| dacosta]:[lab | The dacosta]:[lab seeks an atomic-level understanding of ligand-gated ion channel structure, function and mechanism. | University of Ottawa | Canada |
| Laboratory of Cell Physiology | The Laboratory of Cell Physiology studies the role of ion channels in cancer. | University of Lille | France |
| Laboratory of Cellular Physiology | The Laboratory of Cellular Physiology is interested in molecular basis of calcium entry and the remodeling of calcium entry in cancer cells. | University of Extremadura | Spain |
| Trebak Laboratory | The Trebak laboratory studies calcium signaling in mammalian cells. | Penn State College of Medicine | USA |
| Ion Channel and Transporter Lab | The Ion Channel and Transporter Lab is interested in structure function analysis of ion channels. | Istituto di Biofisica, CNR | Italy |
| The Tucker Lab - K+ Channel Research Group | The Tucker Lab is focussed on understanding the intimate relationship between ion channel structure and function. | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Delemotte Lab | Research in the Delemotte Lab focuses on understanding the molecular basis for the function and modulation of membrane proteins, the molecular machines in the cell membranes that enable cellular communication. | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
| Laboratory of Neuromuscular Physiology | The Laboratory of Neuromuscular Physiology studies the molecular mechanisms of the functioning and regulation of ion channels and their involvement in the progression of human diseases. | Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology | Ukraine |
| The Pless lab | The Pless Lab is interested in the molecular function and pharmacology of ion channels. | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Ion channel & Channelopathy Research Group | The Ion channel & Channelopathy Research Group is interested in ion channels and human diseases caused by dysfunction on ion channels, channelopathies. | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| Ion Channels and Diseases Lab | Ion Channels and Diseases Lab focuses on dissecting the mechanisms that control the functioning of ion channels, and apply this knowledge to shed light on the mechanisms underlying human pathologies caused by dysfunction of ion channels so-called channelopathies. | Charles University – First Faculty of Medicine | Czech Republic |
| The Meredith Lab - BK Channel Research Group | The Meredith Lab studies how ion channels regulate information coding in dynamic systems. | University of Maryland School of Medicine | USA |
| Research group of Fredrik Elinder | Research group of Fredrik Elinder studies how different small-molecule compounds can affect ion channel activity. | Linköping University | Sweden |
| Craig Montell Lab | Craig Montell Lab is defining the neuronal mechanisms that impact on decisions ranging from food selection to choosing the ideal thermal landscape, mate selection and others. | UC Santa Barbara | USA |
| Moreno Lab | The Moreno Lab studies how the function and regulation of ion channels change during the natural process of aging. | University of Washington | USA |
| Beech Lab | The Beech Lab focuses on understanding of calcium-permeable cation channels and mechanical force sensing mechanisms in cardiovascular and metabolic biology. | University of Leeds | UK |
| Sensory Neuropharmacology Lab | The Sensory Neuropharmacology Lab studies the contribution of ion channels to sensory neuronal physiology using highly subtype-selective toxins isolated from venomous animals with the aim to develop novel analgesics with improved efficacy and tolerability. | University of Queensland | Australia |
| Laboratory of Structural Neurobiology | The Laboratory of Structural Neurobiology is aimed at understanding the relationship between structure and function of different classes of ligand-gated ion channels. | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| Laboratory of Ion Channel Research | The Laboratory of Ion Channel Research aims at a deeper understadning of the structure-function relation in TRP channels. | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| Vascular Ion Channel Lab | The Vascular Ion Channel Lab is focused on identifying mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and how vascular ion channels play a role in the disease process. | University of Delaware | USA |
| Ion Channels, Neurophysiology and Biophysics Lab | Ion Channels, Neurophysiology and Biophysics Lab aims to understand the roles of ion channels under normal and pathological conditions. | Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel |
| Ion Channel and Synaptic Neurobiology Lab | The Ion Channel and Synaptic Neurobiology Laboratory is focused on the role of ion channels in neuronal signaling, plasticity and diseases of the nervous system. | Aix-Marseille University | France |
| Feske lab | The Feske lab investigates how ion channels regulate immune responses in humans and mice. | NYU School of Medicine | USA |
| Kellenberger Lab | The Kellenberger Lab studies the function and regulation of acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). | University of Lausanne | Switzerland |
| Sack & Yarov-Yarovoy Labs | The Sack & Yarov-Yarovoy Labs study new means to observe and control electrophysiological signaling. The Yarov-Yarovoy lab studies ion channel structure and designs modulators. The Sack lab focuses on seeing and controlling ion channel function. | University of California | USA |
| Trimmer Lab | The Trimmer Lab studies ion channel signaling complexes that underlie neuronal activity in the mammalian brain and develops renewable affinity reagents to better understand and manipulate neuronal function. | University of California | USA |
| The Singh Lab | The Singh Lab research focus is to establish the molecular identity of mitochondrial ion channels, elucidate their targeting mechanism, and study their biophysical properties. | The Ohio State University | USA |
| Ion Channels and Human Diseases Laboratory | The Ion Channels and Human Diseases Laboratory focuses on understanding the pathology of ion channel disorders, in particular epilepsy, using in vitro and in vivo models to reveal opportunities for developing novel therapies. | The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health | Australia |
| Nimigean Lab | The Nimigean Lab aims to understand how ion channels work at the molecular level to meet extremely versatile cellular needs. In particular, the lab is interested in ligand-gated ion channels and their allosteric regulation. | Weill Cornell Medicine | USA |
| The Gründer Lab | The aim of the Gründer lab is to characterize at the functional and structural level ion channels of the DEG/ENaC gene family. | Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
| Bowie Lab | The Bowie Lab uses a combination of techniques to study ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs), GABA-A receptors and more recently, Na+ channels. | McGill University | Canada |
| Chanda Lab | The Chanda Lab is focusing on understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie function of members of the voltage-gated ion channel family. | Washington University School of Medicine | USA |
| Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics | The Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics is focusing on understanding the physical and chemical principles underlying ion channel function. | Rockefeller University | USA |
| Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels | The Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels studies mitochondrial potassium channels. | Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology | Poland |
| The Patapoutian Lab | The Patapoutian Lab focuses on identifying and characterizing ion channels and other sensors that translate mechanical stimuli to chemical signals. | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Scripps Research | USA |
| Julius Lab | The Julius Lab studies the molecular biology of sensory transduction and ion channels. | University of California San Francisco | USA |
| Jagger Lab | The Jagger Lab studies mechanisms of cochlear homeostasis and sensory transduction, and the cellular basis of hearing loss in ciliary diseases. | University College London, Ear Institute | UK |
| Khanna Lab | The Khanna Lab aims to understand how ion channels, specifically, voltage-gated calcium and sodium channels, are regulated by novel protein interactions. | New York University, College of Dentistry | USA |
| Liman Lab | The Liman Lab studies sensory ion channels with a particular focus on Otopetrin channels. | University of Southern California Dornsife | USA |
| Serysheva Lab | The Serysheva Lab focuses on structural and functional characterization of calcium channels. | University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School | USA |
| The Obermair Lab | The Obermair Lab investigates how brain nerve cells form synapses with each other and why they are critical for learning and memory formation. | Karl Landsteiner University | Austria |
| Yang Lab | The Yang Lab aims to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of ion and lipid transport across cell membranes and their impacts on health and treatment of disease. | Duke University Medical Center | USA |
| The Bianchi Lab | The Bianchi Lab studies ion channels and transporters in glia-neuron functional interaction. | University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine | USA |
| The Minor Lab | The Minor Lab focuses on using functional, chemical, and structural approaches to uncover the molecular mechanisms by which diverse types of ion channels work, to develop new reagents that can manipulate ion channel function, and to understand the molecular mechanisms by which organisms resist toxins that target ion channels. | Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco | USA |
| Moiseenkova-Bell Lab | The Moiseenkova-Bell Lab is interested in understanding structure and function of TRP channels. | University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine | USA |
| Grandl Lab | The Grandl Lab focuses on rapid mechanotransduction enabled by force-gated ion channels. The Lab aims to explain how many individual force-gated ion channels function in concert and give rise to complex mechanotransduction in living cells. | Duke University | USA |
| Accardi Lab | The Accardi Lab uses a combination of biophysical, structural and bioinformatic approaches to elucidate the structural and mechanistic underpinnings of ion and lipid transport. In particular, the focuses on two membrane protein families, the CLC channels and transporters and the TMEM16 channels and scramblases. | Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University | USA |
| Ahern Lab | The current research focus of the Ahern Lab is on the function and pharmacology voltage-gated sodium channels that drive the rapid upstroke of the action-potential throughout the body. | University of Iowa | USA |
| Haswell Lab | The Haswell Lab aims to identify the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which plant cells sense and respond to physical forces, with a particular focus on mechanosensitive ion channels. | Center for Engineering Mechanobiology, Washington University | USA |
| Du & Lü Labs | The Du & Lü Labs study the molecular mechanisms underlying chemosensation and temperature sensation. | Van Andel Institute | USA |
| The Lampert Lab | The main focus of the Lampert Lab is on the biophysics of the voltage-gated sodium channel and how it affects excitable cells. | Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital | Germany |
| Lückhoff Lab | Research interests of the Lückhoff Lab include the molecular structure of cation channels, regulation of the calcium homeostatis in white blood cells, effect of anaesthetics on ion channels… | Institute of Physiology, RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
| The Goodman Wormsense Laboratory | By developing new tools and analytical approaches to assess mechanoreceptor neurons, their ion channels and molecular signalling, the Goodman Wormsense Laboratory studies the molecular events that give rise to the sensation of touch and temperature using C. elegans nematodes as a model system. | Stanford University | USA |
| Van Petegem Lab | The Van Petegem Lab studies the structure and function of ion channels. | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| Monteith Lab | The Monteith Lab studies cellular signalling in disease and the identification of new drug targets. | University of Queensland | Australia |
| Lewis Lab | The Lewis Lab researches the venoms of cone snails and spiders to better understand their evolution and potential as research tools and therapeutics to treat pain. | University of Queensland | Australia |
| King Lab | The King Lab is exploring the venoms of spiders, centipedes, and scorpions to find novel peptides that can inhibit or activate ion channels. | Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland | Australia |
| Rash Lab | The Rash Lab uses animal venoms as well as man-made drugs to help understand the function and modulation of various ion channels in health and disease. | University of Queensland | Australia |
| Qiu Lab | The Qiu Lab employs a multi-disciplinary approach to discover novel ion channels, elucidate their physiological role, and aim to target them in diseases, including ischemic stroke, epilepsy and glioma. | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | USA |
| Carlson Lab | The Carlson Lab studies signaling events in excitable cells. Specifically, the lab is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of fertilization. | University of Pittsburgh | USA |
| Isacoff Lab | The Isacoff Lab's research is focused in four intersecting and complementary areas: mechanisms of ion channel function, synapse development and plasticity, neural circuit function, and the design of novel probes for the optical detection of neuronal signaling. | University of California | USA |
| Malcolm Lab | The Malcolm Lab studies bacterial mechanosensitive ion channels. | University of North Florida | USA |
| Y Lab | The Y Lab aims to advance pharmacogenomics and precision medicine to treat diseases of the nervous system, promote functional recovery of injured spinal cord/brain, and originate satisfactory solutions to manage cancer and its neurological complications. | Purdue University | USA |
| Cordero-Vásquez Research Group | The Cordero-Vásquez Research Group is centered on understanding the structural and molecular basis of ion channels involved in somatosensation and blood pressure regulation. | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | USA |
| Trudeau Lab | The focus of the work in the Trudeau Lab is on voltage-activated potassium channels in the hERG-family of ion channels. | University of Maryland School of Medicine | USA |
| Plested Lab | The Plested Lab is interested in ion channel receptors and fast signalling in the nervous system. | Humboldt University Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology | Germany |
| Jentsch Lab | The Jentsch Lab investigates the functions of CLC chloride channels and transporters, KCNQ potassium channels, LRRC8/VRAC volume-regulated anion chennels, and TMEM206/ASOR acid-activated anion channels. | Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology | Germany |
| Baukrowitz Lab | The Baukrowitz Lab is interested in structure-function relationship in members or the K2P-, Kv- and Kir potassium channel families. | University of Kiel | Germany |
| Benndorf Lab | The main interest of the Benndorf Lab is to investigate the structure-function relationships in ligand-gated ion channels using electrophysiological, optical, molecularbiological and mathematical methods. | Institute of Physiology II, Jena University Hospital | Germany |
| Latorre Lab | The Latorre Lab studies the gating mechanisms of TRP and potassium channels. | Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Universidad de Valparaíso | Chile |
| Torres Lab | The Torres Lab is interested in the study of structural and functional properties of ion channels with a focus on voltage and calcium activated potassium channel and TRP channels. | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | Colombia |
| Bezanilla Lab | The main interest in the Bezanilla Lab is the search for the dynamics of the molecular correlates of the function in membrane transport proteins. | University of Chicago | USA |
| Ion Channel Structure -Function Research Group | The Ion Channel Structure -Function Research Group studies structure-function of voltage-gated potassium channels. | University of Debrecen | Hungary |
| Yan Lab | The Yan Lab in interested in understanding the structural and chemical basis for membrane transport and lipid metabolism. | Princeton University | USA |
| Ren Lab | The Ren Lab currently has two areas of research: 1) neuronal excitability and its implication in intellectual disability, and 2) lysosomal biology and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. | University of Pennsylvania | USA |
| Brohawn Lab | The Brohawn Lab aims to discover how ion channels and transporters work at a detailed mechanistic level and what they do in a biological context. | University of California | USA |
| McNaughton Lab | The McNaughton Lab investigates the cellular and molecular basis of sensations. The Lab's principal interests at present are in pain, thermal sensation and thermoregulation. | Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London | UK |
| Sudha Chakrapani Lab | The Sudha Chakrapani Lab seeks to uncover the molecular basis for fundamental processes of ion channel function that involves stimuli sensing, channel gating, ionic selectivity, and drug recognition and modulation. | School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University | USA |
| Colecraft Lab | The Colecraft Lab studies how voltage-gated calcium and potassium channels operate in both normal and disease states, and develops new molecules to regulate ion channel activity for potential therapeutic benefit. | Columbia University | USA |
| Ashcroft Lab | The Ashcroft Lab focuses on ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels and their role in insulin secretion, in both health and disease. | University of Oxford | UK |
| Rohacs Lab | The Rohacs Lab aims to understand the mechanism of the regulation of somatosensory ion channels activated by thermal and mechanical stimuli. | Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School | USA |
| Carnevale Lab | The Carnevale Lab uses tools including molecular dynamics simulations, free energy calculations, and structural modeling to investigate the activation, gating, and modulation of ion channels, with a special focus on the TRP channel family. | Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University | USA |
| Zakharian lab | The Zakharian lab focuses on the structure-function relationship of the temperature-sensitive pain receptors, TRP channels, and their role in the sensory nervous system, regulation of neuroendocrine system, and development of various cancers. | University of Illinois College of Medicine | USA |
| Channel Receptors Lab | The Channel Receptor Laboratory aims to understand, at an atomic resolution, the molecular mechanism that regulates the function of ligand-gated channels. | Institut Pasteur | France |
| Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology | The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology studies the role of ion channels in breast cancer pathophysiology. | University of Picardie Jules Verne | France |
| Vénien-Bryan Group | Vénien-Bryan group is focused on understanding the intimate relationship between ion channel structure and function. | Sorbonne University | France |
| Ion channels and mineralization group | Ion channels and mineralization group aims to study the physiological role of membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters, in healthy or pathological conditions. | Côte d'Azur University | France |
| Ion channels and cardiopathies group | Ion channels and cardiopathies group studies cardiac voltage-gated ion channels. | L'institut du thorax, University of Nantes | France |
| Molecular and integrative mechanobiology group | Molecular and integrative mechanobiology group focuses on the molecular mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to mechanical signals. | Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Côte d'Azur University | France |
| Endolysosomal ion channel lab Munich - Grimm Lab | The Grimm Lab studies the physiological roles and activation mechanisms of lysosomal ion channels. | University of Munich | Germany |
| The Priel lab | The Priel lab studies pain receptors and their response to injury and inflammation. | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| Nutrition, Growth and Cancer Lab | The Nutrition, Growth and Cancer Lab studies calcium signaling in cancer. | University of Tours | France |
| Popescu Lab | Popescu Lab is focused on the molecular physiology of NMDA receptors. | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
| USA |
| Lory Lab | Lory lab studies how neuronal excitability is affected in calcium and sodium channelopathies. | University of Montpellier - CNRS - INSERM | France |
| Reading Ion Channels Group | The groups of Mark Dallas, Francesco Tamagnini and Gary Stephens comprise the Reading Ion Channels Group who collectively use in vitro and in vivo electrophysiology to pursue research interests encompassing ion channel and receptor targets and neurodegeneration, epilepsy and pain diseases. | University of Reading | UK |
| Laboratory of Ion Transport Regulation and Physiopathology (PRéTI) | We study membrane ionic transport in 3 main areas: the cardiac environment (axis directed by Dr Aurélien Chatelier), the skeletal muscular system (axis directed by Dr Stéphane Sebille) and CFTR & epithelial cell functions (axis directed by Prof Frédéric Becq). | University of Poitiers | France |
