Start Date
2021
Description
- Cell membranes are made up of lipid bilayers that protect the cell and its contents.
- Ion channels are proteins in the lipid bilayer that allow ions to flow in and out of the cell.
- We can measure changes in electrical current as a function of time when a single ion channel in an artificial bilayer opens and closes.
- Ion channels open and close randomly with characteristic “dwell times” which are exponentially distributed.
- One of the main goals is to determine how these exponential time constants (tau) change with temperature and lipid type.
Recommended Citation
Manoraj, Judah and Haarsma, Loren, "Improving Temperature Control for Studying Lipid-Ion Channel Biophysics" (2021). Summer Research. 18.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2021/Posters/18
Included in
Jan 1st, 12:00 AM
Improving Temperature Control for Studying Lipid-Ion Channel Biophysics
- Cell membranes are made up of lipid bilayers that protect the cell and its contents.
- Ion channels are proteins in the lipid bilayer that allow ions to flow in and out of the cell.
- We can measure changes in electrical current as a function of time when a single ion channel in an artificial bilayer opens and closes.
- Ion channels open and close randomly with characteristic “dwell times” which are exponentially distributed.
- One of the main goals is to determine how these exponential time constants (tau) change with temperature and lipid type.