What information will these pages provide?

The aims of these pages are to provide a resource of information for students who are at the GCSE level or above.

The pages provide a basic understanding about scientific research carried out by this group on biological membranes, and background information on the techniques used. A variety of topics is covered, from the importance of drugs, to how techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance are used to work out the shape and size of a compound. Other topics, such as protein synthesis, organic chemistry, and computational modelling are also briefly covered. In these pages we also discuss the significance of membranes and their vital functions in the cell.


The image shows a typical cell surface plasma membrane, showing lipids arranged in a bilayer. Reproduced from Principles in Biochemistry, Lehninger, Nelson & Cox, 1992