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Jordi Molgó is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Environmental Chemistry. Additional subfields of focus include Pharmacology and Ocean Engineering.

The researcher's work covers several main topics, including Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, as well as Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research.

Jordi Molgó has published extensively in multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Toxicon
  • Marine Drugs
  • Toxins
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Signaling

Some of the recent publications associated with Jordi Molgó are:

  • Cancer cells with defective oxidative phosphorylation require endoplasmic reticulum-to-mitochondria Ca 2+ transfer for survival, 2020, Science Signaling
  • A Ca2+-Dependent Mechanism Boosting Glycolysis and OXPHOS by Activating Aralar-Malate-Aspartate Shuttle, upon Neuronal Stimulation, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Health risk assessment related to pinnatoxins in French shellfish, 2020, Toxicon
  • Cyclic imine toxins survey in coastal european shellfish samples: Bioaccumulation and mode of action of 28-O-palmitoyl ester of pinnatoxin-G. first report of portimine-A bioaccumulation., 2020, Harmful Algae
  • Concerted Action of AMPK and Sirtuin-1 Induces Mitochondrial Fragmentation Upon Inhibition of Ca2+ Transfer to Mitochondria, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Collaborative efforts have included frequent co-authors such as Armen Zakarian, César Cárdenas, Alenka Lovy, Denis Servent, and Évelyne Benoit. These collaborations reflect ongoing research contributions across multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Essential Regulation of Cell Bioenergetics by Constitutive InsP3 Receptor Ca2+ Transfer to Mitochondria

    César Cárdenas;Russell A. Miller;Ian Smith;Thi Bui

  • Functional repair of motor endplates after botulinum neurotoxin type A poisoning: Biphasic switch of synaptic activity between nerve sprouts and their parent terminals

    A de Paiva;FA Meunier;J Molgo;KR Aoki

  • MICU1 is an essential gatekeeper for MCU-mediated mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake that regulates cell survival.

    Karthik Mallilankaraman;Patrick Doonan;César Cárdenas;César Cárdenas;Harish C. Chandramoorthy

  • MCUR1 is an essential component of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake that regulates cellular metabolism

    Karthik Mallilankaraman;César Cárdenas;Patrick J. Doonan;Harish C. Chandramoorthy

  • Botulinal neurotoxins: revival of an old killer.

    Cesare Montecucco;Jordi Molgó

  • Quantal acetylcholine release at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction.

    W Van der Kloot;J Molgó

  • Regulation of autophagy by the inositol trisphosphate receptor

    Alfredo Criollo;Maria Chiara Maiuri;Maria Chiara Maiuri;Ezgi Tasdemir;I. Vitale

  • The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor regulates autophagy through its interaction with Beclin 1

    J M Vicencio;C Ortiz;A Criollo;A W E Jones

  • Neurotoxic cyanobacterial toxins

    Rómulo Aráoz;Jordi Molgó;Nicole Tandeau de Marsac

  • Botulinum neurotoxins: from paralysis to recovery of functional neuromuscular transmission

    Frédéric A Meunier;Giampietro Schiavo;Jordi Molgó

  • Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet

    Vincent Corbel;Maria Stankiewicz;Cedric Pennetier;Cedric Pennetier;Didier Fournier

  • Selective Vulnerability of Cancer Cells by Inhibition of Ca2+ Transfer from Endoplasmic Reticulum to Mitochondria

    César Cárdenas;Marioly Müller;Andrew McNeal;Alenka Lovy

  • Genetic Analysis of Collagen Q: Roles in Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Assembly and in Synaptic Structure and Function

    Guoping Feng;Eric Krejci;Jordi Molgo;Jeanette M. Cunningham

  • Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling and autophagy induction are interrelated.

    Jean-Paul Decuypere;Kirsten Welkenhuyzen;Tomas Luyten;Raf Ponsaerts

  • Structural Determinants in Phycotoxins and Achbp Conferring High Affinity Binding and Nicotinic Achr Antagonism.

    Yves Bourne;Zoran Radić;Rómulo Aráoz;Todd T. Talley

  • The marine phycotoxin gymnodimine targets muscular and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes with high affinity.

    Riadh Kharrat;Riadh Kharrat;Denis Servent;Emmanuelle Girard;Gilles Ouanounou

  • Total Synthesis of Pinnatoxins A and G and Revision of the Mode of Action of Pinnatoxin A

    Romulo Araoz;Denis Servent;Jordi Molgó;Bogdan I. Iorga

  • First toxin profile of ciguateric fish in Madeira Arquipelago (Europe).

    Paz Otero;Sheila Pérez;Amparo Alfonso;Carmen Vale

  • Terminal sprouting in mouse neuromuscular junctions poisoned with botulinum type a toxin: Morphological and electrophysiological features

    D. Angaut-Petit;J. Molgó;J.X. Comella;L. Faille

  • Erratum: MCUR1 is an essential component of mitochondrial Ca 2+uptake that regulates cellular metabolism (Nature Cell Biology (2012) 14 (1336-1343 ))

    Karthik Mallilankaraman;Cesar Cardenas;Patrick J. Doonan;Harish C. Chandramoorthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederic A. Meunier
Frederic A. Meunier University of Queensland
Luis M. Botana
Luis M. Botana University of Santiago de Compostela
Michel R. Popoff
Michel R. Popoff Institut Pasteur
André Ménez
André Ménez French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Palmer Taylor
Palmer Taylor University of California, San Diego
Jan B. Parys
Jan B. Parys KU Leuven
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile

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