Primary activity: Use of scanning probe microscopies to induce oriented neuronal growth.
Noncontact measurement of the mechanical stiffness of live cells with the Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM).
Functional localization of single mechanosensitive ion channels
on the surface of living cells.


Main experiences acquired: Single-channel electrophysiology.
Intracellular Calcium Imaging.
Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy.


Research Groups:
Membrane scanning

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 29
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 26
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 2
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 0
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 4
  –   Abstract, are: 5

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2024-12-15
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 225
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 13.334
  –   H-INDEX: 13   G-INDEX: 25   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 8 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor