The aim of this special issue on “Protein translocation across or insertion into membranes” is to provide an up-to-date view of the protein-translocation field. The issue includes review articles on the vast majority on the known protein import and membrane integration machineries in different organelles, as well as in different kingdoms and domains of life.
Dr. Rapaport received his M.Sc. (1992) and Ph.D. (1995) at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He received a post-doctoral Fellowship with the European Molecular Biology Organization in the laboratory of Dr. Walter Neupert at the University of Munich. Dr. Rapaport spent a year (2000/1) as a Senior Lecturer at the Medical School of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Dr. Rapaport's research focuses on the biogenesis and dynamics of mitochondria. Since 2006 Doron Rapaport is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology.
