Focal contact-dependent regulation of keratin filament formation	PD Dr. Reinhard Windoffer
Cytoskeletal dynamics and cell migration	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leube PD Dr. Reinhard Windoffer
Examination of keratin filament network biogenesis and dynamics in murine embryos	Dr. Anne Kölsch
The function of the desmosomal cadherin desmoglein 2 for cardiac force transmission and force generation	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leube PD Dr. Claudia Krusche in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rudolf Merkel Dr. Bernd Hoffmann (Institute of Complex Systems, FZ Jülich)
Identification and characterization of regulators of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leube Prof. Dr. Olaf Bossinger
Contribution of desmosomal cadherins to tissue homeostasis of intestine and liver	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leube
The keratin-filament cycle of assembly and disassembly	Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leube PD Reinhard Windoffer in cooperation with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Til Aach Dipl.-Ing. Gerlind Herberich (Lehrstuhl für Bildverarbeitung, Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik der RWTH Aachen)