Wei Chen, Professor

Ph.D. physics, 1988, Temple University

 

office:                     PHY368B              (813) 974-5038

lab:                         PHY003                (813) 974-9937

e-mail:                   wchen@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

web:                      http://uweb.cas.usf.edu/~chen/labwst.htm

 

 

 

 

research interests: biophysics & biomedical physics

·          bioelectromagnetism

·          membrane proteins

·          wound healing

·          drug delivery

·          electrical injury

 

research outline:

The Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics is a highly interdisciplinary research lab, involving physics, physiology, cell biology and molecular biology. The structural and functional relationship of membrane proteins, such as ion channels, membrane transporters, and electrogenic pump molecules, as well as their interfaces with an electromagnetic field are currently studied. One of the projects is to study direct energy transform from inorganic energy to the living system by electrically activating membrane electrogenic pump molecules, Na/K ATPases, as well as its application in wound healing. Other projects include understanding the underlying mechanisms involved in electrical injury and studying targeted and percutaneous drug delivery, The research program was initiated at the University of Chicago and has been funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) since 1994, America Heart Association, Dermatology Association, University of Chicago and University of Illinois and etc. Our research is conducted and focused on cellular and molecular levels in nano-scales by using broad, state-of-arts techniques including whole cell/patch clamps, microscopic imagining using multiple-laser confocal microscope, near field microscope, full line of cellular and molecular biology techniques.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae