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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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More Biomembrane Lab Awards
- Michael Mayer recently won a
Departmental Excellence Award from the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Michigan.
Also, Dan Estes won the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award in Biomedical Engineering.
Click here to see all awards won by lab members.
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Openings for Post-doctoral Researchers in the Biomembrane Lab
- The Biomembrane lab is currently seeking a highly qualified protein biochemist or biophysicist
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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Michael Mayer awarded NIH-R01 for single transporter assays
- Michael Mayer was awarded a 5 year NIH-R01 grant from the National Institute of
General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for the project "Chip-based and Single Transporter Assays of Multidrug Resistance Transporters".
Dr. Suresh Ambudkar from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a collaborator on the grant.
Click here to see current lab funding.
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Sheereen Majd wins Barbour Scholarship
- Congratulations to Sheereen Majd for winning the prestigous 2008-2009 Barbour Scholarship, sponsored by the Rackham Graduate
School, University of Michigan. Also, check out the full list of awards won by members of the Biomembrane lab.
Click here to see the full list of awards.
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Biomembrane Lab at Biophysical 2008
- The Biomembrane lab traveled to Long Beach, CA for the 2008 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Feb. 2-6. Michael Mayer
chaired a session on "Peptide & Toxin Ion Channels" and gave a talk about our recent gramicidin A research. Five other members
of the Biomembrane lab presented posters.
Click for presentation/poster titles and pics from the meeting.
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Jeff Uram successfully defends PhD thesis
- Jeff Uram defended his PhD thesis, entitled "Detecting and
Monitoring the Formation of Biological Nanoassemblies with Reistive Pulse Sensing", on August 3, 2007. Jeff is the
first PhD student to graduate from the Biomembrane Lab. Congratulations Jeff!!
Click here to read Jeff's abstract or check out these pics from the defense.
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Nanosensor paper in August 8, 2007 issue of J. Am. Chem. Soc. -
R. Capone et al. detail optimal strategies for designing nanosensors to detect single chemical reactions based on charged
derivatives of gramicidin A. This work was performed in collaboration with Prof. Jerry Yang in the Chemistry Department at UCSD.
Click here to read the paper.
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