Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly

Directors of collection: Iglič︎ Aleš, Losada Perez Patricia, Rappolt Michael

Language: English

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Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Volume 28, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for the study of cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies, from the micro- to the nanoscale. Planar lipid bilayers are widely studied due to their ubiquity in nature. This book presents research on their application in the formulation of biomimetic model membranes, and in the design of artificial dispersion of liposomes. Moreover, the book discusses how lipids self-assemble into a wide range of other structures, including micelles and the liquid crystalline hexagonal and cubic phases.

Chapters in this volume present both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers.

1. Mechanisms of Lipid Sorting in the Endosomal PathwayBianca Esch and Florian Fröhlich2. Biophysical Analysis of Sec-Mediated Protein Translocation in NanodiscsSabrina Koch, Arnold J.M. Driessen and Alexej Kedrov3. Molecular Origin of Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in Bio-membranes with Co-existing Liquid Phases: Insights from Topological Rearrangements and Lipid Packing DefectsMadhusmita Tripathy, Sahithya S. Iyer and Anand Srivastava4. The Importance of Antibacterial Surfaces for Biomedical ApplicationsMetka Bencina, Tina Mavric, Ita Junkar, Aleksander Bajt, Aleksandra Krajnovic, Katja Lakota, Polona Žigon, Snežna Sodin-Šemrl, Veronika Kralj-Iglic and Aleš Iglic5. Advances in the Visualisation of Molecular Assemblies Within Cellular Signalling Nanodomains: Insights from a Decade of Mapping of Ryanodine Receptor ClustersIsuru Jayasinghe, Alexander H. Clowsley and Christian Soeller

experts in the field of chemistry, physics and biology of lipid micro- and nanostructures and biological membranes, and a podium for non-specialists working on the interdisciplinary front

Aleš Iglic received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physics and M.Sc. degree in biophysics from the Department of Physics, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Ljubljana. He is a Full Professor and the Head of Laboratory of Biophysics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at University of Ljubljana. His main research interests are in electrostatics, mechanics and statistical physics of lipid nanostructures and biological membranes. He is devoted to higher education, basic research in biophysics and close contacts to clinical practice. Prof. Iglic was visiting scientist and professor at Åbo Academy University in Turku (Finland), Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) and Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic). He established collaborations with researchers from different universities across the Europe, USA and India and was supervisor of many M.Sc., Ph.D. and postdoctoral students from Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, Iran, Bulgaria, Germany, India and Israel. Since 2009 is the editor of Elsevier book series »Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes« (APLBL).
Ana Garcia-Saez gained her PhD at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Spain in 2005, and then worked as a Post-doc at BioTec, TU Dresden, Germany. From 2013, she was a professor at the Interfaculty Institute for Biochemistry (IFIB), Universität Tübingen, Germany before moving to University of Cologne as a professor in October 2019. Since 2010, Ana was also the Max Planck Research Group’s Leader and the Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum (DKFZ) Junior Group’s Leader at Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany, from 2010 to 2013, and has been a Young Investigator as part of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme since 2017.
Ana Garcia-Saez’s research areas include Cell Death & Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry & Advanced Microscopy. Though
  • Surveys recent theoretical and experimental results on lipid micro- and nanostructures
  • Presents potential uses applications, such as clinically relevant diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, biotechnology, pharmaceutical engineering and food products
  • Includes both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers
  • Provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies, from the micro- to the nanoscale