- Department of Neurobiology, Group of Prof. Dr. R. Hustert, University of Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Institute for Biology II, Prof. Dr. P. Bräunig, RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Institute of Bio- and Nanosystems, Institute II: Bioelectronics, Prof. Dr. A. Offenhäusser, Research Centre Jülich, Germany
- EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Materials and Tissues for Medicine, Dr. A. Bruinink, St. Gallen, Switzerland
