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Cell Physiology

Membrane Physiology

  • Membrane Structure

    • Organization and dynamics of the lipid components of biological membranes
    • Of membrane stability and mosaics: the spectrin cytoskeleton
    • Membrane structure/proteins
    • Mechanisms of transmembrane signaling
    • Energy transduction mechanisms (animals and plants)
  • Membrane Traffic

    • Membrane fusion
    • Regulated exocytosis in mammalian secretory cells
    • Epithelial cell polarity: challenges and methodologies
  • Membrane Transport

    • Optical methods in cell physiology
    • Principles of regulation and control in biochemistry: a pragmatic, flux-oriented approach
    • Basic principles of transport
    • Membrane transport in single cells
    • Epithelial transport
    • Intracellular pH
    • Osmolytes and cell-volume regulation: physiological and evolutionary principles

Cellular Functions

  • Cellular Immunology, Division, and Differentiation

    • Cellular immunology
    • Extracellular matrix: a solid-state regulator of cell form, function, and tissue development
    • Principles of cell cycle control
    • Regulation of development: differentiation and morphogenesis
    • Activation of sperm and egg during fertilization
    • Cellular mechanisms during mammalian fertilization
  • Organelles

    • Cilia and related microtubular arrays in the eukaryotic cell
    • Microtubule motors in cell and tissue function
    • ER-Golgi membrane system: compartmental organization and protein traffic