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Biology and Biochemistry
Estonia
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
15914
World Ranking
6409
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Valdur Saks is affiliated with the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Estonia. Their career is primarily situated within this institution, contributing to research and scientific knowledge in relevant fields.

There are no specific recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields, subfields, or main topics of work available in the source data to further detail their research output or areas of specialization.

There is no information on awards won or other distinctions. The data confirms that Valdur Saks is currently living.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of mitochondrial function in situ in permeabilized muscle fibers, tissues and cells

    Andrey V Kuznetsov;Vladimir Veksler;Vladimir Veksler;Frank N Gellerich;Valdur Saks

  • Mitochondrial respiratory parameters in cardiac tissue: a novel method of assessment by using saponin-skinned fibers.

    Vladimir I. Veksler;Andrey V. Kuznetsov;Victor G. Sharov;Valery I. Kapelko

  • Permeabilized cell and skinned fiber techniques in studies of mitochondrial function in vivo

    Valdur A. Saks;Vladimir I. Veksler;Andrei V. Kuznetsov;Laurence Kay

  • Role of creatine phosphokinase in cellular function and metabolism.

    V. A. Saks;L. V. Rosenshtraukh;V. N. Smirnov;E. I. Chazov

  • Tubulin binding blocks mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel and regulates respiration

    Tatiana K. Rostovtseva;Kely L. Sheldon;Elnaz Hassanzadeh;Claire Monge

  • Studies of energy transport in heart cells. Mitochondrial isoenzyme of creatine phosphokinase: kinetic properties and regulatory action of Mg2+ ions.

    Valdur A. Saks;Galina B. Chernousova;David E. Gukovsky;Vladimir N. Smirnov

  • Metabolic compartmentation and substrate channelling in muscle cells. Role of coupled creatine kinases in in vivo regulation of cellular respiration--a synthesis.

    Valdur Saks;Z. A. Khuchua;E. V. Vasilyeva;Belikova Oyu

  • Cardiac system bioenergetics: metabolic basis of the Frank‐Starling law

    Valdur Saks;Petras P Dzeja;Uwe Schlattner;Marko Vendelin

  • Metabolic compartmentation and substrate channelling in muscle cells

    V. A. Saks;Z. A. Khuchua;E. V. Vasilyeva;O. Yu Belikova

  • Changes in mitochondrial redox state, membrane potential and calcium precede mitochondrial dysfunction in doxorubicin-induced cell death.

    Andrey V. Kuznetsov;Raimund Margreiter;Albert Amberger;Valdur Saks

  • Creatine kinase of rat heart mitochondria. The demonstration of functional coupling to oxidative phosphorylation in an inner membrane-matrix preparation.

    V A Saks;A V Kuznetsov;V V Kupriyanov;M V Miceli

  • Intracellular energetic units in red muscle cells.

    Valdur A. Saks;Valdur A. Saks;Tuuli Kaambre;Peeter Sikk;Margus Eimre

  • On the origin of intracellular compartmentation and organized metabolic systems.

    Judit Ovádi;Valdur Saks;Valdur Saks

  • Mitochondrial regular arrangement in muscle cells: a “crystal-like” pattern

    Marko Vendelin;Nathalie Béraud;Karen Guerrero;Tatiana Andrienko

  • Studies of energy transport in heart cells. The importance of creatine kinase localization for the coupling of mitochondrial phosphorylcreatine production to oxidative phosphorylation.

    V A Saks;V V Kupriyanov;G V Elizarova;W E Jacobus

  • Mitochondrial defects and heterogeneous cytochrome c release after cardiac cold ischemia and reperfusion.

    Andrey V. Kuznetsov;Stefan Schneeberger;Rüdiger Seiler;Gerald Brandacher

  • Striking differences between the kinetics of regulation of respiration by ADP in slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscles in vivo.

    Andrei V. Kuznetsov;Toomas Tiivel;Peeter Sikk;Tuuli Kaambre

  • Direct Evidence for the Control of Mitochondrial Respiration by Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase in Oxidative Muscle Cells in Situ

    Laurence Kay;Klaas Nicolay;Be Wieringa;Valdur Saks

  • Control of cellular respiration in vivo by mitochondrial outer membrane and by creatine kinase. A new speculative hypothesis: possible involvement of mitochondrial-cytoskeleton interactions.

    Valdur A. Saks;Andrei V. Kuznetsov;Zaza A. Khuchua;Elena V. Vasilyeva

  • The cell-type specificity of mitochondrial dynamics.

    Andrey V. Kuznetsov;Martin Hermann;Valdur Saks;Paul Hengster

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey V. Kuznetsov
Andrey V. Kuznetsov Innsbruck Medical University
Theo Wallimann
Theo Wallimann ETH Zurich
Uwe Schlattner
Uwe Schlattner Grenoble Alpes University
Raimund Margreiter
Raimund Margreiter Innsbruck Medical University
Charles Auffray
Charles Auffray Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric Fontaine
Eric Fontaine Grenoble Alpes University
Vladimir N. Smirnov
Vladimir N. Smirnov Academy of Medical Sciences
Petras P. Dzeja
Petras P. Dzeja Mayo Clinic
Michel Rigoulet
Michel Rigoulet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sabzali Javadov
Sabzali Javadov University of Puerto Rico

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