Heini Murer - F1000 Faculty Member (since 01 March 2005)
Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich , Switzerland
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION: Heini Murer (born 1944) studied biology at the University of Fribourg from 1969-1971 and majored in biochemistry, the subject in which he was also awarded his doctorateMEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS: Heini Murer is a member and also acted as President of several associations in the field of physiology and nephrology. Between 1993-2004 he was also Research Commissioner at the Swiss National Science Foundation.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Current research focuses on four different aspects, all in relation to renal proximal tubular and small intestinal transport of inorganic phosphate, in particular the brush border membrane Na/Pi-cotransporters (type II):
Cellular/molecular aspects of transport regulation
Identification/characterization of interacting proteins
Structure/function relationships (also 2D/3D-structure)
Analysis of kinetic properties ('transport-cycle')
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