About our research group at Universitat Jaume I
Belonging to the Department of Physics of Universitat Jaume I, we are an interdisciplinary team of researchers, where physicists work tightly with chemists and biotechnologists.
We apply our expertise in electrophysiology, statistical physics, thermodynamics, fluctuation analysis and bioinformatics to study how membranes and proteins control the flow of matter and energy across cell membranes.
We collaborate with different groups in Spain and around the world, contributing to understand diverse systems where ion and metabolite transport plays a role.
Exploring the physics of life at the molecular scale
Our Research Journey
Our group explores how the fundamental laws of physics shape life at the molecular level.
Based at the Universitat Jaume I (Castellón, Spain), we investigate the complex dynamics of biological membranes and the proteins that form channels through them.
What began as a study of synthetic systems has evolved into an in-depth look at living membranes, ionic transport, and viral proteins with channel activity. Through collaboration with international laboratories and interdisciplinary teams of physicists, chemists, biologists and virologists, we aim to understand — and ultimately control — the molecular mechanisms that make cellular communication possible.
Research Lines
Ion transport beyond classical electrostatics: interfacial effects, lipid remodeling, nanoscale confinement and macromolecular crowding
Biophysical characterization of channel activity of different families of proteins and peptides: viroporins, pore-forming toxins, neurotoxic peptides
Voltage-induced closure of β-barrel channels
Research Lines
Ion transport beyond classical electrostatics: interfacial effects, lipid remodeling, nanoscale confinement and macromolecular crowding
Biophysical characterization of channel activity of different families of proteins and peptides: viroporins, pore-forming toxins, neurotoxic peptides
Voltage-induced closure of β-barrel channels
Research
Publications
Research
Publications
From synthetic systems to living cells, our path has always led us deeper — towards the invisible structures that sustain life.
Every channel, every molecule, tells a story of motion, interaction and balance.
That’s where our science begins.
From synthetic systems to living cells, our path has always led us deeper — towards the invisible structures that sustain life.
Every channel, every molecule, tells a story of motion, interaction and balance.
That’s where our science begins.
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Have a look at our new publicationhttps://t.co/6ihDXeA92f
— BIOPHYSICS-UJI (@Biophysics_Uji) October 16, 2025
Supralinear scaling behavior of ionic transport in membrane nanochannels regulated by outer-surface charges - now published in Nanoscale Advances https://t.co/GlguUCAkEu
— BIOPHYSICS-UJI (@Biophysics_Uji) October 15, 2024
See our new publication in Plos Pathogenshttps://t.co/XKgRJuEuVQ
— BIOPHYSICS-UJI (@Biophysics_Uji) September 22, 2025
La editorial Springer Nature retira 75 ESTUDIOS del rector de Salamanca y sus colaboradores por prácticas fraudulentas. La retractación masiva, sin precedentes, convierte el caso de Juan Manuel Corchado en el mayor escándalo de la ciencia españolahttps://t.co/MO95eViGCf
— Manuel Ansede (@manuelansede) October 16, 2024