Salomé Llabrés
Membrane proteins of biomedical relevance
Salomé Llabrés
Membrane proteins of biomedical relevance
My research interests focus on the molecular modelling of challenging systems with societal implications. I aim to understand the interactions and motions that enable the functions of such biological systems, as well as the causes that lead to pathologies when these systems are altered. Here I list some of my current research interests:
Active transport across membranes
The active transport of biomolecules through biological membranes require specialised membrane proteins able to translocate substrates selectively and in most cases against concentration gradient. Mutations on these proteins are often related to pathological phentoypes.
Antimicrobial Resistance
The current rise in antimicrobial resistance urges the development of new antibiotic drugs. Gram-negative constitute the vast majority of priority pathogens exhibiting multi- or pan-drug resistance.
