A new study by the Pliotas group has been published in Nature Communications. In our study entitled “Allosteric activation of an ion channel triggered by…
New member arrivals
The Pliotas Group is very pleased to welcome two new members. Dr Andrew Hartley, a BBSRC-funded postdoctoral research fellow and Mr Benjamin Lane, a Wellcome…
Paper in ACS Synthetic Biology
In our collaborative paper published today in ACS Synthetic Biology, we used PELDOR/DEER to assess correct folding, oligomerization and conformation in pro- and eu-karyotic membrane…
BBSRC New Investigator grant award
Christos has been awarded a 3 year BBSRC New Investigator grant award (Sole-PI) to elucidate the gating mechanism of mechanosensitive ion channels. The Pliotas group…
Royal Society of Chemistry ESR Talk
Christos presented a talk on how to tackle mechanical sensing and address the “lipid moves first” hypothesis using the PELDOR/DEER methodology at the University of…