Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding salt. They are critical for maintaining the right balance of water inside and outside cells and for ...

As researchers working in both cell biology and systems biology ... and processes involved in subcellular compartmentalization, membrane trafficking and cytoskeletal regulation.

Transport across membranes All cells are enclosed by a cell membrane, which is selectively permeable. Molecules can move into or out of cells by diffusion and active transport. Cells can gain or ...

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins. It occurs down a concentration gradient - molecules move from an area of high to ...

The Membrane Transport Biology group are interested in the relationship between the structure and function ... is an important determinant of barrier function at the cellular and epithelial level and ...

By combining frontier imaging approaches with biochemistry and cell biology techniques, we follow the lead of respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-1 & -2, MERS-CoV and Respiratory Syncytial virus to ...

we focus on the complex dynamics and regulation of macromolecular assemblies such as membrane vesicles, organelles and ribonucleoprotein complexes. Using an arsenal of interdisciplinary approaches and ...