Christos delivered an invited seminar at Imperial College London for the the Centre for Structural Biology (CSB) Open Day presenting recent research activities of the…
Invited Seminar at the University of Helsinki
Christos delivered an invited seminar at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HILIFE), University of Helsinki (Finland), for the HILIFE seminar series presenting recent research…
Phitchakorn’s arrival
We welcome Phitchakorn (Cartoon) Somngam a new PhD student in the Pliotas group. Phitchakorn will investigate complete mechanosensitive ion channel conformational ensembles by combining alternative…
Research article in Structure
In our recent article published in the journal Structure (Cell Press) entitled: “The mechanosensitive channel YbiO has a conductance equivalent to the largest gated-pore“ we…
Review in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
In our recent review published in the journal Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, entitled: “Enabling structural biological electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in membrane proteins through…
Themiya’s arrival
We welcome Themiya Ambalangoda Perera a new PhD student in the Pliotas group. Themiya will investigate G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) dynamics and their allosteric inhibition by…
Xinyu’s arrival
We welcome Xinyu Liu a new PhD student in the Pliotas group. Xinyu will investigate tension sensitivity in integral membrane proteins including ion channels and pumps. To…
Research article in eLife
In our recent article published in the journal eLife, entitled: “Conformational dynamics and asymmetry in multimodal inhibition of membrane-bound pyrophosphatases” we used PELDOR (or DEER)…
Josh’s arrival
We welcome Dr Josh Wort a new postdoctoral researcher in the Pliotas group. Josh will investigate novel natural product biosynthesis complexes using EPR spectroscopy and HDX mass…
Research article in Structure
In our recent article published in the journal Structure (Cell Press), entitled: “Monitoring the conformational ensemble and lipid environment of a mechanosensitive channel under cyclodextrin-induced…