Between mid 2006 and the end of 2007, five scientific expert talks were organised, constituting topic-specific discussions of the findings from the German Mobile Telecommunication Research Programme. Summary reports of each expert talk will be published on the DMF internet portal. It is further planned to publish these reports in international scientific journals.

The DMF research projects are thematically structured and grouped together in five fields. All dosimetry projects and dosimetry aspects of biological projects are grouped under the heading "Dosimetry". All projects highlighting social aspects are compiled under the heading "Risk communication". Biological and epidemiological projects are grouped under the headings "Acute health effects", "Mechanisms" and "Chronic effects". This has lead to the following grouping of projects;

Dosimetry

Numerical models and calculations

Exposure through an emitter near the body in the torso area

Determination of exposure distribution of HF-EMF in the human body with consideration of small structures and thermo-physiological relevant parameters

SAR distribution in test animals

Dosimetry in biological studies

Cancerogenesis haematopoietic system (AKR-mice), GSM-Standard

Cancerogenesis haematopoietic system (AKR-mice), UMTS-Standard

Long-term study UMTS, reproduction and development

Long-term study on cognition, stress, Blood-brain-barrier (BBB)

Trigger and progress of tinnitus

Test person study, EEG and cognition

Functions ROS in blood cells

Genotoxic effects in lymphocytes

Exposure

Determination of exposure in epidemiological studies

Determination of exposure through GSM mobile phone base stations

Determination of exposure through UMTS mobile phone base stations

Determination of exposure through WLAN in urban areas

Determination of exposure in the vicinity of digital radio and TV transmitters

Determination of SAR values of mobile phones during everyday use

Determination of exposure in partially shielded rooms

Determination of exposure through wireless transmission methods

Supplementary projects, which are undertaken in addition to completed projects in 2007

Development of a practicable computational procedure for the determination of the actual exposure in complex exposure scenarios with several different RF-sources

Study on the influence of antenna topologies and topologies of entire devices of wireless communication terminals operated near the body on the resulting SRA values

Risk communication

Target group analysis

EMF-Portal

Information activities

Annual surveys to mobile telephony

Support of the mobile telecommunication players by agenda 21

Settling disputes in site determination

Supplementary information about electromagnetic hypersensitive persons

Acute health effects

Cross-sectional study on mobile phone stations and adverse health effects

Addendum to the cross-sectional study

Acute health effects through mobile telecommunication in children

Test person study, EEG and cognition

Sleep quality in the vicinity of base stations

Sleep of electromagnetic hypersensitivity persons

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity and clinical parameters

Electromagnetic hypersensitive persons and accompanying factors, such as allergies

Mechanisms of action

Pineal gland

Functions, ROS in blood cells

Demodulation, cell communication

Auditory cells

Visual cells

Blood-brain-barrier (BBB) in vitro

Genotoxic effects in lymphocytes

Differential gene expression in lymphocytes

Macroscopic dielectric properties of tissues at cellular levels

Chronic effects

Cancerogenesis haematopoietic system (AKR-mice), GSM-standard

Cancerogenesis haematopoietic system (AKR-mice), UMTS-standard

Blodd-brain-barrier (BBB) in vivo

Long-term study on cognition, stress, immune system, Blood-brain-barrier (BBB)

Long-term study UMTS, reproduction and development

Trigger and progress of tinnitus

Epidemiological study on mobile telecommunication and brain cancer (INTERPHONE)

Estimation exposure in INTERPHONE study subjects

Case-control study on uveal melanoma

Childhood cancer and proximity to radio and television transmitters

Feasibility cohort study on highly exposed occupationally groups

Prospective cohort study on mobile phone users

Age-dependent effects

Influence on the metabolic rate in rodents