Stephanie Portet, University of Manitoba

Latest papers

Steady state distributions of moving particles in one dimension: with an eye towards axonal transport.
Journal of mathematical biology · 2024 · senior author
Optogenetic Tuning Reveals Rho Amplification-Dependent Dynamics of a Cell Contraction Signal Network.
Cell reports · 2020
A quantitative kinetic model for the in vitro assembly of intermediate filaments from tetrameric vimentin.
The Journal of biological chemistry · 2007

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,461,244
One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
Intermediate filaments: timescales, intracellular transport and aggregation phenomena
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$192,000

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Steady state distributions of moving particles in one dimension: with an eye towards axonal transport.

Dallon JC, Evans E, Grant CP, Portet S

Journal of mathematical biology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00285-024-02157-x PMID: 39476169

02

Optogenetic Tuning Reveals Rho Amplification-Dependent Dynamics of a Cell Contraction Signal Network.

Kamps D, Koch J, Juma VO, Campillo-Funollet E, Graessl M, Banerjee S, Mazel T, Chen X, Wu YW, Portet S, Madzvamuse A, Nalbant P, Dehmelt L

Cell reports2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108467 PMID: 33264629

03

A quantitative kinetic model for the in vitro assembly of intermediate filaments from tetrameric vimentin.

Kirmse R, Portet S, Mücke N, Aebi U, Herrmann H, Langowski J

The Journal of biological chemistry2007

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701063200 PMID: 17403663

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Institutes Support Grants

Principal investigators: Yilmaz, Ozgur OY

Keywords: applied mathematics; collaborative research groups; highly qualified personnel; international collaboration; probability; pure mathematics; research network; statistics

$3,461,244

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping

$2,500,000

Intermediate filaments: timescales, intracellular transport and aggregation phenomena

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Portet, Stephanie

$192,000

Modelling intermediate filament networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Portet, Stephanie

$150,000

Modelling cytoskeleton networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Portet, Stephanie

$105,000

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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