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Biology and Biochemistry
Mexico
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
14909
World Ranking
6076
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Alberto Darszon is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Reproductive Medicine.

Their major subfields of study include:

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biophysics

Their research covers numerous topics, notably:

  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Alberto Darszon include:

  • "Human sperm uses asymmetric and anisotropic flagellar controls to regulate swimming symmetry and cell steering," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Extending resolution within a single imaging frame," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Direct activation of the proton channel by albumin leads to human sperm capacitation and sustained release of inflammatory mediators by neutrophils," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Differences and Similarities: The Richness of Comparative Sperm Physiology," 2020, Physiology
  • "Quantitative Intracellular pH Determinations in Single Live Mammalian Spermatozoa Using the Ratiometric Dye SNARF-5F," 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequently, Alberto Darszon collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Gabriel Corkidi
  • Paul Hernández-Herrera
  • Fernando Montoya
  • Mariano G. Buffone
  • Claudia Sánchez-Cárdenas

Their work has been published in a range of scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • eLife
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Ion Channels in Sperm Physiology

    Alberto Darszon;Pedro Labarca;Takuya Nishigaki;Felipe Espinosa

  • Calcium Channels in the Development, Maturation, and Function of Spermatozoa

    Alberto Darszon;Takuya Nishigaki;Carmen Beltran;Claudia L. Treviño

  • Ion channels, phosphorylation and mammalian sperm capacitation.

    Pablo E Visconti;Dario Krapf;José Luis de la Vega-Beltrán;Juan José Acevedo

  • Ca2+ Entry through Store-operated Channels in Mouse Sperm Is Initiated by Egg ZP3 and Drives the Acrosome Reaction

    Christine M.B. O'Toole;Christophe Arnoult;Alberto Darszon;Richard A. Steinhardt

  • Involvement of a Na+/HCO-3 cotransporter in mouse sperm capacitation.

    Ignacio A. Demarco;Felipe Espinosa;Jennifer Edwards;Julian Sosnik

  • The SLO3 sperm-specific potassium channel plays a vital role in male fertility

    Celia M. Santi;Pablo Martínez-López;José Luis de la Vega-Beltrán;Alice Butler

  • Sperm channel diversity and functional multiplicity

    Alberto Darszon;Juan J Acevedo;Blanca E Galindo;Enrique O Hernández-González

  • Ion Transport in Sperm Signaling

    Alberto Darszon;Carmen Beltrán;Ricardo Felix;Takuya Nishigaki

  • Identification of mouse trp homologs and lipid rafts from spermatogenic cells and sperm

    Claudia L. Treviño;Carmen J. Serrano;Carmen J. Serrano;Carmen Beltrán;Ricardo Felix

  • Calcium Channels and Ca2+ Fluctuations in Sperm Physiology

    Alberto Darszon;Takuya Nishigaki;Chris Wood;Claudia L Treviño

  • A dihydropyridine-sensitive T-type Ca2+ current is the main Ca2+ current carrier in mouse primary spermatocytes.

    C. M. Santi;A. Darszon;A. Hernandez-Cruz

  • T-type Ca2+ channels and α1E expression in spermatogenic cells, and their possible relevance to the sperm acrosome reaction

    Arturo Liévano;Celia M. Santi;Carmen.J. Serrano;Claudia L. Treviño

  • Intracellular pH in sperm physiology.

    Takuya Nishigaki;Omar José;Ana Laura González-Cota;Francisco Romero

  • Sodium and Epithelial Sodium Channels Participate in the Regulation of the Capacitation-associated Hyperpolarization in Mouse Sperm

    Enrique O. Hernández-González;Julian Sosnik;Jennifer Edwards;Juan José Acevedo

  • Functional reassembly of membrane proteins in planar lipid bilayers.

    M. Montal;A. Darszon;H. Schindler

  • Participation of the Cl−/HCO3− Exchangers SLC26A3 and SLC26A6, the Cl− Channel CFTR, and the Regulatory Factor SLC9A3R1 in Mouse Sperm Capacitation

    Julio C. Chávez;Enrique O. Hernández-González;Eva Wertheimer;Pablo E. Visconti

  • The intraacrosomal calcium pool plays a direct role in acrosomal exocytosis.

    Gerardo De Blas;Marcela Michaut;Claudia L. Treviño;Claudia N. Tomes

  • Ion channels in small cells and subcellular structures can be studied with a smart patch-clamp system.

    Julia Gorelik;Yuchun Gu;Hilmar A. Spohr;Andrew I. Shevchuk

  • Early persistent activation of sperm K+ channels by the egg peptide speract.

    Donner F. Babcock;Martha M. Bosma;David E. Battaglia;David E. Battaglia;Alberto Darszon;Alberto Darszon

  • Real-time analysis of the role of Ca2+ in flagellar movement and motility in single sea urchin sperm

    Christopher D. Wood;Takuya Nishigaki;Toshiaki Furuta;Shoji A. Baba

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo E. Visconti
Pablo E. Visconti University of Massachusetts Amherst
Reto J. Strasser
Reto J. Strasser University of Geneva
Lourival D. Possani
Lourival D. Possani National Autonomous University of Mexico
Lawrence Salkoff
Lawrence Salkoff Washington University in St. Louis
Mauricio Montal
Mauricio Montal University of California, San Diego
Victor D. Vacquier
Victor D. Vacquier University of California, San Diego
Luis S. Mayorga
Luis S. Mayorga National University of Cuyo
Jochen Buck
Jochen Buck Cornell University
Lonny R. Levin
Lonny R. Levin Cornell University
Alejandra Bravo
Alejandra Bravo National Autonomous University of Mexico

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