2026

• Thomas P. Newton, Muhammed Aktolun, Maria V. Yelshanskaya, Alexey A. Alekseev, Laura Y. Yen, Shanti Pal Gangwar, Ivan A. Sobolevsky, Maria G. Kurnikova, and Alexander I. Sobolevsky «Pre-activation and gating pathway of AMPA receptors revealed by full and partial agonists», Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2026, 1-34
• Thomas P. Newton, Maria V. Yelshanskaya, Muhammed Aktolun, Shanti Pal Gangwar, Laura Y. Yen, Alexey A. Alekseev, Ivan A. Sobolevsky, Maria G. Kurnikova & Alexander I. Sobolevsky «Tuning of AMPA receptor activation by inhibitory auxiliary subunits and epilepsy-associated disease mutations», Nature Communications 2026, 03 September 2026
• Arthur Neuberger, Isabella Romeo, Francesca Aiello, Alexey Alekseev, Samuele Maramai, Federica Pessina, Chiara Vagaggini, Federica Poggialini, Elena Dreassi, Maria Frosini, Aniello Schiano Moriello, Luciano De Petrocellis, Andrea Maria Morace, Carmela Belardo, Michela Perrone, Roozbe Bonsale, Livio Luongo, Sabatino Maione, Irina A. Talyzina, Stefano Alcaro, Anna Artese, Antonella Brizzi & Alexander I. Sobolevsky «Design, synthesis and structural mechanism of action of TRPV1 agonist MSP20 with long-lasting analgesic effect», Nature Communications 2026, 1-20
• Jeffrey Khau, Rutambhara Purohit, Kirill D. Nadezhdin, Irina A. Talyzina & Alexander I. Sobolevsky «Structural diversity of heat-sensing channel TRPV3 with Olmsted syndrome mutations», Nature Communication 2026, June 20: 1-10
• Arthur Neuberger, Irina I Veretenenko, Alexey Shalygin, Yury A Trofimov, Thomas Gudermann, Vladimir Chubanov, Roman G Efremov, Alexander I Sobolevsky «Open-channel block of human TRPV6 by polyamine spermine», Nature Communications 2026, 17: 4720
• Laura Y. Yen, Thomas P. Newton, Maria V. Yelshanskaya, Muhammed Aktolun, Shanti Pal Gangwar, Rasmus P. Clausen, Maria G. Kurnikova & Alexander I. Sobolevsky «Auxiliary subunits reshape structural asymmetry and functional plasticity in heterotetrameric GluA1/A2 AMPA receptor core», Nature Communications 2026,
• Tobias Strasdeit, Ehsan Amin, Sebastian Obst, Barbara Biermann, Thomas P. Newton, Simon Chris Kösters, Marten Schouwink, Sergey Fedotov, Javeria Shaukat, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Muhammad Aslam, Max Anstötz, Faik Nadi Okka, Oscar Gabriel Sevillano Quispe, Pascal Bouvain, Julia Vedyashkin, Alexander I. Sobolevsky, Stephen F. Traynelis, Jakob von Engelhardt, Nadine Erlenhardt, Michael Hollmann, Nikolaj Klöcker «Claudin 24—A novel enhancer of AMPA receptor fidelity», Science Advances 2026, Vol 12, Issue 10.