PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) Superfamily: Water Channel Proteins, Glycerol Facilitators

Classification and Phylogenetic Analyses of MIP Channels

Superaquaporins, Subcellular Aquaporins

Developmental Patterns of Expression of Water Channel Proteins

Methods/Techniques in Studying Water Channel Proteins

Molecular Structures of Water Channel Proteins: – Insights from Crystal Structure, MRI and Ultrastructural Analyses

Biophysical Studies of Water Transport

Roles of Water Channel Proteins in the Transport of Substrates other than Water

Water Channel Proteins in Reconstituted Systems

Water Channel Inhibitors

Water Channel Proteins as Targets for Drugs in Various Cells and Diseases

Intracellular Messenger Modulation of Plant and Animal Water Channel Proteins

Plant Water Channel Proteins and Their Roles in: – Tissue Hydraulics; – Regulation under Environmental Stresses; – Carbon and Nutrient Assimilation

Bacterial Water Channel Proteins

Protozoan Water Channel Proteins

Insect and Invertebrate Water Channel Proteins

Water Channel Proteins in Aquatic Vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammalians

Water Channel Proteins and Cell Movements

Water Channel Proteins and Angiogenesis and Cancer

Water Channel Proteins and Nervous System: Physiology and Pathology

Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Billiary Tract Water Channel Proteins in Health and Disease

Eye Water Channel Proteins in Health and Disease

Kidney and Urinary Tract Water Channel Proteins in Health and Disease

Respiratory Apparatus Water Channel Proteins in Health and Disease

Water Channel Proteins and Cardiovascular System: Physiology and Pathology

Muscle Water Channel Proteins

Red Blood Cell Water Channel Proteins

Water Channel Proteins in Secretory Cells: Physiology and Pathology

Skin Water Channel Proteins in Health and Disease

Water Channel Proteins and Reproductive System

Adipose Tissue Water Channel Proteins and Metabolic Syndrome

Fluid transport in barrier epithelia

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