Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Chairman's Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The department consists of an interactive group of faculty, staff, postdoctoral trainees, and students. Our central missions are high-quality biomedical research, education of medical and graduate students, and service to the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Health Sciences Center as a whole. Our main research interests are biological membranes and membrane proteins, with a focus on molecular mechanisms in health and disease, as well as applications to medicine and biotechnology. Our department has a state-of-the-art Membrane Protein Core Laboratory that provides support to our laboratories and other laboratories across TTUHSC and TTU. Our department also houses the multidisciplinary Center for Membrane Protein Research, which involves faculty from seven departments at TTUHSC and TTU. I welcome you again and encourage you to contact us if you need additional information.

Guillermo Altenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics

Recent and Upcoming Seminar Speakers

Professor

Department of Physiology and Biophysics

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

“Gating mechanism of hyperpolarization-activated HCN channels.”

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Departments of Biomolecular Sciences

Weizmann Institute of Science

“Membrane protein biogenesis: On the role of the signal recognition particle (SRP) system"

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Yale University

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Department of Molecular and Celluar Biology

Harvard University

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Brain Research Institute

UCLA

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Department of Cell Biology

NYU Langone Health

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Scientist, Structural Biology

Genetech

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Associate Professor

University of Virgina Health System

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Professor

Department of Biological Chemistry

UCLA

Room 1C110A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Senior Principal Research Fellow

Head of Mechanosensory Biophysics Laboratory

Victor Chang Institute

via Zoom, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.