INFORMATION
Ion Channel, Patch Clamp & Electrophysiology Resources Major hub-site for ion channel research. Contains jobs, recent papers, press releases, links and more. It is updated daily.
Patch Clamp Animation Useful patch clamp animation for beginners. Teaches you the basics of patch clamp.
Lecture Notes by Martin Stemmler at Caltech Covers neuronal function, the Hodgkin-Huxley model, channel states and kinetics.
QuB Software for single channel analysis, designed at the University of New York, Buffalo.
Membrane Biophysics Details of a textbook about bilayer lipid membranes (planar lipid bilayers) by H. Ti Tien and Angelica Ottova-Leitmannova.
The Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment An ever expanding resource about all aspects of signal transduction. Produced by Science Magazine.
Simulations of Ion Channels and Excitable Membranes A series of simulation programs by Francisco Bezanilla at UCLA.
DEPARTMENTS AND LABORATORIES
A comprehensive listing of all ion channel laboratories in the world. The list is updated weekly and is complete. To be listed, an investigator must demonstrate at least 5 publications as principal investigator. Laboratories can add their photo and laboratory URL.
David Clapham's group at Harvard. G-Protein activated potassium channels.
Summary of David's lab in the Pharmacology Department at University College, London. Download their specialist single channel analysis programs.
Voltage-sensitive and ligand-gated ion channels
of the honeybee brain.
Wideranging studies of various pre- and post-synaptic proteins.
Studies of biophysical and pharmacological properties of ligand gated ion channels,
presynaptic mechanisms of transmitter release and properties of synaptically activated receptors.
Various graphical representations of work involving nuclear pore complexes.
Interested in mechanosensitivity using electrophysiology, calcium imaging, atomic force microscopy (AFM), fluorimetry and membrane mechanics.
Molecular modelling and simulation of ion channels and membrane proteins.
DATABASES
Ion Channel Database Phylogenetically organized database of all known ion channel genes
The Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Database Database of nucleic and proteic sequences of various types of ligand-gated ion channel subunits by the Pasteur Institute.
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Warner Instrument Corporation Manufacturer of electrophysiological equipment - amplifiers, perfusion systems, imaging chambers etc.
WaveMetrics Technical software for Science and Engineering. Producers of IGOR graphing, data analysis, and programming software.