Title
Assistant Professor

Department
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology


Faculty URL
https://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/bbs/parke

Research Group
http://parklab.mcb.berkeley.edu/

Email
eunyong_park@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 664-5170


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Research Expertise and Interest
protein function, Structural Biology, biochemistry, membrane proteins

Research Description
Eunyong Park is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology.? His research group is interested in understanding molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins that mediate transport of ions and molecules across lipid bilayers. Selective and regulated transport by these channels and transporters underlies many important processes in all living cells, such as import and export of nutrients and electrolytes across cell membranes, secretion of proteins and peptides, and generation of electric signals in neurons and muscle cells. To understand how these molecular machines work, they combine structural, biochemical, and biophysical approaches. Particularly we use cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine atomic structures of protein complexes.