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Kurt Haas

ResearcherCellular and Physiological SciencesUniversity of British Columbia

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Kurt Haas

Researcher

Cellular and Physiological Sciences

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Ace2 Sars-Cov-2 Spike Protein Disease Expression Drug Development Genetic Variation Infectivity Therapeutic Development

Latest papers

A cell-based assay for rapid assessment of ACE2 catalytic function.
Scientific reports · 2023 · senior author
CellPalmSeq: A curated RNAseq database of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzyme expression in human cell types and laboratory cell lines.
Frontiers in physiology · 2023
An Algorithm Based on a Cable-Nernst Planck Model Predicting Synaptic Activity throughout the Dendritic Arbor with Micron Specificity.
Neuroinformatics · 2023 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Deep Phenotypic Profiling of Naturally Occurring ACE2 Variants
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
Real-time assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern on ACE2 variants found in susceptible populations to understand mechanisms of heightened disease expression and to direct targeted vaccination efforts
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$205,100
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Contribution of genetic variation of ACE2, the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, to COVID-19 disease expression and development of therapeutics
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$50,000

All 12 grants and awards

24 publications.

A cell-based assay for rapid assessment of ACE2 catalytic function.

Meyers WM, Hong RJ, Sin WC, Kim CS, Haas K

Scientific reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41389-7 PMID: 37644110

CellPalmSeq: A curated RNAseq database of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzyme expression in human cell types and laboratory cell lines.

Wild AR, Hogg PW, Flibotte S, Kochhar S, Hollman RB, Haas K, Bamji SX

Frontiers in physiology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1110550 PMID: 36760531

An Algorithm Based on a Cable-Nernst Planck Model Predicting Synaptic Activity throughout the Dendritic Arbor with Micron Specificity.

Guerrier C, Dellazizzo Toth T, Galtier N, Haas K

Neuroinformatics2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12021-022-09609-z PMID: 36348198

Exploring the expression patterns of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzymes in the mouse brain using the curated RNA-seq database BrainPalmSeq.

Wild AR, Hogg PW, Flibotte S, Nasseri GG, Hollman RB, Abazari D, Haas K, Bamji SX

eLife2022

DOI: 10.7554/elife.75804 PMID: 35819139

Quantifying neuronal structural changes over time using dynamic morphometrics.

Hogg PW, Coleman P, Dellazizzo Toth T, Haas K

Trends in neurosciences2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2021.10.011 PMID: 34815102

Bulk Dye Loading for In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Visual Responses in Populations of Xenopus Tectal Neurons.

Hogg PW, Haas K

Cold Spring Harbor protocols2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot106831 PMID: 33782097

Multi-parametric analysis of 57 SYNGAP1 variants reveal impacts on GTPase signaling, localization, and protein stability.

Meili F, Wei WJ, Sin WC, Meyers WM, Dascalu I, Callaghan DB, Rogic S, Pavlidis P, Haas K

American journal of human genetics2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.11.011 PMID: 33308442

Sentinel interaction mapping - a generic approach for the functional analysis of human disease gene variants using yeast.

Young BP, Post KL, Chao JT, Meili F, Haas K, Loewen C

Disease models & mechanisms2020

DOI: 10.1242/dmm.044560 PMID: 32471850

A Premalignant Cell-Based Model for Functionalization and Classification of PTEN Variants.

Chao JT, Hollman R, Meyers WM, Meili F, Matreyek KA, Dean P, Fowler DM, Haas K, Roskelley CD, Loewen CJR

Cancer research2020

DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-3278 PMID: 32366478

Comprehensive Imaging of Sensory-Evoked Activity of Entire Neurons Within the Awake Developing Brain Using Ultrafast AOD-Based Random-Access Two-Photon Microscopy.

Sakaki KDR, Podgorski K, Dellazizzo Toth TA, Coleman P, Haas K

Frontiers in neural circuits2020Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2020.00033 PMID: 32612514

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Kurt Haas

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A cell-based assay for rapid assessment of ACE2 catalytic function.

CellPalmSeq: A curated RNAseq database of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzyme expression in human cell types and laboratory cell lines.

An Algorithm Based on a Cable-Nernst Planck Model Predicting Synaptic Activity throughout the Dendritic Arbor with Micron Specificity.

Exploring the expression patterns of palmitoylating and de-palmitoylating enzymes in the mouse brain using the curated RNA-seq database BrainPalmSeq.

Quantifying neuronal structural changes over time using dynamic morphometrics.

Bulk Dye Loading for In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Visual Responses in Populations of Xenopus Tectal Neurons.

Multi-parametric analysis of 57 SYNGAP1 variants reveal impacts on GTPase signaling, localization, and protein stability.

Sentinel interaction mapping - a generic approach for the functional analysis of human disease gene variants using yeast.

A Premalignant Cell-Based Model for Functionalization and Classification of PTEN Variants.

Comprehensive Imaging of Sensory-Evoked Activity of Entire Neurons Within the Awake Developing Brain Using Ultrafast AOD-Based Random-Access Two-Photon Microscopy.

Deep Phenotypic Profiling of Naturally Occurring ACE2 Variants

Real-time assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern on ACE2 variants found in susceptible populations to understand mechanisms of heightened disease expression and to direct targeted vaccination efforts

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Contribution of genetic variation of ACE2, the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, to COVID-19 disease expression and development of therapeutics

Contribution of genetic variation of ACE2, the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, to COVID-19 disease expression and development of therapeutics

Imaging neural circuit dynamics in the awake developing brain: Identifying origins of neurodevelopmental disorders

Dual in vivo imaging of morphological and functional refinement underlying experience-driven improvement of neuronal encoding

Ultra-fast two-photon imaging of synaptic and neuronal morphology in brain of in vivo Xenopus tadpole to understand role of synaptic and morphological plasticity in early brain development

Molecular mechanisms of metaplasticity

2011 Synapse Mentorship Award (Individual Researcher)

In vivo imaging of structural and functional changes in the motor cortex of awake and behaving autism-associated neurologin-mutant mice

Frequent collaborators

Paul Pavlidis

Kota Mizumoto

Christopher Loewen