BIOPHYSICS @ SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY

This is an advanced-level course given together by the Biophysics research team from Science for Life Laboratory. Both the KTH and Stockholm University teams are part of a joint Biophysics research environment physically located at Science for Life Laboratory, which is a joint research environment between Stockholm University, KTH, and Karolinska Institutet. The research building is located right next to the Karolinska Institutet campus, although the lectures in this course round will be given at the Albanova University Center. Our research is focused on understanding membrane proteins, in particular the functions of ion channels and pumps that transport ions to make our nervous system work. We use a number of techniques ranging from bioinformatics to build models of receptors and channels, biomolecular simulations to understand molecular-level interactions, and experimental techniques such as cryo-EM and electrophysiology to understand structure and function of the systems we study. In many of these fields we are also heavily engaged in the international method development (in particular for molecular simulations and cryo-EM).

TEACHERS

Name: Erik Lindahl

Short Biography: Erik is Professor of Biophysics at the Department of Applied Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, with his main appointment as Professor of Biophysics at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Stockholm University.

Email: erik@kth.se

Website: https://www.scilifelab.se/researchers/erik-lindahl/

Name: Berk Hess

Short Biography: Berk is Professor of Computational Biophysics at the Department of Applied Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Email: hess@kth.se

Website: https://www.kth.se/profile/hess/

Name: Lucie Delemotte

Short Biography: Lucie is Assistant Professor of Biophysics at the Department of Applied Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Email: lucied@kth.se

Website: https://www.scilifelab.se/researchers/lucie-delemotte/

Name: Marina Kasimova

Short Biography: Marina is a postdoctoral scholar at Science for Life Laboratory, with a research program focused on voltage sensing in membrane proteins.

Email: marina.kasimova@scilifelab.se

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