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Research in the Sanderson Group

Lipid Chemistry and Biophysics

We apply a range of analytical techniques to study the binding and reactivity of lipid membranes (more)

Schematic showing a lipidated drug molecule

Membrane-Active Peptides

Understanding the properties of peptides in lipid membranes (more)

An image showing the structure of one of our peptides - long, narrow and slightly curved

Membrane Proteins

Factors that control the activity of membrane proteins, including unusual post-translational lipidation (more)

A line drawing of a peptide linked to a synthetic polymer

Amino Acid-Lipid Interactions

Research on the nature of the interactions of amino acids and small peptides with lipid bilayers (more)

An image of an adduct formed between tryptophan and a lipid, obtained by molecular modelling