Geraline Trossi-Torres (Ph.D. Student) along with Dr. Laxman Mainali (Faculty) recently published in MDPI titled: Alpha-Crystallin-Membrane Association Modulated by Phospholipid Acyl Chain Length and Degree of Unsaturation. Their results show a direct correlation between the mobility and order near the headgroup regions of the membrane with the Ka. Additionally, their results show that the hydrophobicity near the headgroup regions of the membrane increases with the α-crystallin association, indicating that the α-crystallin-membrane association forms the hydrophobic barrier to the transport of polar and ionic molecules, supporting the barrier hypothesis in cataract development.