Research subject Energy conversions

Proton transport across biological membranes, electron and proton-transfer reactions within the respiratory complexes, and regulatory interactions between membrane proteins are processes that contribute to energy conversion within a cell.

The research at the Department is primarily concerned with characterizing the unknown aspects of the mechanisms by which energy conversion materializes. Elucidation of these processes would impact our understanding and optimization of bioenergy. Aside from such profound implications, defects in the expression of some of the genes encoding the involved protein complexes may influence many human diseases including cancer, ageing and mitochondrial disorders.