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Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly

  • 1st Edition, Volume 27 - February 24, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Aleš Iglič︎, Michael Rappolt, Patricia Losada Perez
  • Language: English

Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Volume 27, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for a broad community… Read more

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Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Volume 27, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, 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. The assortment of chapters in this volume represents both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers, with topics of note in this release including TiO2 Nanomaterials as Electrochemical Biosensors for Cancer, the Reconstitution of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers: New Approaches, and Shear-Induced Lamellar/Onion Transition in Surfactant Systems.

Key features

  • Surveys recent theoretical and experimental results on lipid micro- and nanostructures
  • Presents potential uses of applications, like 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 micro to nanoscale

Readership

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

Table of contents

1. The Role of Self-Assembling Lipid Molecules in VaccinationLuis Martinez-Gil, Peter H. Goff and Gene S. Tan2. The Role of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization (MOMP) in Apoptosis: Studying Bax Pores by Cryo-Electron MicroscopyTomomi Kuwana3. Electrochemical Biosensor Based on TiO2 Nanomaterials for Cancer DiagnosticsTina Mavric, Metka Bencina, Roghayeh Imani, Ita Junkar, Matjaz Valant, Veronika Kralj-Iglic and Ales Iglic 4. How Can Artificial Lipid Models Mimic the Complexity of Molecule–Membrane InteractionsVéronique Rosilio5. Reconstitution of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers: New ApproachesJana Gaburjakova and Marta Gaburjakova6. Shear-Induced Lamellar/Onion Transition in Surfactant SystemsTadashi Kato7. Curvature Sorting and Crowding-Induced Mixing in Experimental Model MembranesWade F. Zeno, Maria O. Ogunyankin and Marjorie L. Longo

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 27
  • Published: February 26, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Aleš Iglič︎

Aleš Iglič 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. Iglič 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).
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor and Head of Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Michael Rappolt

Michael Rappolt has been appointed as Professor of Lipid Biophysics (School of Food Science and Nutrition) in April 2013. He received his MSc and PhD in physics from the University of Hamburg and achieved his habilitation at the University of Ljubljana in the Faculty of Health Sciences. He was Senior Researcher at the Synchrotron Trieste Outstation (Italy), Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research (Austrian Academy of Sciences), before becoming Assistant Professor at Graz University of Technology. Professor Michael Rappolt is a leading authority on investigating the structure and dynamics of lipid membranes using small-angle X-ray scattering. His recent research activities have concentrated on the study of drug/membrane interactions with potential applications to drug delivery and food. Further research topics concentrate on characterising crystallization processes in food, the investigation of colloid interfaces and the determination of particle structures on the nanoscale. He also seeks to transfer standard measurement techniques applied in food research – such as mechanic (sound and shear) and thermodynamic sample manipulations to synchrotron sites – to understand food on a smaller (nanometre) and faster (microsecond) scale.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Lipid Biophysics, University of Leeds, UK

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Patricia Losada Perez

Dr. Patricia María Losada Pérez is a research scientist in experimental thermal physics and soft matter, affiliated with the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium. She is associated with the “Experimental Thermal Physics and Soft Matter” laboratory and also holds a voluntary research position at KU Leuven in the Soft Matter & Biophysics group .
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physics, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium

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