Welcome to the Department of Cellular Physiology

Research in our division covers three main areas,

• the molecular biophysics of cellular motility,
• mechanisms of cellular osmoregulation,
• and calcium-dependent cellular communication and signal transduction.

We develop and apply a broad range of high-resolution biophysical methods, including  optical tweezers, single fluorescence and atomic force microscopy for single molecule studies in vitro and in cells. For cellular studies we also apply confocal and two-photon fluorescence microscopy, electron-microscopical techniques and electron-microprobe analysis.