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Biology and Biochemistry
Chile
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
18256
World Ranking
7339
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Ramon Latorre is affiliated with the Centro de Estudios Científicos in Chile and has a research focus that spans molecular biology, neuroscience, and cardiovascular medicine. Their work primarily addresses ion channel regulation and function, with considerable contributions in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias as well.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Within these disciplines, subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Sensory Systems, and Neurology are prominent in their publication record.

Central topics covered in their research include:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Frequent collaborators of Ramon Latorre include Francisco Bezanilla, Miguel Fernández, Osvaldo Álvarez, José Antonio Gárate, and Bernardo I. Pinto.

Key publication venues in which the scientist's work appears repeatedly are:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Loss-of-function BK channel mutation causes impaired mitochondria and progressive cerebellar ataxia" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Ca2+- and Voltage-Activated K+ (BK) Channels in the Nervous System: One Gene, a Myriad of Physiological Functions" (2023), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "A folding reaction at the C-terminal domain drives temperature sensing in TRPM8 channels" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bisphosphonates Targeting Ion Channels and Musculoskeletal Effects" (2022), published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Bioelectronic Medicine: a multidisciplinary roadmap from biophysics to precision therapies" (2024), published in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Calcium-activated potassium channels.

    Cecilia Vergara;Ramon Latorre;Neil V Marrion;John P Adelman

  • Varieties of calcium-activated potassium channels.

    R. Latorre;Andres Oberhauser;P. Labarca;O. Alvarez

  • Acute Activation of Maxi-K Channels (hSlo) by Estradiol Binding to the β Subunit

    Miguel A. Valverde;Patricio Rojas;Julio Amigo;Diego Cosmelli

  • Clues to understanding cold sensation: Thermodynamics and electrophysiological analysis of the cold receptor TRPM8

    Sebastian Brauchi;Patricio Orio;Ramon Latorre

  • New Disguises for an Old Channel: MaxiK Channel β-Subunits

    Patricio Orio;Patricio Rojas;Patricio Rojas;Gonzalo Ferreira;Ramón Latorre;Ramón Latorre;Ramón Latorre

  • A Hot-Sensing Cold Receptor: C-terminal Domain Determines Thermosensation in Transient Receptor Potential Channels

    Sebastian Brauchi;Gerardo Orta;Marcelo Salazar;Eduardo Rosenmann

  • Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of a Ca2+-dependent K+ channel from transverse tubule membranes isolated from rabbit skeletal muscle

    Ramon Latorre;Cecilia Vergara;Cecilia Hidalgo

  • Mode of action of iberiotoxin, a potent blocker of the large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel.

    S. Candia;M.L. Garcia;R. Latorre

  • Voltage-dependent channels in planar lipid bilayer membranes.

    R Latorre;O Alvarez

  • Voltage-dependent capacitance in lipid bilayers made from monolayers

    O. Alvarez;R. Latorre

  • CORRELATION BETWEEN CHARGE MOVEMENT AND IONIC CURRENT DURING SLOW INACTIVATION IN SHAKER K+ CHANNELS

    Riccardo Olcese;Ramón Latorre;Ligia Toro;Francisco Bezanilla

  • Dissection of the components for PIP2 activation and thermosensation in TRP channels

    Sebastian Brauchi;Gerardo Orta;Carolina Mascayano;Marcelo Salazar

  • ThermoTRP channels as modular proteins with allosteric gating.

    Ramon Latorre;Sebastian Brauchi;Gerardo Orta;Cristián Zaelzer;Cristián Zaelzer

  • K+ Channels: Function-Structural Overview

    Carlos González;David Baez-Nieto;Ignacio Valencia;Ingrid Oyarzún

  • Molecular Determinants of BK Channel Functional Diversity and Functioning.

    Ramon Latorre;Ramon Latorre;Ramon Latorre;Karen Castillo;Karen Castillo;Karen Castillo;Willy Carrasquel-Ursulaez;Willy Carrasquel-Ursulaez;Willy Carrasquel-Ursulaez;Romina V. Sepulveda;Romina V. Sepulveda;Romina V. Sepulveda

  • Gain-of-function mutation in the KCNMB1 potassium channel subunit is associated with low prevalence of diastolic hypertension

    José M. Fernández-Fernández;Marta Tomás;Esther Vázquez;Patricio Orio

  • Characterization of and modulation by a beta-subunit of a human maxi KCa channel cloned from myometrium.

    Wallner M;Meera P;Ottolia M;Kaczorowski Gj

  • Structure-functional intimacies of transient receptor potential channels.

    Ramon Latorre;Cristián Zaelzer;Sebastian Brauchi

  • Role of surface electrostatics in the operation of a high-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel

    Roderick MacKinnon;Ramon Latorre;Christopher Miller

  • Voltage-controlled gating in a large conductance Ca2+-sensitive K+channel (hslo)

    Enrico Stefani;M. Ottolia;F. Noceti;Riccardo Olcese

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