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Martin Biel is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a total of 82 publications in the first category, 33 in Medicine, and 29 in Neuroscience.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Genetics. The distribution of their work covers 47 publications in Molecular Biology, 18 in Physiology, 17 in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and 9 in Genetics.

Research topics frequently addressed by Martin Biel encompass Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, Retinal Development and Disorders, Virus-based gene therapy research, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Ion Channels and Receptors. Their publications reflect these interests, with 28 works related to Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, 26 to Retinal Development and Disorders, and 16 each to Virus-based gene therapy research and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Recent peer-reviewed publications include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Ion channels, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Safety and Vision Outcomes of Subretinal Gene Therapy Targeting Cone Photoreceptors in Achromatopsia, 2020, JAMA Ophthalmology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels, 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Agonist-mediated switching of ion selectivity in TPC2 differentially promotes lysosomal function, 2020, eLife
  • Novel AAV capsids for intravitreal gene therapy of photoreceptor disorders, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine

Martin Biel frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Stylianos Michalakis (22 joint publications), Stefanie Fenske (20), Christian Wahl-Schott (20), Elvir Bećirović (13), and Christian Grimm (13).

The scientist has published work in a variety of venues, among which are Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, British Journal of Pharmacology, and EMBO Molecular Medicine. The number of publications in these venues count six in Nature Communications, four in bioRxiv, three in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, two in British Journal of Pharmacology, and two in EMBO Molecular Medicine.

In addition to articles, Martin Biel is an author of the book Endolysosomal Voltage-Dependent Cation Channels, published in 2023 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

  • Melanopsin and rod/cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice.

    S. Hattar;R. J. Lucas;N. Mrosovsky;S. Thompson

  • A family of hyperpolarization-activated mammalian cation channels

    Andreas Ludwig;Xiangang Zong;Michael Jeglitsch;Franz Hofmann

  • Hyperpolarization-activated cation channels: from genes to function.

    Martin Biel;Christian Wahl-Schott;Stylianos Michalakis;Xiangang Zong

  • Tissue distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and search for active demethylation intermediates

    Daniel Globisch;Martin Münzel;Markus Müller;Stylianos Michalakis

  • Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Volker Busskamp;Jens Duebel;David Balya;Mathias Fradot;Mathias Fradot;Mathias Fradot

  • The roles of the subunits in the function of the calcium channel.

    Dafna Singer;Martin Biel;Ilana Lotan;Veit Flockerzi

  • Lack of an endothelial store-operated Ca2+ current impairs agonist-dependent vasorelaxation in TRP4-/- mice.

    Marc Freichel;Suk Hyo Suh;Alexander Pfeifer;Ulli Schweig

  • Molecular basis for Ca2+ channel diversity.

    Franz Hofmann;Martin Biel;Veit Flockerzi

  • Absence epilepsy and sinus dysrhythmia in mice lacking the pacemaker channel HCN2

    Andreas Ludwig;Thomas Budde;Juliane Stieber;Sven Moosmang

  • Two-pore channels control Ebola virus host cell entry and are drug targets for disease treatment

    Yasuteru Sakurai;Andrey A. Kolokoltsov;Cheng-Chang Chen;Michael W. Tidwell

  • The hyperpolarization-activated channel HCN4 is required for the generation of pacemaker action potentials in the embryonic heart

    Juliane Stieber;Stefan Herrmann;Susanne Feil;Jana Löster

  • HCN channels: Structure, cellular regulation and physiological function

    C. Wahl-Schott;M. Biel

  • Cellular expression and functional characterization of four hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels in cardiac and neuronal tissues

    Sven Moosmang;Juliane Stieber;Xiangang Zong;Martin Biel

  • TWO PACEMAKER CHANNELS FROM HUMAN HEART WITH PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT ACTIVATION KINETICS

    Andreas Ludwig;Xiangang Zong;Juliane Stieber;Roger Hullin

  • Primary structure of the beta subunit of the DHP-sensitive calcium channel from skeletal muscle

    Peter Ruth;Axel Röhrkasten;Martin Biel;Eva Bosse

  • Cyclic nucleotide gated channels.

    Martin Biel;Stylianos Michalakis

  • Quantification of the sixth DNA base hydroxymethylcytosine in the brain.

    Martin Münzel;Daniel Globisch;Tobias Brückl;Mirko Wagner

  • Calcium channel beta subunit heterogeneity: functional expression of cloned cDNA from heart, aorta and brain.

    Roger Hullin;Dafna Singer-Lahat;Marc Freichel;Martin Biel

  • Selective loss of cone function in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNG3

    Martin Biel;Mathias Seeliger;Alexander Pfeifer;Konrad Kohler

  • Primary structure and functional expression of a high voltage activated calcium channel from rabbit lung

    Martin Biel;Peter Ruth;Eva Bosse;Roger Hullin

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Mathias W. Seeliger
Mathias W. Seeliger University of Tübingen
Veit Flockerzi
Veit Flockerzi Saarland University
Bernd Wissinger
Bernd Wissinger University of Tübingen
Peter Humphries
Peter Humphries Trinity College Dublin
marius ueffing
marius ueffing University of Tübingen
Eberhart Zrenner
Eberhart Zrenner University of Tübingen
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Susanne Kohl
Susanne Kohl University of Tübingen
Angelika M. Vollmar
Angelika M. Vollmar Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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