Investigating the asymmetry of the plasma membrane: model membranes mimicking healthy and tumor cells, and anti-tumor therapeutic strategies

• Grant number: 23/05540-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers
• Start date: May 01, 2023
• End date: April 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Thais Azevedo Enoki Liarte
• Grantee: Thais Azevedo Enoki Liarte
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/04046-4 - Investigating the asymmetry of the plasma membrane: model membranes mimicking healthy and tumor cells, and anti-tumor therapeutic strategies, AP.JP

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OLIVEIRA, IGOR S.; PINHEIRO, GUILHERME X.; SA, MARIA LUANA B.; GURGEL, PEDRO HENRIQUE L. O.; PIZZOL, SAMUEL U.; ITRI, ROSANGELA; HENRIQUES, VERA B.; ENOKI, THAIS A.. The Importance of Bilayer Asymmetry in Biological Membranes: Insights from Model Membranes. MEMBRANES, v. 15, n. 3, p. 29-pg., 2025-03-03. (23/05540-5, 22/04046-4, 24/00346-9, 22/07024-1, 24/14296-3, 23/11908-5, 24/02663-1)

ENOKI, THAIS A.; HEBERLE, FREDERICK A.. Experimentally determined leaflet-leaflet phase diagram of an asymmetric lipid bilayer. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 120, n. 46, p. 11-pg., 2023-11-14. (23/05540-5, 22/04046-4)

FEIGENSON, GERALD W.; HUANG, JUYANG; ENOKI, THAIS A.. An Unexpected Driving Force for Lipid Order Appears in Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 145, n. 40, p. 6-pg., 2023-09-08. (23/05540-5, 22/04046-4)