Research group Lena Mäler's research group
For many years, the Mäler group has focused on biophysical investigations of the interactions between membrane proteins and lipids - a crucial but in some ways experimentally intractable area of research. We explore different aspects of these interactions; protein structure and, lipid dynamics and their dependence on interactions with membrane proteins.
Group description
Biophysical studies of protein - membrane interactions.
We use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, which are uniquely suited for this research, as they provide excellent tools for determining structure, and at the same time methods that can be used to investigate dynamics on a wide time-scale.
Selected Publications
- Mäler, L. and Kowalewski, J. (2006)
Nuclear Spin Relaxation in Liquids. Theory, Experiments and Applications.
(Book, 426 pages), Taylor & Francis group, New York, London. - Unnerståle, S., Lind, J., Papadopoulos, E. and Mäler, L. (2009)
Solution structure of the HsapBK K+-channel voltage-sensor paddle sequence.
Biochemistry, 48, 5813–5821.
Group members
Group managers
Lena Mäler
Dean, Deputy Vice President
Members
Pontus Pettersson
Postdoc
