Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly

Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Volume 27, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale. The assortment of chapters in this volume represents both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers, with topics of note in this release including TiO2 Nanomaterials as Electrochemical Biosensors for Cancer, the Reconstitution of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers: New Approaches, and Shear-Induced Lamellar/Onion Transition in Surfactant Systems.

Surveys recent theoretical and experimental results on lipid micro- and nanostructuresPresents potential uses of applications, like clinically relevant diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, biotechnology, pharmaceutical engineering and food productsIncludes both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchersProvides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes and lipid self-assemblies, from micro to nanoscale

1. The Role of Self-Assembling Lipid Molecules in Vaccination Luis Martinez-Gil, Peter H. Goff and Gene S. Tan 2. The Role of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization (MOMP) in Apoptosis: Studying Bax Pores by Cryo-Electron Microscopy Tomomi Kuwana 3. Electrochemical Biosensor Based on TiO₂ Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics Tina Mavric, Metka Bencina, Roghayeh Imani, Ita Junkar, Matjaz Valant, Veronika Kralj-Iglic and Ales Iglic 4. How Can Artificial Lipid Models Mimic the Complexity of Molecule–Membrane Interactions Véronique Rosilio 5. Reconstitution of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers: New Approaches Jana Gaburjakova and Marta Gaburjakova 6. Shear-Induced Lamellar/Onion Transition in Surfactant Systems Tadashi Kato 7. Curvature Sorting and Crowding-Induced Mixing in Experimental Model Membranes Wade F. Zeno, Maria O. Ogunyankin and Marjorie L. Longo