Editorial Board for section 'Biological Membrane Functions'

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Members

Département de Neurosciences, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 5203, Universités de Montpellier, 34094 Montpellier, France
Interests: ion channels; calcium channels; signal transduction; bioactive lipids; cannabinoids; sensory neurons; pain perception
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Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Cellular Electron Microscopy Lab., University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy
Interests: breast cancers; targeted therapies; cell biology; endocytosis and trafficking; autophagy; electron microscopy; light microscopy; HER2/ERBB2 receptor; lysosomes
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Faculté de Pharmacie, Membranes et Cibles Thérapeutiques, UMR_MD1, U-1261, Aix-Marseille University, INSERM, SSA, IRBA, 13385 Marseille, France
Interests: membrane permeability in Gram negative bacteria; efflux pumps; impermeability, porins; genetic regulation; multidrug resistance; epidemiology; hospital acquired infections
Laboratory of Applied Biophysics of the Applied Biophysics and Food Research Center (CIBAAL), The National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Interests: interphase properties of lipid and cell membranes specifically the role of water in its functional and structural properties; hydration of the membranes; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; zeta potencial; osmotic stress; surface properties; cholesterol
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Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS), UMR 5246 Université Lyon 1 - CNRS, GEMBAS Team, University of Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: biological and biomimetic membranes; lipid/protein interactions; membrane nanodomains; membrane protein microarrays; lipid vectors for the targeted delivery of active drug; nanobiotechnologies
Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6DZ, UK
Interests: interactions with lipid membranes; antimicrobial peptides
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Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
Interests: lipid membrane functionalized materials; membrane dynamic in immunology; nanoparticle/membrane interactions; biological membrane functionalization
Division of Longevity and Biofunctional Medicine, School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
Interests: ion channel; smooth muscle; gastrointestinal motility; apoptosis; interstitial cells of cajal
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Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Interests: epithelial cell; transport; epithelium; permeability; ussing chamber; tight junctions; in vitro electrophysiology; nanomaterial caused autophagy/exocytosis in lung alveolar epithelial cells
Department of Urology, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Interests: stem cell; urology; sexual medicine; cellular signaling pathway
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Coimbra Chemistry Center, Chemistry Department, FCTUC, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: structure and dynamics of lipid bilayers and biomembranes; interaction of small molecules with lipid bilayers and membrane proteins; permeation of small molecules through lipid bilayers, biomembranes and cell monolayers; distribution of small molecules among the distinct blood compartments and binding agents; development of methodology to prepare and characterize liposomes; development of methodology to characterize the kinetic and equilibrium parameters for the interaction of small molecules with proteins, lipid bilayers and biomembranes; lipid homeostasis, in particular cholesterol homeostasis focused on the development of drugs and food ingredients with hypocholesterolemic properties
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Institut for Medicinsk Biokemi, Ole Worms Allé, Bygn. 170, Universitetsparken, 8000 Århus C, Denmark
Interests: receptors; endocytosis; intracellular trafficking; lipoprotein; lipase
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1 Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Magyar Tudosok krt. 2, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
2 Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó u. 37-47, 1094 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: structure and function of biological membranes; function and regulation of ABC membrane transporter proteins; membrane proteins of stem cells; transporter regulation in cancer cells and stem cells
Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
Interests: store-operated Ca2+ entry; integration of SOCe in physiological responses; identification and characterization of new roles and targets for STIM1; physiological and pathophysiological roles for STIM/orai in control of bone density; control of Ca2+ homeostasis and cell survival
Bionanotecnology and Nanomedicine Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, 1165 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: membrane biophysics; membrane geometry; single molecules; GPCRs; transporters
1. Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan
2. Data Science Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan
3. Center for Digital Green-Innovation, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630-0192, Japan
Interests: mechanisms of cell shaping and cell fate determination
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Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, SR397, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
Interests: bio-analytical chemistry; chemical biology and pharmaceutical chemistry. The main research interests are developing practical approaches for cell surface mimicry; analysis and re-engineering; with the specific objective for glycoproteomics; and pathogen and biomarker identification; novel antiviral and antithrombotic agent development; targeted drug delivery; and cell-based therapy applications
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Department of Molecular Immunology, Groningen Biomolecular, Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: cell biology; membrane trafficking; cellular immunology; antigen presentation; dendritic cells; membrane organization; phagocytosis; endocytosis; membrane fusion
1. Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
2. Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: antimicrobial peptides; drug resistance; expression; pathogenology; druggability; bacteria; Pichia pastoris; Staphycococus aures; MRSA; E. coli
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Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Interests: fluorescent and bioluminescent biosensors; DNA/RNA nanotechnology; cell imaging; cell signaling
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