NARILIS lunch seminar | Dr. Markku Hakala, University of Helsinki, Finland

  • When Apr 17, 2026 from 12:45 PM to 02:00 PM (Europe/Brussels / UTC200)
  • Where UNamur, L12 auditorium
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We are pleased to invite you to a seminar given by

Dr. Markku Hakala

Group leader at the Institute of Biotechnology in University of Helsinki, Finland

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Membrane microdomains have an important role in many cellular processes, including cell migration, vesicle trafficking, organizing membrane protein assemblies, and pathogen uptake. The research group of Markuu Hakala studies structural mechanisms and biological functions of mechanosensitive membrane microdomains and how these structures respond to external stress, such as membrane tension changes or stretch. They use a combination of cell biology, fluorescence microscopy imaging, biochemistry, in vitro reconstitution, and structural biology tools. With these approaches, we aim to understand how mechanosensitive membrane microdomains maintain normal cellular processes and how changes in their structure and biophysical properties lead to diseases.

Invited by Prof. Henri-François Renard, UNamur, URBC