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A new efflux pump partner, new model for proton pumping and lipid-based gating mechanisms, new detergents and 🦈 antibodies, new cool artificial lipid mimetic, previously hidden biding sites, … all this topped with a pinch of sugar … What an exciting time to be studying membranes and membrane proteins !

Again a great and rich week in the membrane world ! Have a nice reading, have a nice week-end,

Dear all, Please find below the weekly Membrane’s Digest. As usual, a great bunch of super interesting articles ! How long will it take them to reach 350,000 x citations ? Best,

In today’s Mb digest, membranes take center stage: bending under pressure, flipping lipids, pumping protons, constraining embedded MPs in their functional behaviour and occasionally organizing into tissues when squished hard enough ! Have a nice reading, have a nice day, BPM

You’ll find below a new daily release of the Mb Digest. Very much ”Efflux”-related (guilty as charged), but not only: Pump up the volume ! Have a nice day !

The Membrane's digest took some vacations, but is back ! Let’s try and catch up the very active MP literature by suggesting daily editions over the next few days ! Today’s edition introduces a twist on the traditional “impact factor”: the Cake Factor — a metric that ranks labs by the number of cakes shared to celebrate papers, grants, and milestones. A tradition said to “strengthen organizational culture and recognize the hard work of authors.” With such a standard, our lab is topping the charts! Have a nice day !

Some of you commented that the last membrane digest was a bit heavy on the bad news.... So let's brighten things up with this edition - an easy task, packed with top-notch articles and exciting updates ! BTW: If you still want to stay updated on the state of science in the U.S., Science magazine has launched TrumpTracker—a thread covering the latest science-related decisions from the Trump administration: https://www.science.org/content/article/science-trump-latest-news

Busy times … The membrane’s digest arrives with delay and in a shorter format (no three-sentence summaries …) but with important and must-read papers !