Membrane Interactions & Properties Of Lipid Bilayers

We have been probing the interactions of macromolecules at the lipid membrane interface. The material properties of lipids, as well as protein-lipid interactions, govern the interactions and consequent assembly of these multi-component mixtures. The study of such complex systems requires the development of new computational tools that are based on statistical thermodynamics. 

BAR domain adsorbed to lipid membranes causing elastic deformation and lipid segregation, as derived in our mean-field calculations.