Faculty profile
Peter Unrau
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Research
Latest papers
Genome-wide discovery of somatic regulatory variants in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Nature communications · 2018
RNA rules!
RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2015 · first author
Latest funding
- $186,688
Genetically encodable biosensors for the routine detection of nucleic acid within living cells
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $264,000
General and Inexpensive Viral RNA Detection by Direct Imaging
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $75,000
Development of sensor technology for ultrasensitive detection of HPV DNA
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
2 publications.
Genome-wide discovery of somatic regulatory variants in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Arthur SE, Jiang A, Grande BM, Alcaide M, Cojocaru R, Rushton CK, Mottok A, Hilton LK, Lat PK, Zhao EY, Culibrk L, Ennishi D, Jessa S, Chong L, Thomas N, Pararajalingam P, Meissner B, Boyle M, Davidson J, Bushell KR, Lai D, Farinha P, Slack GW, Morin GB, Shah S, Sen D, Jones SJM, Mungall AJ, Gascoyne RD, Audas TE, Unrau P, Marra MA, Connors JM, Steidl C, Scott DW, Morin RD
Genetically encodable biosensors for the routine detection of nucleic acid within living cells
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter
Keywords: Life sciences (including biotechnology); Advancement of knowledge
General and Inexpensive Viral RNA Detection by Direct Imaging
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter J
Keywords: Flow Cell Development; Microscope Imaging; Nanotechnology Development; Point Of Care Diagnostic Application; Probe Hybridization Liquid Phase; Quantum Dots; Sars-Cov-2 / H5n1virus; Single Molecule Rna Imaging; Surface Hybridization; Viral Rna Detection
Development of sensor technology for ultrasensitive detection of HPV DNA
Principal investigators: Adachi, Michael MM
Keywords: biomedical; detection; diagnostics; electronics; fabrication; hpv dna; human papillomavirus (hpv); point-of-care; sensors; urine
RNA Chemistry and the RNA World
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter
Market Assessment: Fluorogenic RNA Mango Aptamers for RNA Imaging & RNA-protein Complex Purification
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter PJ
Commercialization of RNA Mango fluorogenic aptamers: RNA Pulldown and Imaging Tools for Therapeutic and Diagnostic pipelines
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter J
Keywords: Aptamer Selection; Bacterial Pathogenesis; Crispr/Cas9; High-Throughput Small Molecule Screening; Rna Diagnostics; Rna Diseases; Rna Mango; Rna Therapeutics; Rna-Protein Interactions; Rnp Cryo-Em Structural Characterization
SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Research: Fast track isothermal viral diagnostics
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter J; Niikura, Masahiro
Keywords: Covid-19; Flurogenic Rna Mango Aptamers; High Throughput Sequencing; Isothermal Amplification; Medical Testing Device; Nasba; Patient Clinical Samples; Rt-Pcr; Sars-Cov-2; Viral Infection
General and Inexpensive Saliva-based Viral RNA Testing by Direct Imaging
Principal investigators: Unrau, Peter J
Keywords: Cell Phone Detection; Covid-19 Viral Rna Detection; Microscope Imaging; Microscope Prototyping; Point Of Use Application; Probe Hybridization Liquid Phase; Quantum Dots; Single Molecule Rna Imaging; Surface Hybridization
Prioritization and functional characterization of regulatory mutations in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Principal investigators: Morin, Ryan D
Keywords: Gene Expression; Genomics; Sequencing; Splicing; Utr
Enhanced 2D Imaging for Gels and Membranes
Principal investigators: Audas, Timothy
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Christian Steidl and Sohrab Shah: 2 shared papers
- Christian Steidl and Peter Unrau: 1 shared paper
- Sohrab Shah and Peter Unrau: 1 shared paper
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Experimental Therapeutics
- Other
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