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Robin Yates

ResearcherUniversity of Calgary

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Robin Yates

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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No publications since 2019.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (4 NSERC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Cathepsin Dendritic Cell Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Interleukin 1 Macrophage Multiple Sclerosis Neuroinflammation Pulmonary Silicosis

Latest papers

N-Terminomics/TAILS Profiling of Proteases and Their Substrates in Ulcerative Colitis.
ACS chemical biology · 2019
Targeting mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species to reduce epithelial barrier dysfunction and colitis.
The American journal of pathology · 2014

All 2 publications

Latest funding

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Exploring Eructophagy: A newly discovered cellular process of macrophages.
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$55,000
Immune and sensory modulation of fibroblast function during skin regeneration
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$875,926

All 12 grants and awards

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Liam J

Keywords: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria; Apolipoproteins; Hospital-Acquired Infection; Immune Cell Biology; Inflammatory Signalling; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa); Pathogen-Host Interaction; Phagocytes; Pore-Forming Proteins

$120,000

Exploring Eructophagy: A newly discovered cellular process of macrophages.

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin

Keywords: eructophagy; macrophage; phagosome; lysosome; secretion; antigen presentation; pamps; inflammation

$55,000

Immune and sensory modulation of fibroblast function during skin regeneration

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Biernaskie, Jeffrey A

Keywords: Scar; Sensory Innervation; Single Cell Genomics; Skin Regeneration; Stromal-Immune Interactions; Wound Healing

$875,926

Deciphering the reductive pathways in phagosomes and lysosomes.

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin

$240,000

Central and peripheral determinants of acute and persistent joint pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Matyas, John R

Keywords: Arthritis; Behaviour; Brain; Dorsal Root Ganglia; Inflammation; Joints; Macrophages; Pain; Sensitization; Spinal Cord

$393,716

Role of neuroinflammation in the development of chronic joint pain

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Matyas, John R

Keywords: Behaviour; Chronic; Dorsal Root Ganglia; Inflammation; Joint; Macrophage; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Spinal Cord

$378,429

Cathepsin Z as a novel master regulator of chronic inflammation in the brain and lung.

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin M

Keywords: Cathepsin; Dendritic Cell; Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis; Interleukin 1; Macrophage; Multiple Sclerosis; Neuroinflammation; Pulmonary Silicosis

$868,275

Exploration of novel cellular processes in phagocytes.

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin

$30,000

Exploration of global control mechanisms of endosomal and phagosomal chemistries and their consequences to macrophage and dendritic cell function in health and disease.

Nominated PICIHR2011CIHR New Investigator

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin M

Keywords: Antigen Presentation; Cell Biology; Endosome; Fluorometry; Immunology; Macrophage; Microscopy; Phagosome; Proteolysis; Redox

$300,000

Exploration of global control mechanisms of endosomal and phagosomal chemistries and their consequences to macrophage and dendritic cell function in health and disease.

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Yates, Robin M

Keywords: Antigen Presentation; Cell Biology; Endosome; Fluorometry; Immunology; Macrophage; Microscopy; Phagosome; Proteolysis; Redox

$610,090

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Robin Yates

Research

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Latest funding

N-Terminomics/TAILS Profiling of Proteases and Their Substrates in Ulcerative Colitis.

Targeting mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species to reduce epithelial barrier dysfunction and colitis.

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity

Exploring Eructophagy: A newly discovered cellular process of macrophages.

Immune and sensory modulation of fibroblast function during skin regeneration

Deciphering the reductive pathways in phagosomes and lysosomes.

Central and peripheral determinants of acute and persistent joint pain

Role of neuroinflammation in the development of chronic joint pain

Cathepsin Z as a novel master regulator of chronic inflammation in the brain and lung.

Exploration of novel cellular processes in phagocytes.

Exploration of global control mechanisms of endosomal and phagosomal chemistries and their consequences to macrophage and dendritic cell function in health and disease.

Exploration of global control mechanisms of endosomal and phagosomal chemistries and their consequences to macrophage and dendritic cell function in health and disease.

Frequent collaborators

Antoine Dufour

Steven Heitman

Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu