Erick Ríos Pérez

Biography

About Me

I did my PhD in México City at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in the lab of Dr. Guillermo Ávila. For my PhD thesis, I studied the effects of aldosterone on the electrophysiology of adult rat atrial myocytes, with special interest on L-type Ca²⁺ channels. I did my postdoctoral training with Dr. Gail A. Robertson at UW-Madison and contributed to the understanding of co-translational control of excitability in ventricular myocytes. In addition, together with Fang Liu, I created a new stable cell line expressing hERG1a and hERG1b heteromeric channels that faithfully recapitulates the native I_Kr current from ventricular myocytes. This cell line is intended for advanced drug safety screening to mitigate the risk of catastrophic arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death by undesired hERG block.

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Research Interests

I joined the lab in April of 2023 to apply my patch-clamping experience to investigate the roles of RyR2 in CPVT (Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia) and ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy).

Hobbies

Aside from my love of patch-clamping, I like spending time outside or playing videogames with my family, love playing and watching ‘fútbol’, and cooking and eating all sorts of foods.