Daniel Sigg

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Daniel Sigg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Sigg has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel Sigg's work include Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers). Daniel Sigg is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers). Daniel Sigg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and India. Daniel Sigg's co-authors include Francisco Bezanilla, Diane M. Papazian, Enrico Stefani, Riccardo Olcese, Antonios Pantazis, Nicoletta Savalli, James R. Heath, Rikard Blunck, Rigo Pantoja and Hong Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Sigg

24 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Voltage-Sensing Residues in the S2 and S4 Segments of the Shaker K+ Channel

1996 567 citations Daniel Sigg, Diane M. Papazian et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Sigg United States	17	1.3k	831	608	132	129	25	1.4k
F.J. Sigworth United States	14	1.3k 1.0×	834 1.0×	413 0.7×	102 0.8×	139 1.1×	16	1.6k
C A Vandenberg United States	11	1.2k 1.0×	936 1.1×	635 1.0×	64 0.5×	47 0.4×	12	1.4k
Dorine M. Starace United States	10	1.1k 0.9×	837 1.0×	455 0.7×	88 0.7×	111 0.9×	10	1.3k
Baron Chanda United States	31	2.6k 2.1×	1.6k 2.0×	959 1.6×	208 1.6×	136 1.1×	75	3.1k
Susan Noble United States	24	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 2.4×	184 1.4×	56 0.4×	33	2.0k
Frederick J. Sigworth United States	8	1.1k 0.8×	738 0.9×	369 0.6×	61 0.5×	67 0.5×	12	1.2k
Carlos A. Villalba‐Galea United States	19	941 0.7×	611 0.7×	437 0.7×	52 0.4×	26 0.2×	33	1.1k
Lidia M. Mannuzzu United States	7	1.0k 0.8×	709 0.9×	443 0.7×	79 0.6×	33 0.3×	7	1.1k
Ken McCormack United States	15	1.3k 1.0×	839 1.0×	661 1.1×	72 0.5×	26 0.2×	25	1.5k
Meredith LeMasurier United States	6	616 0.5×	258 0.3×	191 0.3×	79 0.6×	141 1.1×	6	843

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sigg, Daniel & Vincenzo Carnevale. (2025). Markov models and long-term memory in ion channels: A contradiction in terms?. Biophysical Journal. 124(9). 1356–1375.

Suma, Antonio, et al.. (2024). Ion Channels in Critical Membranes: Clustering, Cooperativity, and Memory Effects. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro). 2(1). 3 indexed citations

Suma, Antonio, et al.. (2021). Particle-based Ising model. Physical review. E. 103(1). 12125–12125. 2 indexed citations

Sigg, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Linkage analysis reveals allosteric coupling in Kir2.1 channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 150(11). 1541–1553. 4 indexed citations

Savalli, Nicoletta, Antonios Pantazis, Daniel Sigg, et al.. (2016). The α2δ-1 subunit remodels CaV1.2 voltage sensors and allows Ca2+ influx at physiological membrane potentials. The Journal of General Physiology. 148(2). 147–159. 43 indexed citations

Pantazis, Antonios, Nicoletta Savalli, Daniel Sigg, Alan Neely, & Riccardo Olcese. (2014). Functional heterogeneity of the four voltage sensors of a human L-type calcium channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(51). 18381–18386. 60 indexed citations

Morgan, Myfanwy, et al.. (2013). Ultra low-power standard cell design using planar bulk CMOS in subthreshold operation. 99. 9–15. 9 indexed citations

Savalli, Nicoletta, Antonios Pantazis, Taleh Yusifov, Daniel Sigg, & Riccardo Olcese. (2012). The Contribution of RCK Domains to Human BK Channel Allosteric Activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(26). 21741–21750. 36 indexed citations

Pantazis, Antonios, Vadim Gudzenko, Nicoletta Savalli, Daniel Sigg, & Riccardo Olcese. (2010). Operation of the voltage sensor of a human voltage- and Ca ²⁺ -activated K ⁺ channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(9). 4459–4464. 30 indexed citations

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Pantazis, Antonios, et al.. (2009). Cooperativity Between Voltage-sensing Domains in the Human BK Channel Revealed by Voltage-clamp Fluorometry.. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 481a–481a. 1 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel & Francisco Bezanilla. (2003). A Physical Model of Potassium Channel Activation: From Energy Landscape to Gating Kinetics. Biophysical Journal. 84(6). 3703–3716. 35 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel, Francisco Bezanilla, & Enrico Stefani. (2003). Fast gating in the Shaker K ⁺ channel and the energy landscape of activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(13). 7611–7615. 58 indexed citations

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Pantoja, Rigo, Daniel Sigg, Rikard Blunck, Francisco Bezanilla, & James R. Heath. (2001). Bilayer Reconstitution of Voltage-Dependent Ion Channels using a Microfabricated Silicon Chip. Biophysical Journal. 81(4). 2389–2394. 112 indexed citations

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Olcese, Riccardo, Daniel Sigg, Ramón Latorre, Francisco Bezanilla, & Enrico Stefani. (2001). A Conducting State with Properties of a Slow Inactivated State in a Shaker K+ Channel Mutant. The Journal of General Physiology. 117(2). 149–164. 29 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel, Hong Qian, & Francisco Bezanilla. (1999). Kramers’ Diffusion Theory Applied to Gating Kinetics of Voltage-Dependent Ion Channels. Biophysical Journal. 76(2). 782–803. 59 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel, et al.. (1998). Voltage Gating of Shaker K+ Channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 112(2). 223–242. 79 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel & Francisco Bezanilla. (1997). Total Charge Movement per Channel. The Journal of General Physiology. 109(1). 27–39. 106 indexed citations

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Censier, K., Daniel Sigg, & A. Urwyler. (1997). A966 ALTERED CALCIUM CONTROL MECHANISM IN MYOTUBES FROM SUBJECTS WITH MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA. Anesthesiology. 87(Supplement). 966A–966A. 1 indexed citations

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Sigg, Daniel, et al.. (1996). Voltage-Sensing Residues in the S2 and S4 Segments of the Shaker K+ Channel. Neuron. 16(6). 1159–1167. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sigg, Daniel, Enrico Stefani, & Francisco Bezanilla. (1994). Gating Current Noise Produced by Elementary Transitions in Shaker Potassium Channels. Science. 264(5158). 578–582. 75 indexed citations

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