Kai, Abladam Elias, Liebau Eva.: Anogeissus leiocarpus extract on the parasite nematode Onchocerca ochengi and on drug resistant mutant strains of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In: Veterinary Parasitology. 190, 2012, p. 136 - 142 [Caenorhabditis elegans, Onchocerca ochengi, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Levamisole, Albendazole, Ivermectin].

Nguyen, Dr. Truong Quang

Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Field of research: Animal systematology and evolution
Host: Priv. Doz. Dr. Thomas Ziegler Zoologischer Garten Köln

• Truong Quang Nguyen, Tung Thanh Tran, Tao Thien Nguyen, Wolfgang Boehme, and Thomas Ziegler : First record of Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson, 1912) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam with some notes on natural history. In: Asian Herpetological Research. 3, 2012, p. 147 - 150 Original author: Truong Quang Nguyen, Tung Thanh Tran, Tao Thien Nguyen, Wolfgang Boehme, and Thomas Ziegler (English) [Systematics, ecology].

• Patrick David, Truong Quang Nguyen, Thien Tao Nguyen, Ke Jiang, Tianbo Chen, Alexandre Teynié, and Thomas Ziegler: A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos. In: Zootaxa. 3498, 2012, p. 45 - 62 [Systematics].

• Gernot Vogel, Truong Quang Nguyen, Phouthone Kingsada, Thomas Ziegler: A new species of the genus Lycodon (Boie, 1826) from Laos (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). In: North-Western Journal of Zoology. 8, 2012, p. 344 - 352 [Systematics].

Nunes Brandao, Dr. Simone

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil
Field of research: Marine biology
Host: Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Universität Hamburg

• Chavtur, V., Simone Nunes Brandao, Bashmanov, A.: New subgenus and four new species of Doloria (Myodocopina) marine benthic ostracods from the Southern Ocean. In: Zootaxa. 3356, 2012, p. 1 - 46 [benthos, Myodocopina, Cypridinidae, taxonomy, morphology, ANDEEP Project, Antarctica].

• Ward Appeltans, Shane T. Ahyong, Gary Anderson, Martin V. Angel, Tom Artois, Nicolas Bailly, Roger Bamber, Anthony Barber, Ilse Bartsch, Annalisa Berta, Magdalena Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Phil Bock, Geoff Boxshall, Christopher B. Boyko, Simone Nunes Brandão, et al.: The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. In: Current Biology. 22, 2012, p. 2189 - 2202.

• Ivana Karanovic, Simone Nunes Brandao: Review of the recent Polycopidae (Ostracoda, Cladocopina), with descriptions of nine new species, one new genus, and one new subgenus from the deep South Atlantic. In: Marine Biodiversity. 42, 2012, p. 329 - 393 [Ostracoda, biodiversity, systematics, phylogeny, evolution].

• Ivana Karanovic, Simone Nunes Brandao: On the genus Thaumatoconcha Kornicker and Sohn (Halocyprida) with description of two new species from Southern Ocean deep sea. In: Helgoland Marine Research. 66, 2012, p. 275 - 294 [Ostracoda, systematics, biodiversity].

Oguchi, Dr. Yuki

University of Tokyo, Japan
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Bernd Bukau Universität Heidelberg

• Oguchi, Y., Kummer, E., Seyffer, F., Berynskyy, M., Anstett, B., Zahn, R., Wade, R.C. Mogk, A., Bukau, B.: A tightly regulated molecular toggle controls AAA+ disaggregase. In: Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. 19, 2012, p. 1347 - 1355 [Cellular Quality Control System Molecular Chaperone Structural Biology Disaggregation].

• Seyffer, F., Kummer, E., Oguchi, Y., Winkler, J., Kumar, M., Zahn, R., Sourjik, V., Bukau, B., Mogk, A.: Hsp70 proteins bind Hsp100 regulatory M domains to activate AAA+ disaggregase at aggregate surfaces. In: Nature Structure and Molecular Biology. 19, 2012, p. 1347 - 1355 [Cellular Quality Control System Molecular Chaperone Structural Biology Disaggregation].

Osman, Dr. Alaa

Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Field of research: Environmental protection, environmental toxicology
Host: Prof. Dr. Werner Kloas Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)

• Alaa Osman, Khalid Abuel-Fadl, Werner Kloas : In situ evaluation of the genotoxic potential of the river Nile: II. Detection of DNA strand breakage and apoptosis in Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822). In: Mutation Research. 747, 2012, p. 14 - 21 [Genotoxicity, Comet assay, Diffusion assay, DNA damage, Apoptosis, River Nile, Nile tilapia, African catfish].

• Alaa Osman: Biomarkers in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) to assess the impacts of river Nile pollution: bioaccumulation, biochemical and tissues biomarkers. In: Journal of Environmental Protection. 3, 2012, p. 966 - 977 [Biomarkers, Bioaccumulation, Enzyme Activities, Histopathology, Nile Tilapia, River Nile].

• Alaa Osman, Werner Kloas: Biomarker Responses in Fishes: A Tool for Monitoring water quality of the river Nile. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 2012, 80 pp.

Pabijan, Dr. Maciej

Jagiellonian University, Poland
Field of research: Evolution
Host: Prof. Dr. Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig

• Philip-Sebastian Gehring Maciej Pabijan Jasmin E Randrianirina Frank Glaw Miguel Vences : The influence of riverine barriers on phylogeographic patterns of Malagasy reed frogs (Heterixalus). In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64, 2012, p. 618 - 632 [Amphibia evolution genetics phylogenetics phylogeography Madagascar].

• Maciej Pabijan Angelica Crottini Dennis Reckwell Iker Irisarri J. Susanne Hauswaldt Miguel Vences: A multigene species tree for Western Mediterranean painted frogs (Discoglossus). In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64, 2012, p. 690 - 696 [Amphibia phylogenetics evolution biogeography].

• Maciej Pabijan Katharina Wollenberg Miguel Vences : Small body size increases the regional differentiation of populations of tropical mantellid frogs (Anura: Mantellidae). In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 2012, p. 2310 - 2324 [Amphibia population genetics evolution Madagascar ].

Pape, Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian

Universität Münster, Germany
Field of research: Neurophysiology

• Hans-Christian Pape, Frederic Chauveau, Maren Denise Lange, Kay Jüngling, Jörg Lesting, Thomas Seidenbrecher: Prevention of Stress-Impaired Fear Extinction Trough Neuropeptide S Action in the Lateral Amygdala. In: Neuropsychopharacology. 37 (7), 2012, p. 1588 - 1599 [restraint stress; fear extinction; anciety disorder; neuromodulation, amygdala, neuropeptide S].

• Hans-Christian Pape, M. D. Lange, M. Doengi, J. Lesting, K. Jüngling: Heterosynaptic long-term potentiation at interneuron-principal neuron synapses in the amygdala requires nitric oxide signalling. In: J. Physiol. 590, 1, 2012, p. 131 - 143.

Peters, Prof. Dr. Reuben J.

Iowa State University, United States of America
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Gershenzon MPI für chemische Ökologie

• Meimei Xu, Rita Galhano, Philipp Wiemann, Emilio Bueno, Mollie Tiernan, William Wu, Ill-Min Chung, Jonathan Gershenzon, Bettina Tudzynski, Ane Sesma and Reuben J. Peters: Genetic evidence for natural product-mediated plant–plant allelopathy in rice (Oryza sativa). In: New Phytologist. 193, 2012, p. 570 - 575 [allelopathy, biosynthetic gene cluster, diterpenoids, momilactones, rice (Oryza sativa), weed suppression].

Piazza, Dr. Valeria

Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Field of research: Biophysics of sensory cells
Host: Prof. Dr. Sarah Köster Universität Göttingen

• Duan-Sun Zhang , Valeria Piazza, Benjamin J Perrin, Agnieszka K Rzadzinska, JC Poczatek, M Wang, Hayden M Prosser, James M Ervasti, David P Corey, Claude P Lechene.: Multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry reveals slow protein turnover in hair-cell stereocilia. In: Nature. 481, 2012, p. 520 - 524.

Polilov, Dr. Alexey

Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University, Russian Federation
Field of research: Animal anatomy and animal morphology
Host: Prof. Dr. Rolf G. Beutel Universität Jena

• Alexey Polilov: The smallest insects evolve anucleate neurons. In: Arthropod Structure & Development. 41, 2012, p. 27 - 32 [Miniaturisation, Megaphragma, Trichogrammatidae, anucleate neurons].

Prieto, Dr. Judith H.

Western Connecticut State University, United States of America
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Katja Becker Universität Gießen

• Anne Röseler, Judith H. Prieto, Rimma Iozef , B Hecker, RH Schirmer, S Külzer, Jude Przyborski, Stefan Rahlfs, Katja Becker.: Insight into the Selenoproteome of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum. In: Antioxid Redox Signal. . 17, 2012, p. 534 - 543 [Malaria Selenoproteome].

• WN Wass, R Stanway, AM Blagborough, K Lal, Judith H Prieto, D Raine, MJ Sternberg, Arthur Talman, Fiona Tomley, John Yates, Robert Sinden. : Proteomic analysis of Plasmodium in the mosquito: progress and pitfalls. In: Parasitology. 139, 2012, p. 1131 - 1145 [Malaria Proteome].

Rehfeldt, Dr. Florian

Universität Göttingen, Germany
Field of research: Cell biophysics
Host: Prof. Dr. Dennis E. Discher University of Pennsylvania

• Florian Rehfeldt, André E. X. Brown , Matthew Raab , Shenshen Cai , Allison L. Zajac , Assaf Zemel and Dennis E. Discher: Hyaluronic acid matrices show matrix stiffness in 2D and 3D dictates cytoskeletal order and myosin-II phosphorylation within stem cells. In: Integrative Biology. 4 (4), 2012, p. 422 - 430 [biophysics, cell mechanics, matrix mechanics, hydrogel, biocompatible, cytoskeleton, bio engineering].

• Assaf Zemel, Florian Rehfeldt, Andre E. X. Brown, Dennis E. Discher, and Samuel A. Safran: Optimal matrix rigidity for stress-fibre polarization in stem cells. In: Nature Physics. 6, 2012, p. 468 - 473.

Rutherford, Dr. Mark A.

University of Oregon, United States of America
Field of research: Neurobiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser Universität Göttingen

• Mark A. Rutherford, Nikolai M. Chapochnikov, Tobias Moser: Spike Encoding of Neurotransmitter Release Timing by Spiral Ganglion Neurons of the Cochlea. In: The Journal of Neuroscience. 32(14), 2012, p. 4773 - 4789 [spike generation, exocytosis, neurotransmission, cochlea, hair cell, spiral ganglion neuron, precision, threshold, sound, hearing, ribbon synapse, timing, temporal code, integrate and fire neuron].

Sabo, Dr. Thomas Michael

MPI für biophysikalische Chemie, Germany
Field of research: Biophysical chemistry
Host: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger MPI für biophysikalische Chemie

• T. Michael Sabo, Davood Bakhtiari, Korvin F. A. Walter, Robert L. McFeeters, Karin Giller, Stefan Becker, Christian Griesinger, and Donghan Lee: Thermal coefficients of the methyl groups within ubiquitin. In: Protein Science. 21, 2012, p. 562 - 570 [NMR; methyl group dynamics; cross-correlated relaxation; thermal coefficients; protein stability; ubiquitin].

Salaverria Frigola, Dr. Itziar

Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Field of research: Molecular genetics
Host: Prof. Dr. Reiner Siebert Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein

• Hartmann S, Szaumkessel M, Salaverria I, Simon R, Sauter G, Kiwerska K, Gawecki W, Bodnar M, Marszalek A, Richter J, Brauze D, Zemke N, Jarmuz M, Hansmann ML, Siebert R, Szyfter K, Giefing M.: Loss of protein expression and recurrent DNA hypermethylation of the GNG7 gene in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. . In: Journal of Applied Genetics . 53, 2012, p. 167 - 174.

• Klapper W, Kreuz M, Kohler CW, Burkhardt B, Szczepanowski M, Salaverria I, Hummel M, Loeffler M, Pellissery S, Woessmann W, Schwänen C, Trümper L, Wessendorf S, Spang R, Hasenclever D, Siebert R; Molecular Mechanisms in Malignant Lymphomas Network Project of the Deutsche Krebshilfe.: Patient age at diagnosis is associated with the molecular characteristics of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. . In: Blood. 119, 2012, p. 1882 - 1887.

• Salaverria I, Akasaka T, Gesk S, Szczepanowski M, Burkhardt B, Harder L, Damm-Welk C, Oschlies I, Klapper W, Dyer MJ, Siebert R. : The CBFA2T3/ACSF3 locus is recurrently involved in IGH chromosomal translocation t(14;16)(q32;q24) in pediatric B-cell lymphoma with germinal center phenotype. . In: Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 51, 2012, p. 338 - 343 [Pediatric lymphoma genetics].

• Itziar Salaverria Frigola, C. Royo, A. Navarro. G. Clot, E. Gine, P. Jares, D. Colomer, A. Wiestner, W. H. Wilson, M. C. Vegliante, V. Fernandez, E. M. Hartmann, N. Trim, W. N. Erber. S. H. Swerdlow, W. Klapper, M. J. S. Dyer, M. Vargas-Pabon, G. Ott. A. Rosenwald, R. Siebert, A. Lopez-Guillermo, E, Campo, S. Bea: Non-nodal type of mantle cell lymphoma is a specific biological and clinical subgroup of the disease. In: Leukemia. 26, 2012, p. 1895 - 1898.

Sanabria, Dr. Hugo

Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Field of research: Biophysics
Host: Prof. Dr. Claus Seidel Universität Düsseldorf

• Suren Felekyan, Stanislav Kalinin, Hugo Sanabria, Alexandro Valeri, Claus AM Seidel: Filtered FCS: Species Auto‐and Cross‐Correlation Functions Highlight Binding and Dynamics in Biomolecules. In: ChemPhysChem. 13, 2012, p. 1036 - 1053 [Filtered FCS: Species Auto‐and Cross‐Correlation Functions Highlight Binding and Dynamics in Biomolecules].

Santiago Alarcon, Dr. Diego

Instituto de Ecologia, AC, Mexico
Field of research: Evolution
Host: Priv. Doz. Dr. Martin Schaefer Universität Freiburg

• Diego Santiago Alarcon Peter Havelka H. Martin Schaefer Gernot Segelbacher: Blood meal analysis reveals avian Plasmodium infections and broad host preferences of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vectors. In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2012, p. e31098 - e31098 [Vectors Culicoides Diptera Avian Malaria Haemoporida Bloodmeal analysis].

• Diego Santiago Alarcon, Vaidas Palinauskas, H. Martin Schaefer: Diptera vectors of avian Haemosporidian parasites: untangling parasite life cycles and their taxonomy. In: Biological Reviews. 87, 2012, p. 928 - 964 [Haemosporida, malaria, Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Diptera, Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Hippoboscidae, Simuliidae, insect vector].

Schmidt-Riddle, Dr. Saskia

Bayer AG, Germany
Field of research: Neurobiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Frank Brombacher University of Cape Town

• Saskia Schmidt, J Claire Hoving, William G C Horsnell, Helen Mearns, Antony J Cutler, Tiroyaone M Brombacher, Frank Brombacher: Nippostrongylus-Induced Intestinal Hypercontractility Requires IL-4 Receptor Alpha-Responsiveness by T Cells in Mice. In: PloS One. 7 (12), 2012, p. e52211.

Schoonderwaldt, Dr. Erwin

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Field of research: Biological motor activity, biomechanics
Host: Prof. Dr. Eckart Altenmüller Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

• Erwin Schoonderwaldt: The motion of emotion. In: The Strad. Jan, 2012, p. 50 - 54 [violin, bowing, motion capture, visualization, music, education, performance].

Schwarz, Dr. Alexandra

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Field of research: Parasitology
Host: Dr. Michail Kotsyfakis The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• Alexandra Schwarz, James Jason Valdés, Michalis Kotsyfakis : The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding. In: Ticks and tick-borne diseases . 3, 2012, p. 117 - 127 [ Cystatin, Cysteine proteases, Tick, Immunomodulators, Blood feeding, Midgut, Physiology].

• Alexandra Schwarz, Václav Hönig, Zuzana Vavrušková, Libor Grubhoffer, Carsten Balczun, Antje Albring, Günter A Schaub: Abundance of Ixodes ricinus and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in the nature reserve Siebengebirge, Germany, in comparison to three former studies from 1978 onwards. In: Parasites & Vectors. 5, 2012, p. 268 [Ixodes ricinus, Tick density, Borrelia prevalence, Borrelia lusitaniae, Multiple infections, Siebengebirge].

Simo, Dr. Gustave

Universite de Dschang, Cameroon
Field of research: Parasitology
Host: Dr. Jörg Hoheisel Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)

• Philippe Truc, Marie Laure Tiouchichine, Gérard Cuny, Gedeão Vatunga, Théophile Josenando, Gustave Simo, Stéphane Herder.: Multiple infections of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in blood and cerebrospinal fluid of human African trypanosomosis patients from Angola: Consequences on clinical course and treatment outcome. In: Infection, Genetic and Evolution. 12, 2012, p. 399 - 402 [Human African trypanosomosis, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, Multiple infections, Meningoencephalitic stage, Eflornithine, Angola].

• Gustave Simo, Guy Roger Njitchouang, Flobert Njiokou, Gerard Cuny, Tazoacha Asonganyi. : Genetic characterization of Trypanosoma brucei circulating in domestic animals of the Fontem sleeping sickness of Cameroon. In: Microbes and Infections,. 14, 2012, p. 651 - 658 [Microsatellite markers; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei; Multiple genotypes].

Smith, Dr. Ewan St. John

Field of research: Neurophysiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Gary R. Lewin Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

• Ewan St. John Smith, Bettina Purfürst, Tamara Grigoryan, Thomas J. Park, Nigel C. Bennett and Gary R. Lewin: Specific paucity of unmyelinated C-fibers in cutaneous peripheral nerves of the African naked-mole rat: Comparative analysis using six species of bathyergidae. In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 520, 2012, p. 2785 - 2803 [Naked mole-rat Nociception C-fiber].

• Liudmila Lapatsina, Julia A. Jira, Ewan St. J. Smith, Kate Poole, Alexey Kozlenkov, Daniel Bilbao, Gary R. Lewin and Paul A. Heppenstall: Regulation of ASIC channels by a stomatin/STOML3 complex located in a mobile vesicle pool in sensory neurons. In: Open Biology. 2, 2012, p. 120096 [ASIC Nociception ].

Sohlenkamp, Dr.-Ing. Christian

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Field of research: Microbiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Otto Geiger Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Solís-Oviedo, R. L., O. Geiger, and C. Sohlenkamp: Functional and topological analysis of phosphatidylcholine synthase from Sinorhizobium meliloti. In: BBA-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1821, 2012, p. 573 - 581.

Souren, Dr. Nicole Yvonne P.

Maastricht University, Netherlands
Field of research: Human genetics, medical genetics
Host: Prof. Dr. Jörn Walter Universität des Saarlandes

• Bram van den Borst, Nicole Y Souren, Ruth J Loos, Aimee D Paulussen, Catherine Derom, Annemie M Schols, Maurice P Zeegers.: Genetics of maximally attained lung function: a role for leptin?. In: Respiratory Medicine. 106(2), 2012, p. 235 - 242 [Lung function, Heritability, Leptin, Genetics].

Spitzmaul, Dr. Guillermo Federico

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Field of research: Neurophysiology
Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Jentsch Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC)

• Patricia Seja*, Martijn Schonewille*, Guillermo Spitzmaul*, Aleksandra Badura*, Ilse Klein, William Wisden, Christian A. Hübner, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Thomas J. Jentsch. (*contributed equally to the project). : 1) Raising cytosolic Cl- in cerebellar granule cells affects their excitability and vestibulo-ocular learning. In: EMBO Journal. 31, 2012, p. 1217 - 1230 [dendritic spine; GABA switch; glycine receptor; potassium-chloride cotransporter; synaptic inhibition].

Sussulini, Dr. Alessandra

Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil
Field of research: Biochemistry
Host: Dr. habil. J. Sabine Becker Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)

• Alessandra Sussulini, Andreas Matusch, Martin Klietz, Andreas Bauer, Candan Depboylu, Johanna Sabine Becker: Quantitative imaging of Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in the L-DOPA-treated unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine Parkinson’s disease mouse model by LA-ICP-MS. In: Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging. 1, 2012, p. 125 - 136 [LA-ICP-MS, mouse brain, Parkinson’s disease, copper efflux, metallomics, quantitative imaging].

Tang, Prof. Dr. Kam Wing

College of William and Mary, United States of America
Field of research: Microbe ecology
Host: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Grossart Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)

• Georgiy Kirillin, Hans-Peter Grossart, Kam W. Tang: Modeling sinking rate of zooplankton carcasses: Effects of stratification and mixing. In: Limnology and Oceanography. 57, 2012, p. 881 - 894 [zooplankton, carcasses, lakes, stratification, mixing, modeling].

• Samantha L. Bickel, Kam W. Tang, Hans-Peter Grossart: Ciliate epibionts associated with crustacean zooplankton in German lakes: distribution, motility and bacterivory. In: Frontiers in Microbiology [doi.10.3389/fmicb.2012.00243]. 3, 2012, p. 243 [epibionts, zooplankton, lakes, open access].

Toth, Dr. Szilvia

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Field of research: Plant physiology
Host: Dr. Marc Aurel Schöttler MPI für molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie

• Szilvia Toth: "Mikes ist our ancestor". Laszló Cs. Szabo on Kelemen Mikes. In: Literaturtransfer und Interkulturalität im Exil. (Ed. Gabor Tüskés) Bern: Peter Lang AG, 2012, p. 470 - 478.

Trovo Lopes de Oliveira, Dr. Marcelo

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Field of research: Plant anatomy and plant morphology
Host: Prof. Dr. Thomas Stützel Universität Bochum

• Livia Echternacht, Marcelo Trovo Lopes de Oliveira, Paulo Takeo Sano: Paepalanthus rectifolius, a new name in Eriocaulaceae (Poales). In: Phytokeys. 10, 2012, p. 7 - 12 [Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Eriocaulaceae].

• Marcelo Trovo Lopes de Oliveira, Livia Echternacht, Paulo Takeo Sano: Paepalanthus sphaeroides, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. In: Blumea. 57, 2012, p. 105 - 108 [Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Eriocaulaceae].

Wenger, Dr. Till

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Field of research: Cell biology, cytobiology
Host: Dr. Jean-Pierre Gorvel Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

• Till Wenger, Terawaki S, Camosseto V, Abdelrassoul R, Mies A, Catalan N, Claudio N, Clavarino G, de Gassart A, Rigotti FD, Gatti E, Pierre P.: Autophagy inhibition promotes defective neosynthesized proteins storage in ALIS, and induces redirection toward proteasome processing and MHCI-restricted presentation. In: Autophagy. 8, 3, 2012, p. 350 - 363 [antigen presentation, Atg5, DRiPs,NBR 1, SOSTM1].

Yoshikawa, Dr. Hiroshi

Saitama University, Japan
Field of research: Biophysics
Host: Prof. Dr. Motomu Tanaka Universität Heidelberg

• Hiroshi Y. Yoshikawa, Jing Cui, Karl Kratz, Takahisa Matsuzaki, Seiichiro Nakabayashi, Astrid Marx, Ulrike Engel, Andreas Lendlein, and Motomu Tanaka: Quantitative Evaluation of Adhesion of Osteosarcoma Cells to Hydrophobic Polymer Substrate with Tunable Elasticity . In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116, 2012, p. 8024 - 8030 [cell adhesion, hydrophobic polymer, laser-induced shock wave, bone cells].