Scientific Societies

ECRO - European Chemoreception Research Organization

AChemS - Association for Chemoreception Sciences

FENS - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

NWG - Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft

SfN - Society for Neuroscience

DFG - Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft

APS - American Physiological Society

Biophysical Society

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Widespread distribution of luteinizing hormone/ choriogonadotropin receptor in human juvenile angiofibroma: Implicaations for a sex-specific nasal tumor. Wemmert, Pyrski, Pillong, Linxweiler, Zufall, Leinders-Zufall T, Schick B (2024) Cells 13, 1217

Congratulations to Dr. Kohei Koike for his outstanding doctoral thesis and receiving the Dr.-Eduard-Martin Preis !

News Saarland University Award

Congratulations to Dr. Brett Boonen for best short oral presentation at Behring-Röntgen and Leopoldina Tuft Cell Symposium in Gießen !

Optical activation of photoswitchable TRPC ligands in the mammalian olfactory system using laser scanning confocal microscopy. Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2023) In: Goldstein, B.J., Matsunami, H. (eds) The Olfactory System. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2710. Humana, New York, NY.

A succinate/SUCNR1-brush cell defense program in the tracheal epithelium. Perniss A, Boonen B, Tonach S, Thiel M, Poharkar K, Anouri WM, Keshavarz M, Papadakis T, Wiegand S, Pfeil U, Richter K, Althaus M, Obewinkler J, Schütz B, Boehm U, Offermans S, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Kummer W (2023) Science Advances.

Sensing and avoiding sick conspecifics requires Gai2+ vomeronasal neurons. Weiss J, Vacher H, Trouillet A, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P (2023) BMC Biol

Sensory detection of female olfactory cyes as a central regulator of energy metabolism and body weight in male mice. Garratt M, Neyt C, Ladyman SR, Pyrski M, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2024) iScience.

Lifespan extension in female mice by early, transient exposure to adult female olfactory cues. Garratt M, Erturk I, Alonso R, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Pletcher SD, Miller RA (2022) eLife.

BTDAzo – A photoswitchable TRPC5 channel activator. Müller M, Niemeyer K, Urban N, Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Schaefer M, Thorn-Seshold O (2022) Angew Chem Int Ed, ahead of print

Danger perception and stress response through an olfactory sensor for the bacterial metabolite hydrogen sulfide. Koike K, Yoo SJ, Bleymehl K, Omura M, Zapiec B, Pyrski M, Blum T, Khan m, Bai Z, Leinders-Zufall T, Mombaerts P, Zufall F (2021) Neuron 109, 2469-2484.

A diacylglycerol photoswitching protocol for studying TRPC channel functions in mammalian cells and tissue slices. Leinders-Zufall T, Storch U, Mederos y Schnitzler M, Ojha NK, Koike K, Gudermann T, Zufall F (2021) STAR Protocols 2, 100527.