The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) TransCure is an interdisciplinary research network of 19 research groups ... affiliated to the Universities of Bern, Zurich, Lausanne and Basel. The main focus of this network is membrane transporter and ion channel research. The NCCR TransCure is one of the current NCCRs funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). It was established by Matthias A. Hediger (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) in 2010, and is currently led by Hugues Abriel (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine) as director and Jean-Louis Reymond (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) as deputy director. Leading house is the University of Bern. Beside fostering high quality science, the NCCR TransCure is also active in the fields of education, equal opportunities, technology transfer and communication. read more