Topic: biological function

Clarice D. Aiello examines evidence that quantum effects influence biological function, including magnetic sensing used in animal navigation, cellular metabolism and enzyme activity, and the capture of light energy in photosynthesis. The talk reviews proposed biophysical mechanisms and their implications for human, plant and environmental biology, while considering the difficulty of connecting observations from nanometre scales to whole organisms. A central question is whether quantum mechanics can be established or ruled out as the explanation for physiologically relevant effects, and whether

A four-year FPI predoctoral employment contract in Marité Cárdenas’s Biocolloids and Neutron Scattering Laboratory. Investigate how lipoprotein and lipid-nanoparticle structure, heterogeneity and protein coronas affect biological function, cellular delivery and endosomal escape. Methods include lipidomics/proteomics, X-ray and neutron scattering, infrared spectroscopy, single-particle profiling and cryo-electron microscopy. The appointment includes Chemistry PhD enrolment at UPV/EHU and access to international research facilities. The stated deadline is 31 October 2026, with rolling review fro