Jose Rizo-Rey, UT Southwestern Dallas, TX. Structural biology of secretory proteins

Nils Brose, MPI experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany. Molecular biology and genetics of synapses

Dietmar Schmitz, Neurocure NWFZ, Charite. Functional studies on short term plasticity within intact neuronal circuits 

Thomas Südhof, Stanford University, Ca, USA. Syntaxin function at mammalian synapses 

Hugo Bellen, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Function of VATPases in exocytosis

Huda Zoghbi, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA. Function of MeCP2 in synapse function and formation.

Mark Mayer, NIH, Bethesda, USA. Structure-function analyses of glutamate receptors

Reinhard Jahn, MPI biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany. Role of synaptic vesicle proteins in neurotransmitter release