Biochemistry Department - University of Geneva

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How are membranes organized and functioning in cells? In our department, we are addressing this question in a comprehensive manner, attacking the problem from many fronts: we are 7 groups with different strategies, model organisms (from yeast, through Dictyostelium, worms, flies, fish and human cells) and methodologies (from chemistry, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, biophysics), but we all want to understand the role of lipids and proteins to organize the membrane system in the cell. Our work is therefore very interdisciplinary. As a consequence, the atmosphere in the department is highly interactive. Read More »

Latest News

13 April
The Gonzalez lab just got published a new article on the control of growth by Dpp in imaginal discs. In the Science paper in 2007, we have (...)
19 April
An understanding of life on a molecular level requires the characterization of all biochemical activities of an organism with spatial and (...)
14 April
We are very happy to welcome Aurélien, who just moved from the Curie Institute, as a new colleague in the Department. He studies membrane (...)