Cell membranes contain a large variety of lipid types and are crowded with proteins,
endowing them with the plasticity needed to fulfill their key roles in cell functioning. The …

Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

The effect of cholesterol (CHOL) content on the permeability and fluidity of
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) liposome membrane was investigated. Liposomes …

Lipid membranes can spontaneously organize their components into domains of different
sizes and properties. The organization of membrane lipids into nanodomains might …

Cholesterol is a central building block in biomembranes, where it induces orientational
order, slows diffusion, renders the membrane stiffer, and drives domain formation. Molecular …

Molecular dynamics simulations of membranes and membrane proteins serve as
computational microscopes, revealing coordinated events at the membrane interface. As G …

Over the past decade, the vast amount of information generated through structural and
biophysical studies of GPCRs has provided unprecedented mechanistic insight into the …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) modify the activity of a wide range of membrane
proteins and are increasingly hypothesized to modulate protein activity by indirectly altering …

Understanding the lateral organization in plasma membranes remains an open problem
despite a large body of research. Model membranes with coexisting micrometer-size …

Biological membranes (biomembranes) are one of the most complicated structures that
allow life to exist. Investigating their structure, dynamics, and function is crucial for advancing …