Welcome to the Research Group of Helmut Wieczorek

University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Animal Physiology, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany

Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Biological membranes separate living cells from their environment, and in the cell they enable the formation of closed compartments, the organelles. Membranes are selectively permeable for ions and nutrients and permit the exchange of solutes via transport proteins. We are interested in the structure, function and regulation of important transport proteins which we investigate using a broad spectrum of biochemical, molecular genetic, cell biological and physiological methods.