Exchange visits
The main instrument of the proposed programme is exchange visits between European laboratories. The aim of an exchange visit is to support collaborative research, and transfer of knowledge between the two participating laboratories.
Visiting and exchange grants awarded under the FUNCDYN programme:
Short-term visits 2007:
- SV/1734
Applicant: Alexander B. Verkhovsky, Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, EPFL - Lausanne, Switzerland
Host: Karsten Kruse, Universität Saarbrücken, Germany
Topic: Biophysical modeling of keratocyte locomotion.
Date: 12. 04. 2007
Duration: 5 days
Granted: 925 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/1912
Applicant: Adrian Bîrzu, Iasi, Romania
Host: Katharina Krischer, Technische Universität München, Germany
Topic: Modelling of globally coupled arrays of oscillators
Date: 18. 11. 2007
Duration: 15 days
Granted: 1575 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Exchange visits 2007:
- EX/1569
Applicant: Kristóf Kály-Kullai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Host: Lars Folke Olsen, Syddansk Universitet, Odense, Denmark
Topic: Simulating Ca2+ waves in cells
Date: 03. 09. 2007
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 1860 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - EX/1574
Applicant: Mads F. Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Host: Mats Jirstrand, Fraunhofer-Chalmers Institute, Göteborg, Sweden
Topic: Expanding the functionality of SBtoolbox
Date: 01. 06. 2007
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publication: H. Schmidt, M.F. Madsen, S. Dano, and G. Cedersund,
'Complexity Reduction of Biochemical Rate Expressions'
BMC Bioinformatics, 24,848-854, 2008 - EX/1650
Applicant: Marc Weber, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Host: Javier Buceta Fernandez, Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Center for Research in Theoretical Chemistry (CeRQT), Barcelona, Spain.
Topic: Stochastic description of kinetic proofreading
Date: 16. 09. 2007
Duration: 6 weeks
Granted: 2550 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - EX/1652
Applicant: Zsanett Virányi, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Host: Marcus Hauser, Biophysics Group, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany
Topic: Investigation of three-dimensional scroll ring structures in excitable media
Date: 22. 10. 2007
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 1900 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Short-term visits 2008:
- SV/2166
Applicant: Ioan Grosu, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr. T. Popa", Iasi, Romania
Host: Martin Hasler, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Topic: Synchronisation in chains of oscillators
Date: 09. 02. 2008
Duration: 15 days
Granted: 1725 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2169
Applicant: Dr. Bente Foereid, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Host: Dr. Inmaculada Ortiz, Santander, Spain
Topic: The role of photo-degradation in the global carbon cycle
Date: 01. 04. 2008
Duration: 3 days
Granted: 555 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2282
Applicant: Dr. Lavinia Constantina Onel, IASI, Romania
Host: Zoltan Noszticzius, Budapest, Hungary
Topic: Experimental study of the Briggs-Rauscher-Oscillating Reaction
Date: 06. 07. 2008
Duration: 15 days
Granted: 1725 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2283
Applicant: Ivan Valent, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Host: Igor Schreiber, Prague, Czech Republic
Topic: Modelling electrodiffusion phenomena underlying cardiomyocyte contraction
Date: 19. 05. 2008
Duration: 15 days
Granted: 1375 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2356
Applicant: Michael Stich, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Host: Carsten Beta, Potsdam, Germany
Topic: An oscillatory chemotactic signal transduction pathway under time-delay feedback
Date: 25. 05. 2008
Duration: 7 days
Granted: 895 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2434
Applicant: Andrea Heather Devlin, University of Ulster, Coleraine, United Kingdom
Host: Moritz Konerding, Universität Mainz, Germany
Topic: Modelling the development of the retinal vasculature using scanning electron microscopy and vascular corrosion casting
Date: 27. 10. 2008
Duration: 12 days
Granted: 1520 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2439
Applicant: Dr. Henning Schmidt, Universität Rostock, Germany
Host: Ladislav Nedbal, Nové Hrady, Czech Republic
Topic: Hierarchical modelling of photosynthesis
Date: 21. 06. 2008
Duration: 4 days
Granted: 840 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Exchange visits 2008:
- EX/1651
Applicant: Gergely Boros, Balaton Limnological Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary
Host: Roger Jones, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Topic: Food web structures and the role of planktivorous fish in nutrient dynamics in lakes of different trophy
Date: 25. 10. 2007
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - EX/1936
Applicant: Luciana Sciascia, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Host: Marcus Hauser, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Topic: Kinetic studies of a biomimetic cytochrome P450 model system
Date: 17. 04. 2008
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - EX/2050
Applicant: Domenico Bullara, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Host: Yanick De Decker, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Topic: Effect of confinement on oscillatory reactions
Date: 15. 07. 2008
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3600 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Short-term visits 2009:
- SV/2710
Applicant: Dr. Sten Rüdiger, Berlin, Germany
Host: Professor Jaume Soriano, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Mechano-genetic coupling in hydra regeneration
Date: 26. 02. 2009
Duration: 11 days
Granted: 1335 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2715
Applicant: Francesca Di Patti, Firenze, Italy
Host: Dr. Javier Buceta Fernandez, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: A stochastic approach to autocatalytic reactions: spatial effects
Date: 02. 02. 2009
Duration: 12 days
Granted: 1320 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/2717
Applicant: Professor Rui Dilao, Lisbon, Portugal
Host: Professor Marcus Hauser, Magdeburg, Germany
Topic: Pattern transitions tuned by an inhibitor of cAMP in the Dictyostelium discoideum colony aggregation
Date: 01. 02. 2009
Duration: 8 days
Granted: 1180 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2723
Applicant: Dr. Blas Echebarria, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Dr. Marcus Baer, Berlin, Germany
Topic: Cardiac Modeling
Date: 17. 04. 2009
Duration: 6 days
Granted: 1010 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2725
Applicant: Dr. Marcus Baer, Berlin, Germany
Host: Dr. Blas Echebarria, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Modelling cardiac dynamics
Date: 02. 06. 2009
Duration: 7 days
Granted: 945 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2866
Applicant: Dr. Lavinia Constantina Onel, Lasi, Romania
Host: Professor Zoltan Noszticzius, Budapest, Hungary
Topic: Functional role of an inhibitor and an anti-inhibitor in the Briggs-Rauscher reaction
Date: 05. 07. 2009
Duration: 10 days
Granted: 1300 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/3079
Applicant: Jens Christian Brasen, Odense M, Denmark
Host: Professor Maurice B. Hallett, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Topic: Ca2+ oscillations control hydrogen peroxide production in neutrophils
Date: 18. 10. 2009
Duration: 7 days
Granted: 1070 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/3088
Applicant: Ines Pieper, Freiberg, Germany
Host: Professor Preben Sørensen, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Topic: Biosimulation of xenobiotic metabolism in yeast
Date: 01. 11. 2009
Duration: 7 days
Granted: 1095 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Exchange visits 2009:
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SV/2243
Applicant: Viginie Dolmazon, Bron, France
Host: Dr. Michael Bader, Berlin, Germany
Topic: Embryonic stem cells differentiation toward serotonergic lineage and serotonergic neurons functionality
Date: 12. 01. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3550 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2255
Applicant: Norbert Muntean, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host: Professor Zoltán Noszticzius, Budapest, Hungary
Topic: CO and CO2 generation by free radicals and functional dynamics of inhibition by resorcinol in the BR reaction
Date: 01. 03. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3280 Euro
Report: accepted -
SV/2263
Applicant: Juraj Bolyó, Prague, Czech Republic
Host: Professor Marcus Hauser, Madgeburg, Germany
Topic: The metabolic synchronization of immobilized yeast cells: Effect of matrices
Date: 07. 01. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3400 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2269
Applicant: Angela Miguel Miranda Oliviera Pisco, Lisbon, Portugal
Host: Professor Erik Mosekilde, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Topic: Modeling reabsorbtion of water and salt in the loop of Henie
Date: 16. 03. 2009
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2000 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2337
Applicant: Virginia Gonzalez-Velez, Mexico DF, Mexico
Host: Dr. Geneviève Dupont, Brussel, Belgium
Topic: Investigation of the impact of Ca2+ oscillations on glucagon release by pancreatic alpha-cells
Date: 14. 04. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3650 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2516
Applicant: Silvia Poláková, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Host: Professor Jure Piskur, Lund, Sweden
Topic: Genome dynamics in pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata
Date: 04. 08. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3550 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2519
Applicant: Gergely Boros, Tihany, Hungary
Host: Professor Martin Søndergaard, Silkeborg, Denmark
Topic: Regulator role of biotic and abiotic factors in the nutrient cycling of freshwater lakes
Date: 03. 08. 2009
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2263
Applicant: Jan Szymanski, Warsaw, Poland
Host: Professor Marcus Hauser, Madgeburg, Germany
Topic: Information processing functions of an optical capillary
Date: 01. 10. 2009
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 1760 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
EX/2622
Applicant: Roland Galgoczy, Gherla, Romania
Host: Dr. Javier Buceta, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Anticipated Synchronization in gene expression
Date: 15. 10. 2009
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3400 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Short-term visits 2010:
- SV/3083
Applicant: Ana Simic, Zagreb, Croatia
Host: Professor Jean Bragard, Pamplona, Spain
Topic: Spiral drift induced by heterogeneities in cardiac tissue
Date: 01. 10. 2010
Duration: 10 days
Granted: 1100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3219
Applicant: Dr. Shahniyar Bayramov, Baku, Azerbaijan
Host: Professor Karl-Josef Dietz, Bielefeid, Germany
Topic: The functions of carbonic anhydrase in Crassulacean acid metabolism
Date: 01. 03. 2010
Duration: 15 days
Granted: 1770 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3293
Applicant: Dr. Marcus Hauser, Magdeburg, Germany
Host: Professor Francesc Sagues, Barcelona, Spain
Topic: Dynamics of bio-mimetic excitation waves
Date: 05. 02. 2010
Duration: 8 days
Granted: 1080 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3389
Applicant: Dr. Pietro Tierno, Barcelona, Spain
Host: Professor Thomas Fischer, Bayreuth, Germany
Topic: Motion, Assembly and Interactions of paramagnetic colloids
Date: 01. 06. 2010
Duration: 6 days
Granted: 1010 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3420
Applicant: Dr. Carlos García Arques, Madrid, Spain
Host: Professor Ana Nunes, Lisboa, Portugal
Topic: Biology, language and complex systems: how human biology constraints shape language evolution
Date: 26. 03. 2010
Duration: 6 days
Granted: 810 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3519
Applicant: Dr. Lavina Constantina Onel, Iasi, Romania
Host: Professor Zoltan Noszticzius, Budapest, Hungary
Topic: Functional Role of an Inhibitor in Briggs-Rauscher Reaction
Date: 26. 06. 2010
Duration: 7 days
Granted: 1045 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3550
Applicant: Mr. Jussi Petteri Jyväsjärvi, Jyväskylä, Finland
Host: Dr. István Tátrai, Tihany, Hungary
Topic: Role of sedimenting organic matter in regulation of lake profundal macroinvertebrate communities
Date: 05. 09. 2010
Duration: 14 days
Granted: 1690 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: - SV/3554
Applicant: Dr. Andreas Schulz, Magdeburg, Germany
Host: Dr. Jenny Bizley & Andrew King, Oxford, United Kingdom
Topic: Dynamics of neuronal ensembles in the Auditory Cortex and Striatum
Date: 04. 10. 2010
Duration: 14 days
Granted: 1690 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Exchange visits 2010:
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SV/2626
Applicant: Mr. Kevin Thurley, Berlin, Germany
Host: Professor Colin W Taylor, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Topic: Quantifying stochastic models of intracellular Ca2+ dynamics
Date: 05. 10. 2010
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3700 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2763
Applicant: Dr. Thomas Mair, Madgeburg, Germany
Host: Dr. Gijsje Koenderink, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Topic: Pattern selection in glycolysis via binding of glycolytic enzymes to an actin network
Date: 18. 01. 2010
Duration: 6 weeks
Granted: 2600 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2770
Applicant: Dr. Norbert Muntean, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Host: Professor Zoltán Noszticzius, Budapest, Hungary
Topic: Applied functional dynamics: The Briggs-Rauscher oscillator as a sensitive tool in analytical chemistry
Date: 01. 03. 2010
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3280 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2798
Applicant: Mr. Biswa Sengupta, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Host: Professor Andreas Herz, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Topic: Theoretical basis of neuronal energy efficiency
Date: 01. 04. 2010
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3700 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/2890
Applicant: Miss Ines Anita Pieper, Freiberg, Germany
Host: Professor Preben Graae Sørensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Topic: Glycolysis based Simulation Tool for the Prediction of the Metabolism of Xenobiotics
Date: 05. 07. 2010
Duration: 8 weeks
Granted: 3700 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications: -
SV/3000
Applicant: Mr. Daniel Cuinas, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Host: Professor Patrick de Kepper, Pessac, France
Topic: Pattern formation in spatially extended systems
Date: 06. 09. 2010
Duration: 4 weeks
Granted: 2100 Euro
Report: accepted
Publications:
Short-term visits 2011:
- SV/3189
Applicant: Magdalena Maria Wrobel
Host: Jordi Garcia Ojalvo
Topic: The influence of noise on enzyme-catalysed reactions
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