Research interests:

• Tricellulin: Function, regulation, structure, and clinical impact

• DFG-TRR 241, B6: Interplay of the impaired tight junction and the subjacent immune cells in IBD

• DFG-GRK 2318, C2: Role of the tricellular tight junction in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)

• Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): Barrier defect via IL-13 and tricellulin

• Tricellular tight junction as a pathway for macromolecules

• Drug absorption enhancement by targeting the tricellular TJ

• DFG KR 3807/7-1: Neuropathic pain resolution by nerve barrier sealing and netrin-1

• Claudin-17, a paracellular channel for anions

• Freeze fracture electron microscopy of molcecularly altered tight junctions

• Two-path impedance spectroscopy for measuring paracellular resistance