Welcome, Sha!

17 February 2020, by Marlena Winter

Sha Lu just arrived to start her PhD with a fellowship from the Chinese Scholarship Council. She will focus on the role of ABCB transporters in cardenolide sequestration in Oncopeltus fasciatus and continue with their functional characterization.

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Photo: Marlena Herbertz

29.03.2022|molevolbio

New insights into an insect Na,K-ATPase

The Na,K-ATPase is a vital ion transporter and ubiquitously expressed in all animal cells. The enzyme is composed of two functionally diverse subunits in invertebrates, an α and a β-subunit. The ion transport can be inhibited by cardiac glycosides with harmful or even lethal effects on the organism...

12.05.2021|molevolbio

New Publication in Current Biology

Shab's protein engineering experiments in our lab helped to dissect the evolutionary path that enabled toad-feeding frogs to become resistant to their prey's toxins while maintaining highly active Na, K-ATPases and withstanding the homogenizing force of gene conversion.

Mohammadi S., Yang L., Harpak...