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Fluorescent Probes
Even at low concentrations, fluorescence probes can affect the miscibility transition temperature of lipid membranes. This project studies the effects of adding the probe Laurdan.
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Sterols
There are slight structural differences between cholesterol and other sterols. These differences are utilized to help us understand cholesterol better.
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Lipid Rafts
Lipid rafts are lateral heterogeneity within the membrane. This project studies the temperature- and concentration-dependent phase behavior of the two major components of rafts, sphingomyelin and cholesterol.
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Cell Death Lipids
Sphingomyelin and ceramide are two lipids involved in apoptosis - or programmed cell death. This project studies the temperature- and concentration-dependent phase behavior of palmitoyl sphingomyelin and ceramide.