• Module Content

    1. Membrane Ultrastructure

    ·         Assembly: The "fluid mosaic" membrane model

    ·         Remodeling

    ·         Structure-function relationship at the membrane level

    2. Substance Transport

    ·         The membrane model and substance passage

    ·         Measurement of membrane transport

    ·         Exchange mechanisms

    ·         Electrolyte transport

    ·         Water transport

    ·         Transport of organic substances

    3. Physico-Chemistry of Transport: Thermodynamic Aspects

    ·         Generalization of the concept of chemical potential

    ·         Osmotic pressure

    ·         Donnan effect