Juan Palacios-Ortega

Dr. Juan Palacios-Ortega is a Researcher in the Department of Chemistry at King’s College London, affiliated with the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from Complutense University (Madrid) and Åbo Akademi University (Finland). His research focuses on membrane protein folding mechanisms, lipid environment influences, and protein-membrane interactions, employing spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. Current studies emphasize co-translational insertion processes using cell-free expression systems to study protein folding without purification. Key contributions include analyzing sticholysin cytolytic mechanisms and lipid-protein interactions in pore formation. He collaborates with Prof. Paula Booth’s group exploring membrane protein folding and misfolding.

Publications highlight structural-functional studies of actinoporins, lipid membrane interactions, and toxin-membrane dynamics. Awards and grants are not explicitly listed. Advising roles are unreported. His work bridges biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology, with applications in drug design targeting membrane proteins. He is active in interdisciplinary membrane protein research at King’s College London.