Vincent Torre

Biography

Vincent Torre has always concentrated his efforts on three major areas of research that appear to be complementary among them, and, over the years, he has given for each one of them an outstanding contribution that has been recognized and appreciated at international level. Vincent Torre ‘s scientific career is essentially focused on seeking an interaction between Biology and Physics and, for this reason, it can be described as genuinely interdisciplinary. From 1974, first under the supervision of Prof. Luigi Cervetto and then of Sir Alan Hodgkin, Vincent Torre has been studying phototransduction in its electrophysiological and quantitative aspects. In 1990 he also focused on the biophysical analysis of ion channels both from the theoretical and the experimental points of view. From the mid 1980s Vincent Torre has also studied Artificial Vision, giving important contributions to what is called “early vision“ and in particular to the perception of motion. At present Vincent Torre is Full Professor of Physiology within the Neurobiology Sector at SISSA and he is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory at SISSA.

Research Interest

The role of internal diffusion in vertebrate phototransduction, Sensory processing in the leech nervous system, Properties of cyclic nucleotide gated ionic channels, Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy of ionic channels in situ, Molecular mechanisms of force generation in neuronal growth cones, Imaging of signal transduction in neuronal growth cones.