We are an interdisciplinary research group combining biophysical, cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology methodologies. Two are our main research focuses are: The study of the molecular mechanisms that underlie protein-protein and protein-membrane interactions, using bacterial toxins as a model system, in particular, the adenylate cyclase toxins, which are essential virulence factors produced by different bacterial pathogens (e.g. Bordetella pertussis, Escherichia coli). Understanding the molecular mechanism that leads to genetic/hereditary hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease. We do translational research by assessing pathogenic variants of LDLR, ApoB-100 and PCSK9 to provide a certain genetic diagnosis of the disease.
