Nir Ben-tal

Biography

Nir Ben-Tal is working as professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Tel Aviv University. His RInteractions of peptides and small molecules with lipid bilayers, Structure prediction in membrane proteins.

Research Interest

Study the interactions of antimicrobial, fusion and amyloidic peptides with membranes, Further develop the methodology for the prediction of 3D-structures of TM proteins and use it to obtain structures of selected proteins, such as human and eukaryotic Na+/H+ antiporters and copper transporters, as well as EmrE in its apo-form, Prediction of function both from experimentally determined 3D-structures and from model structures of proteins.