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Richard Kanyo

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Assistant LecturerPharmacology DeptUniversity of Alberta

Richard Kanyo

Assistant Lecturer

Pharmacology Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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Latest papers

Functional screen for subtype specificity of voltage sensor–targeted Kv7 potentiators
British Journal of Pharmacology · 2026 · first author
State‐dependent regulation of the K v 7.2 channel voltage sensor by QO‐58
British Journal of Pharmacology · 2025 · first author
Site and Mechanism of ML252 Inhibition of Kv7 Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
Function · 2023 · first author

All 13 publications

13 publications.

Functional screen for subtype specificity of voltage sensor–targeted Kv7 potentiators

Richard Kanyo, Thomas M. Hammond, Alice W. Wang, Caroline K. Wang, Varun Aggarwal, Shawn M. Lamothe, Harley T. Kurata

British Journal of Pharmacology2026First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/bph.70531 PMID: 42271185

State‐dependent regulation of the K v 7.2 channel voltage sensor by QO‐58

Richard Kanyo, Shawn M. Lamothe, Thomas M. Hammond, Harley T. Kurata

British Journal of Pharmacology20253 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/bph.70186 PMID: 40937839

Site and Mechanism of ML252 Inhibition of Kv7 Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels

Richard Kanyo, Shawn M. Lamothe, Arturo Urrutia, Samuel J. Goodchild, W. Ted Allison, Richard A. Dean, Harley T. Kurata

Function202314 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/function/zqad021 PMID: 37342413

Electro-mechanical coupling of KCNQ channels is a target of epilepsy-associated mutations and retigabine

Nien-Du Yang, Richard Kanyo, Lu Zhao, Jingru Li, Po Wei Kang, Alex Dou, Kelli McFarland White, Jingyi Shi, Jeanne M. Nerbonne, Harley T. Kurata, Jianmin Cui

Science Advances202217 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3625 PMID: 35857840

Seizures are a druggable mechanistic link between TBI and subsequent tauopathy.

Alyenbaawi H, Kanyo R, Locskai LF, Kamali-Jamil R, DuVal MG, Bai Q, Wille H, Burton EA, Allison WT

eLife202141 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.58744 PMID: 33527898

Medium-throughput zebrafish optogenetic platform identifies deficits in subsequent neural activity following brief early exposure to cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Richard Kanyo, Md Ruhul Amin, Laszlo F. Locskai, Danika D. Bouvier, Alexandria M. Olthuis, W. Ted Allison, Declan W. Ali

Scientific Reports202124 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90902-3 PMID: 34075141

Bright and High-Performance Genetically Encoded Ca 2+ Indicator Based on mNeonGreen Fluorescent Protein

Landon Zarowny, Abhi Aggarwal, Virginia Rutten, Ilya Kolb, The GENIE Project, Ronak H. Patel, Hsin‐Yi Huang, Yu‐Fen Chang, Tiffany Phan, Richard Kanyo, Misha B. Ahrens, W. Ted Allison, Kaspar Podgorski, Robert E. Campbell

ACS Sensors202049 citations

DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00279 PMID: 32571014

Functional and behavioral signatures of Kv7 activator drug subtypes

Richard Kanyo, Caroline K. Wang, Laszlo F. Locskai, Jingru Li, W. Ted Allison, Harley T. Kurata

Epilepsia202029 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1111/epi.16592 PMID: 32652600

Amyloid-β precursor protein mutant zebrafish exhibit seizure susceptibility that depends on prion protein.

Kanyo R, Leighton PLA, Neil GJ, Locskai LF, Allison WT

Experimental neurology2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113283 PMID: 32165257

Tryptophan 32 mediates SOD1 toxicity in a in vivo motor neuron model of ALS and is a promising target for small molecule therapeutics.

DuVal MG, Hinge VK, Snyder N, Kanyo R, Bratvold J, Pokrishevsky E, Cashman NR, Blinov N, Kovalenko A, Allison WT

Neurobiology of disease201943 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.11.025 PMID: 30528257

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Richard Kanyo

Research

Latest papers

Functional screen for subtype specificity of voltage sensor–targeted Kv7 potentiators

State‐dependent regulation of the K v 7.2 channel voltage sensor by QO‐58

Site and Mechanism of ML252 Inhibition of Kv7 Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels

Electro-mechanical coupling of KCNQ channels is a target of epilepsy-associated mutations and retigabine

Seizures are a druggable mechanistic link between TBI and subsequent tauopathy.

Medium-throughput zebrafish optogenetic platform identifies deficits in subsequent neural activity following brief early exposure to cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Bright and High-Performance Genetically Encoded Ca 2+ Indicator Based on mNeonGreen Fluorescent Protein

Functional and behavioral signatures of Kv7 activator drug subtypes

Amyloid-β precursor protein mutant zebrafish exhibit seizure susceptibility that depends on prion protein.

Tryptophan 32 mediates SOD1 toxicity in a in vivo motor neuron model of ALS and is a promising target for small molecule therapeutics.

Frequent collaborators

Harley Kurata

Declan Ali

Neil Cashman

Holger Wille

Robert Campbell

Andriy Kovalenko

Markus Stein

Richard Kanyo

Research

Latest papers

Functional screen for subtype specificity of voltage sensor–targeted Kv7 potentiators

State‐dependent regulation of the K v 7.2 channel voltage sensor by QO‐58

Site and Mechanism of ML252 Inhibition of Kv7 Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels

Electro-mechanical coupling of KCNQ channels is a target of epilepsy-associated mutations and retigabine

Seizures are a druggable mechanistic link between TBI and subsequent tauopathy.

Medium-throughput zebrafish optogenetic platform identifies deficits in subsequent neural activity following brief early exposure to cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Bright and High-Performance Genetically Encoded Ca 2+ Indicator Based on mNeonGreen Fluorescent Protein

Functional and behavioral signatures of Kv7 activator drug subtypes

Amyloid-&#x3b2; precursor protein mutant zebrafish exhibit seizure susceptibility that depends on prion protein.

Tryptophan 32 mediates SOD1 toxicity in a in vivo motor neuron model of ALS and is a promising target for small molecule therapeutics.

Frequent collaborators

Harley Kurata

Declan Ali

Neil Cashman

Holger Wille

Robert Campbell

Andriy Kovalenko

Markus Stein

Amyloid-β precursor protein mutant zebrafish exhibit seizure susceptibility that depends on prion protein.