Marcos Sotomayor

Marcos Sotomayor studies the molecular machinery behind hearing and mechanical sensing in cells, using structural biology and computer simulations to understand how proteins like cadherins, ion channels, and lipid-handling proteins work together to convert physical force into biological signals. Much of the work focuses on inner-ear proteins involved in hearing and touch-like sensing, as well as related membrane proteins in other biological contexts. The lab combines experimental structures with computational modeling (including molecular dynamics simulations and AlphaFold-based predictions) to explain how these proteins function mechanically at the atomic level.

Publication output has declined somewhat from a peak around 2017-2019 to a lower but relatively steady pace of roughly 7-11 papers per year in recent years.

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