Call for papers - Structure, function, and regulation of membrane transport proteins

Florent Di Meo, PharmD, PhD, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), France

Dr Florent Di Meo is a Research Scientist at the French Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm). He leads the “Integrative Local Pharmacology and Toxicology” group within the Pharmacology & Transplantation research unit at the University of Limoges. His research focuses on local drug pharmacokinetics, with a particular emphasis on membrane transporters. By integrating molecular simulations, cell biology, and organ-on-chip technology, Dr Di Meo's team investigates transporter-mediated drug interactions and their impact on pharmacological responses.

Lan Guan, MD, PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA

Lan Guan, MD, PhD, is a Professor of the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Co-Director of the Center for Membrane Protein Research, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas, USA. She completed her postdoctoral training in the membrane transport field at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute/University California, Los Angeles, mentored by the late Prof H. Ronald Kaback. She has been a member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports since 2015, and has authored >100 peer-reviewed research articles, reviews, and book chapters. Her laboratory has been focusing on cation-coupled nutrient cotransporters--structures and coupling mechanisms using x-ray crystallography, cryoEM single-particle analysis, thermodynamics, and other biochemical and biophysical techniques combined with genetic methods. Her research has made important contributions to our understanding of the core principles of the cation-coupled symport mechanisms. Website