Lukas Tamm, PhD, discusses new fundamental biological mechanisms on how our body works.

Lukas Tamm, PhD, Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology.
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What I love about my research is going to the lab every day and discover new fundamental biological mechanisms on how our body works, and in particular how membranes communicate with one another in order to allow for virus entry, neurotransmitter release and hormone secretion.
I'm Lukas Tamm, and I'm a professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and the Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology.
Our research is currently focused on two main areas. First, we are very interested to figure out the mechanism of higher enveloped viruses such as flu, HIV, Ebola virus and SARS and Purcell's bi membrane fusion. And the second area we study how neurotransmitters and hormones are released from neurons and secretory cells, and how this process is very highly controlled by calcium.
Our fundamental new studies on neurotransmitter release and hormone secretion will help with new basic understanding and new treatments for diseases such as epilepsy, depression and Parkinson's disease. As well as diabetes.