Overview of the focal point Programme "Membrane and Nervous System Biochemistry"

The Focal Point Programme comprises 11 groups located in 4 different faculties, i.e. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Medicine, and Biopsychology. The unifying concept of the Focal Point Programme is to gain insight into cellular function in health and disease by using a broad variety of approaches. Mass spectrometric proteome investigations are combined with physiological studies, anatomical and structural questions are complemented by up to date imaging methods. Molecular protein investigations include optical control of synaptic signalling proteins and are related to extracellular receptor activation and intracellular signalling processes with implications in animal behaviour and cognition. As electrical activity across membranes is important for understanding of brain function and plasticity, there is a strong electrophysiological community within the Focal Point Programme as well. For more specific information you may want to visit the web pages of the individual groups of interest.

Members of the focal point

Speaker of the focal point:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Günther-Pomorski, Department of Biochemistry II - Molecular Biochemistry
E-mail: thomas.guenther-pomorski@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Vice speaker of the focal point:

Prof. Dr. Rolf Heumann, Senior Professor, Senior Group: Molecular Neurobiochemistry
E-mail: rolf.heumann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de


Prof. Dr. Irmgard Dietzel-Meyer, Work Group Electrobiochemistry of Neural Cells
E-mail: irmgard.d.dietzel-meyer@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Prof. Dr. Eckart Förster, Medical Faculty, Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research
E-mail: eckart.foerster@rub.de

Prof. Dr. Nadja Freund, Faculty of Psychology, Experimental Psychiatry
E-mail: nadja.freund@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Biopsychology
E-mail: onur.guentuerkuen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Dr. Jacqueline Heinen-Weiler, Medizinische Fakultät, Elektronenmikroskopie
E-mail: jacqueline.heinen-weiler@rub.de

Prof. Dr. Stefan Herlitze, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology
E-mail: stefan.herlitze@rub.de

Prof. Dr. Andreas Reiner, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Cellular Neurobiology
E-mail: andreas.reiner@rub.de

Prof. Dr. Carsten Theiss, Medical Faculty, Department of Cytology
E-mail: carsten.theiss@rub.de

Dr. Dirk Wolters, Work Group Biomolecular Mass Spektrometry
E-mail: dirk.wolters@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurophysiology (Learning and Memory Research Group)
E-mail: denise.manahan-vaughan@rub.de