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Welcome to the Biomembrane Lab at the University of Michigan. The Biomembrane Lab is the research
group of Professor Michael Mayer in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering.
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Current areas of research include the study of ion channels and membrane
transporters, micro/nano fabrication, biomimetics, and biosensors.
Recent News . . .
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Sheereen Majd successfully defends PhD thesis
- Sheereen Majd defended her PhD thesis, entitled "Monitoring Biological Processes and Interactions at Lipid Membranes Using Ion
Channel-Based Sensors and Membrane Microarrays", on August 12, 2009. Sheereen is the
third PhD student to graduate from the Biomembrane Lab.
Click here to view the abstract. Click here to check out pictures from Sheereen's defense!
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Panchika wins a poster award - Congratulations to Panchika Prangkio for winning a poster
award at the 2009 Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference. A local company, Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc., presented the award to Panchika for her work on the "Ion Channel Activity of Amyloid-beta Peptides in Artificial Bilayer Membranes: a Comparison of Different Preparation Techniques".
Click here to see the full list of awardees in the Biomembrane Lab.
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Several new Biomembrane lab papers
in 2008 journals - We have quite a few papers that have recently been published in
top journals. Among these papers are an automated and
high-throughput method to profile ion channel activity in blood cells (Anal Chem), an exhaustive study of
electrical noise in nanopore-based experiments (ACS Nano),
a new technique for forming nano-structures in glass (Optics Lett), and a study of molecular rotors for characterizing supported lipid
bilayers (BBA-Biomembranes).
Click here to check out all the new papers.
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Openings for Patch-Clamping Post-doctoral Researchers in the Biomembrane Lab
- The Biomembrane lab is currently seeking a highly qualified biophysicist or biochemist with
experience in patch clamp electrophysiology
for a post-doctoral position in the area of membrane transport proteins.
Click here to read the full announcement, posted Feb 22, 2008.
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More Biomembrane Lab Awards
- Michael Mayer recently won a
Departmental Excellence Award from the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Michigan.
Also, Marian Adamson won a
prestigious 2008 NSF Fellowship - congratulations!
Click here to see all awards won by lab members.
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Check out the newly re-designed research page
- The research page for this website has been completely re-designed, to include pictures
and descriptions
from the various projects in the Biomembrane Lab.
Click here to check out this new page!
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Dan Estes successfully defends PhD thesis
- Dan Estes defended his PhD thesis, entitled "High-Throughtput Profiling of Ion Channel Activity in Lymphocytes for Quantifying Activity of Human Autoimmune Disease", on June 23, 2008. Dan is the
second PhD student to graduate from the Biomembrane Lab.
Click here to check out pictures from Dan's defense!
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