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Ghislain Deslongchamps
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Latest papers
Yohimban acetylation in Rauvolfia is mediated by a leaf-specific acetyltransferase in reserpine biosynthetic gene cluster.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB · 2026
Broadening the phenotypic and molecular spectrum of PRS deficiency in females.
HGG advances · 2026
Ancient gene clusters govern the initiation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis and C3 stereochemistry inversion.
Nature communications · 2025
Latest funding
- $60,000
Rational abiotic receptor design: experimental and computational strategies
NSERC · 2003 · Principal investigator
- $42,973
Routine FT-IR 5000-220 cm-1 Frequency Range
NSERC · 2002 · Co-investigator
- $294,141
300 MHz NMR spectrometer
NSERC · 2001 · Co-investigator
18 publications.
Yohimban acetylation in Rauvolfia is mediated by a leaf-specific acetyltransferase in reserpine biosynthetic gene cluster.
Hwang J, Richardson MB, Kirshner J, Guo J, Perley JO, Albert VA, Deslongchamps G, Qu Y
Broadening the phenotypic and molecular spectrum of PRS deficiency in females.
Braid T, Scholten S, Yoganathan S, Alsalamah AK, Deschênes D, Deslongchamps G, Goobie S, Heon E, Tein I, Deshwar AR
Ancient gene clusters govern the initiation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis and C3 stereochemistry inversion.
Hwang J, Kirshner J, Deschênes DAR, Richardson MB, Fleck SJ, Mann SGA, Guo J, Perley JO, Shahsavarani M, Garza-Garcia JJO, Seveck AD, Doiron SS, Mai Z, Silliphant SN, Englehart SA, Blight BA, Calhoun L, Gao D, Lian J, Deslongchamps G, Albert VA, Qu Y
Promiscuous and regiospecific Vinca minor hydroxylases for opioid akuammine biosynthesis and monoterpenoid indole alkaloid diversification.
Mai Z, Richardson MB, Mann SGA, Greene J, Paul AA, Perley JO, Deslongchamps G, Qu Y
Regiospecific hydroxylase and O-methyltransferase for the biosynthesis of anticancer alkaloids in Tabernaemontana elegans (toad tree).
Mann SGA, Richardson MB, Young RN, Deslongchamps G, Qu Y
Parallel evolution of methyltransferases leads to vobasine biosynthesis in Tabernaemontana elegans and Catharanthus roseus.
Farzana M, Richardson MB, Deschênes DAR, Mai Z, Njoku DI, Deslongchamps G, Qu Y
Oxidation of four monoterpenoid indole alkaloid classes by three cytochrome P450 monooxygenases from Tabernaemontana litoralis.
Mai Z, Kim K, Richardson MB, Deschênes DAR, Garza-Garcia JJO, Shahsavarani M, Perley JO, Njoku DI, Deslongchamps G, De Luca V, Qu Y
Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 Activity is Required for Normal and Hypoxia-Induced Precocious Hatching in Zebrafish Embryos
Christopher D. Small, Megan el-Khoury, Ghislain Deslongchamps, Tillmann J. Benfey, Bryan D. Crawford
Bent Bond/Antiperiplanar Hypothesis: Modulating the Reactivity and the Selectivity in the Glycosylation of Bicyclic Pyranoside Models.
Parent JF, Deslongchamps G, Deslongchamps P
Bent Bond/Antiperiplanar Hypothesis and the Chemical Reactivity of Annulenes.
Deslongchamps G, Deslongchamps P
Rational abiotic receptor design: experimental and computational strategies
Principal investigators: Deslongchamps, Ghislain
Routine FT-IR 5000-220 cm-1 Frequency Range
Principal investigators: Passmore, Jack
300 MHz NMR spectrometer
Principal investigators: Crudden, Cathleen
X-ray diffractometer
Principal investigators: Passmore, Jack
Novel abiotic receptors, supramolecular self-assemblies, and asymmetric catalysts
Principal investigators: Deslongchamps, Ghislain
Novel model receptors DNA binders chemosensors and supramolecular self-assemblies
Principal investigators: Deslongchamps, Ghislain
Upgrade of mass spectrometer
Principal investigators: Bottomley, Frank
Molecular recognition studies with novel abiotic receptors
Principal investigators: Deslongchamps, Ghislain
Mass Spectrometer
Principal investigators: Bottomley, Frank
Bioorganic receptors/supramolecular self assemblies
Principal investigators: Deslongchamps, Ghislain
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Yang Qu and Vincenzo De Luca: 22 shared papers
- Yang Qu and Ghislain Deslongchamps: 6 shared papers
- Yang Qu and Barry Blight: 1 shared paper
- Yang Qu and Larry Calhoun: 1 shared paper
- Barry Blight and Larry Calhoun: 1 shared paper
- Barry Blight and Ghislain Deslongchamps: 1 shared paper
- Tillmann Benfey and Ghislain Deslongchamps: 1 shared paper
- Larry Calhoun and Ghislain Deslongchamps: 1 shared paper
- Ghislain Deslongchamps and Vincenzo De Luca: 1 shared paper
- Ghislain Deslongchamps and Elise Heon: 1 shared paper
- Science Fr Chem
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Science Fr Bio
- Department of Psychiatry
Co-authors at University of New Brunswick, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Yang Qu
Science Fr Chem
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Vincenzo De Luca
Department of Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Elise Heon
Department of Ophthalmology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Barry Blight
Science Fr Chem
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Tillmann Benfey
Science Fr Bio
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Larry Calhoun
Science Fr Chem
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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