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Pedro De‐la‐Torre

Neuroscience · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2011Rising activity

Publications

41

Citations

421

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Pedro De-la-Torre studies the molecular basis of hearing, focusing on proteins in the inner ear such as tip links, cadherin-23, protocadherin-15, TMC1, and PKHD1L1 that are essential for detecting sound and maintaining hair cell function. His work combines structural biology, computational simulations (molecular dynamics), and genetics to understand how mutations in these proteins cause hereditary hearing loss, and also explores small-molecule drug candidates that modulate ion channels involved in touch, temperature, and hearing-related sensory signaling.

Molecular mechanisms of hearing and deafness geneticsStructural biology of inner-ear proteins (cadherin-23, protocadherin-15, tip links)Molecular dynamics and biophysical simulations of mechanosensory proteinsIon channel pharmacology (TASK-1/TASK-3, TMC1)Drug discovery and small-molecule modulator design

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a dip around 2021-2022 followed by a renewed increase from 2023 through 2026, averaging about 3 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 1 publication21222023: 4 publications232024: 6 publications6242025: 3 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Biophysical Journal×12
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
  • Communications Biology×2
  • Structure×1
  • Computational Biology and Chemistry×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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