Neurobiochemistry Institute of the Otto-von-Herike University Medical Department, Magdeburg, Germany (Prof. George Reiser): molecular and cellular biology of lipids.

Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands (PI Peter-Bram 't Hoen): analysis of global gene expression profiles.

Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Moscow, Russia (Prof. Sergey Varfolomeev): ESI/MS detection of lipids.