
There have been some exciting developments in the research output from the Sanderson group. Society Membership: Member of the British Biophysical Society (committee member), Biophysical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). " The Association of Defensin HNP-2 with Negatively Charged Membranes: A Combined Fluorescence and Linear Dichroism Study", Catherine J. " The Influence of Cholesterol on Melittin Lipidation in Neutral Membranes", Hannah M. " Lytic Reactions of Drugs with Lipid Membranes", Hannah M. " Far from Inert: Membrane Lipids Possess Intrinsic Reactivity That Has Consequences for Cell Biology", John M. Recent Publications: " Lysis of membrane lipids promoted by small organic molecules: Reactivity depends on structure but not lipophilicity", Hannah M.

The development of model systems for studying the fundamental properties of the interactions between aromatic amino acids and phospholipids.The development of new analytical methods for studying lipids and membranes, including Raman tweezing and linear dichroism spectroscopy.Understanding the activity of membrane-active peptides and proteins.

Probing of the reactivity of drugs and other molecules with membrane lipids.Research in the Sanderson group focuses on the interactions of proteins and peptides with membranes.
