A research team has developed an innovative membrane that mimics biological ion channels to achieve highly selective lithium ...

A more efficient and environmentally friendly approach to extracting rare earth elements that power everything from electric ...

In the latter formulation, ensuring that the surface of the ion channel is exposed to the antibodies is key. As Clark said, “unlike other membrane proteins, including GPCRs [G protein-coupled ...

“I really liked the correspondence between biology using electricity. Every cell is like a battery and the ion channels that regulate cells are a bit like transistors, using membrane potential to turn ...

Integral membrane proteins such as receptors and ion channels span the membrane. Peripheral membrane proteins, for example some signalling proteins, are tethered by an anchor, via a fatty acid ...

Lipids are the fatty molecules that make up cellular membranes, creating a protective barrier that regulates what enters and ...

L ocated in the cell membrane, TRPM8 ion channels are known as receptors that recognize cold and respond to menthol, the cooling agent in peppermint. In addition, these channels influence pain ...

Our laboratory uses a combination of structural biology and biophysical techniques to discover how ion channels and membrane-embedded enzymes function at the atomic level. The proteins we study are ...

A research team led by Prof. GAO Jun from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...