Exchange visits

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:

• 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:

• 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 
  Date:  
  Duration:  
  Granted:  
  Report: