This lab experiment investigated the relationship between lipid membrane composition and osmosis or selective transport rates using droplet interface bilayers (DIBs). Lipid monolayers formed around aqueous droplets plunged in hexadecane, merging to create a lipid bilayer membrane between droplets. Water passed through membranes from less concentrated to more concentrated droplets by osmosis. Dye molecules were selectively transported through some membranes but not others depending on membrane composition, observed using fluorescence microscopy as the dye molecules excited under laser light. The results showed how transport rates of molecules like water and dyes depend on membrane composition, with applications to disease treatment and bioengineering.