Ion channels and protein pumps

We investigate transport processes across membranes making use of different membrane systems. Using membranes that suspend a single micrometer-sized pore enables us to insert single proteins and investigate their activity, while pore arrays and LUVs/GUVs help us to investigate transport phenomena in bulk in an integral manner. In particular, we are interested in antimicrobial peptides as an alternative to common antibiotics, gap junction proteins such as connexon 43, and voltage dependent calcium channels, as well as active protein transporters such as the ATP-synthase.


Left image taken from Neubacher et al. (2014) Langmuir 30, 4767–4774






In part funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft



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see: Cluster of Excellence MBExC and Collaborative Research Center 1456