My investigations have created a new field of research. I co-discovered a new type of ion channel, which I designated the Transient Receptor Potential or in short the TRP channel, as a result of my studies on phototransduction and vision in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). I investigated the biophysical and biochemical properties of TRP channels in fruit fly eyes and identified together with the late Prof. Zvi Selinger phospholipase C as a crucial component of the Drosophila TRP signaling pathway. The principles that we found are common to numerous sensory (e.g. temperature, pain and taste sensations) and motor systems (properties of Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum), thus laying the foundation for the study of molecules that underlie mechanisms of TRP and pain, originally initiated by Prof. David Julius. Today we have extended our research to the first identified loss of function mutation in human TRPV1 channel that govern at least several of the human body’s regulatory processes related inflammatory pain and to noxious heat detection. Our major aim is to decipher the critical roles of TRP channels in invertebrate vision and of TRPV1 in human somatosensory physiology.
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2021)
Oxford University New York, NY 10016, Oxford Handbooks Online (In Press) (2019)
Frontiers in Pharmacology 10, 1487 (2019)
Channels, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 136-146 (2019)
Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 66, Pages 200-219 (2018)
Neurobiology of TRP Channels, T. Rosenbaum, Editor, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group (2017)
Journal of Neuroscience, 37 (15) 4213-4224 (2017)
Channels (Austin), 11(6):678-685. (2017)
Journal of Visualized Experiments, (124). (2017)
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(9):3624-3636. (2017)
Current Topics in Membranes, 80:233-254. (2017)
J Neurosci. 2015 Feb 11;35(6):2530-46 (2015)
Channels, Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 14-20 (2015)
J Cell Sci. 2013 Jul 15;126(Pt 14):3121-33 (2013)
Journal of Neurogenetics, Volume 26, Issue 2 (2012)
Channels, Volume 6, Issue 2 (2012)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287, 1436-1447 (2012)
Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (8) 2722-2733 (2012)
J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 17;32(42):14696-708 (2012)
Journal of Neurotrauma, Vol. 29, No. 18 (2012)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, 34234-34243 (2011)
Journal of Neurogenetics, Volume 24, Issue 4 (2010)
J Cell Sci, 123: 3112-3124 (2010)
Methods in Enzymology, Volume 484, Pages 591-612 (2010)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 2771-2782 (2010)
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Volume 42, Issue 9, Pages 1430-1445 (2010)
Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (8) 2371-2383 (2009)
Channels (Austin), 3(3):164-6 (2009)
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2009)
Cell Calcium, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 300-309 (2009)
Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (21) 5571-5583 (2007)
The Journal of General Physiology, 129 (1) 17-28 (2007)
Journal of Cell Science, 119: 2592-2603 (2006)
Journal of Physiology-Paris Volume 99, Issues 2–3, Pages 133-139 (2006)
Annual Review of Physiology, Volume 68, pp 649-684 (2006)
The Journal of Cell Biology, 171 (1) 143-152 (2005)
The Journal of Cell Biology, 171 (3) 517-526 (2005)
Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (10) 2516-2526 (2004)
Cell Calcium, Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 87-105 (2004)
Cell Calcium, Volume 33, Issues 5–6, Pages 395-408 (2003)
The EMBO Journal, 22, 459-468 (2003)
Neuron, Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 83-93 (2002)
The TRP Channel and Phospholipase C-Mediated Signaling
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Volume 21, Issue 6, pp 629–643 (2001)
Journal of Neuroscience, 21 (8) 2622-2629 (2001)
Nature Cell Biology, volume 2, pages 296–301 (2000)
Journal of Neuroscience, 20 (2) 649-659 (2000)
Journal of Neuroscience, 20 (15) 5748-5755 (2000)
EMET Prize
Prince of Asturias Award (from the current King of Spain)

Baruch Minke
Professor Emeritus
Hadassah Ein-Kerem Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
My investigations have created a new field of research. I co-discovered a new type of ion channel, which I designated the Transient Receptor Potential or in short the TRP channel, as a result of my studies on phototransduction and vision in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). I investigated the biophysical and biochemical properties of TRP channels in fruit fly eyes and identified together with the late Prof. Zvi Selinger phospholipase C as a crucial component of the Drosophila TRP signaling pathway. The principles that we found are common to numerous sensory (e.g. temperature, pain and taste sensations) and motor systems (properties of Purkinje neurons in the cerebellum), thus laying the foundation for the study of molecules that underlie mechanisms of TRP and pain, originally initiated by Prof. David Julius. Today we have extended our research to the first identified loss of function mutation in human TRPV1 channel that govern at least several of the human body’s regulatory processes related inflammatory pain and to noxious heat detection. Our major aim is to decipher the critical roles of TRP channels in invertebrate vision and of TRPV1 in human somatosensory physiology.
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2021)
Oxford University New York, NY 10016, Oxford Handbooks Online (In Press) (2019)
Frontiers in Pharmacology 10, 1487 (2019)
Channels, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 136-146 (2019)
Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Volume 66, Pages 200-219 (2018)
Neurobiology of TRP Channels, T. Rosenbaum, Editor, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group (2017)
Journal of Neuroscience, 37 (15) 4213-4224 (2017)
Channels (Austin), 11(6):678-685. (2017)
Journal of Visualized Experiments, (124). (2017)
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(9):3624-3636. (2017)
Current Topics in Membranes, 80:233-254. (2017)
J Neurosci. 2015 Feb 11;35(6):2530-46 (2015)
Channels, Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 14-20 (2015)
J Cell Sci. 2013 Jul 15;126(Pt 14):3121-33 (2013)
Journal of Neurogenetics, Volume 26, Issue 2 (2012)
Channels, Volume 6, Issue 2 (2012)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287, 1436-1447 (2012)
Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (8) 2722-2733 (2012)
J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 17;32(42):14696-708 (2012)
Journal of Neurotrauma, Vol. 29, No. 18 (2012)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, 34234-34243 (2011)
Journal of Neurogenetics, Volume 24, Issue 4 (2010)
J Cell Sci, 123: 3112-3124 (2010)
Methods in Enzymology, Volume 484, Pages 591-612 (2010)
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 2771-2782 (2010)
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Volume 42, Issue 9, Pages 1430-1445 (2010)
Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (8) 2371-2383 (2009)
Channels (Austin), 3(3):164-6 (2009)
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2009)
Cell Calcium, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 300-309 (2009)
Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (21) 5571-5583 (2007)
The Journal of General Physiology, 129 (1) 17-28 (2007)
Journal of Cell Science, 119: 2592-2603 (2006)
Journal of Physiology-Paris Volume 99, Issues 2–3, Pages 133-139 (2006)
Annual Review of Physiology, Volume 68, pp 649-684 (2006)
The Journal of Cell Biology, 171 (1) 143-152 (2005)
The Journal of Cell Biology, 171 (3) 517-526 (2005)
Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (10) 2516-2526 (2004)
Cell Calcium, Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 87-105 (2004)
Cell Calcium, Volume 33, Issues 5–6, Pages 395-408 (2003)
The EMBO Journal, 22, 459-468 (2003)
Neuron, Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 83-93 (2002)
The TRP Channel and Phospholipase C-Mediated Signaling
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Volume 21, Issue 6, pp 629–643 (2001)
Journal of Neuroscience, 21 (8) 2622-2629 (2001)
Nature Cell Biology, volume 2, pages 296–301 (2000)
Journal of Neuroscience, 20 (2) 649-659 (2000)
Journal of Neuroscience, 20 (15) 5748-5755 (2000)
EMET Prize
Prince of Asturias Award (from the current King of Spain)

Baruch Minke
Professor Emeritus
Hadassah Ein-Kerem Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem