Staff members with discipline Biophysics
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.


cryo Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM)
Membrane Proteins
























Biophysics
Structure-based Drug Design




Signal transduction














Biophysics of Hearing
Cochlear Implant
Brainstem Implant






Biological membranes; Influence of antimicrobial molecules on bacterial outer layers; Action of signaling agents on membranes; Tear Film of the human eye
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Design of electronic systems: Power electronics and communications systems.
Design and implementation of control strategies for nonlinear systems.
Physics of invertebrate vision and animal coloration.




Primary focus at the moment is on:
(i) Transport through the nuclear pore complex
(ii) Phase separation and aggregation of disordered proteins
(iii) Molecular chaperones in neurodegenerative diseases
(iii) Soft-robotic nature-inspired microswimmers and magnetic artificial cilia.
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Molecular dynamics
Coarse-Grained Models
Force Field Parametrization
Proteins and Biomembranes






Intrinsically disordered proteins
Nuclear pore complexes
Protein design


In a biological and biomedical context we have developed a particular interest in using the above techniques (along with other biophysical experiments) to probe the molecular mechanisms of human disease. A particular focus has been on the protein misfolding and aggregation behind Huntington's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Moreover, we have a strong interest in study the behavior of lipid membranes and how they are modulated by protein/peptide-lipid interactions.
We are increasingly applying similar experiments to determine the structure-function relationship of various functional materials. A particular interest in this area is the increasing use of bio-inspired principles to design bio-mimetic functional materials. These include responsive hydrogels, functionalized nanomaterials and other nano-assemblies.





