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Touati Benoukraf
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Research
Latest papers
Publisher Correction: NanoVar: a comprehensive workflow for structural variant detection to uncover the genome's hidden patterns.
Nature protocols · 2026 · senior author
NanoVar: a comprehensive workflow for structural variant detection to uncover the genome's hidden patterns.
Nature protocols · 2026 · senior author
Sex and life experience shape locus coeruleus pretangle tau pathology.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
Latest funding
- $837,675
Investigating the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation on Tau Pathology and Cognitive Impairment: A Novel Approach Using a Pretangle Tau Rat Model
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $500,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $1,032,750
Understanding what pretangle tau does to neurons and testing potential damage control by an anti-cis-ptau treatment
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
29 publications.
Publisher Correction: NanoVar: a comprehensive workflow for structural variant detection to uncover the genome's hidden patterns.
Samy A, Tham CY, Dyer M, Benoukraf T
NanoVar: a comprehensive workflow for structural variant detection to uncover the genome's hidden patterns.
Samy A, Tham CY, Dyer M, Benoukraf T
Sex and life experience shape locus coeruleus pretangle tau pathology.
Hasan Z, Torraville SE, Omoluabi T, Maziar A, Belolise ON, MacGowan LA, Flynn CM, Reinhardt C, Walling SG, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
Refined ChIP-Seq Protocol for High-Quality Chromatin Profiling in Solid Tissues Using the Complete Genomics/MGI Sequencing Platform.
Alloway H, Wiede L, Loos D, Thoms J, Rebbani K, Benoukraf T
Adult genomic medicine: lessons from a multisite study of 2700 patients.
Bakur K, Hamid H, Alhaddad B, Alfadhel M, Alhashem A, Eyaid W, Alanzi T, Al Mutairi F, Alswaid A, Ababneh F, Al Ghamdi M, Mohamed S, Alaskar A, Alqahtani F, Alzaidan H, Al-Owain M, Faqeih EA, Mushiba AM, Alanazi R, Almoallem B, Alsaleh NS, Al Tala S, Alshammari M, Turkistani A, Gosadi G, Hakami F, Alobaid F, Al Rukban H, Alfaidi A, Ba-Abbad R, Almuqbil MA, Al-Boukai A, Alamri AS, Alshehri A, Sulaiman RA, Almontasheri A, Danish E, AlSagheir A, Aljeaid D, Al-Awam BS, Shawli A, Al-Otaibi M, Majdali WS, Azher ZA, Almannai M, Baalawi W, Saudi Adult Genomics Group, AlAbdi L, Benoukraf T, Alkuraya FS
Genomic analysis of glaucoma pathogenesis due to gmds mutation in zebrafish.
Ameen MT, Alloway H, Longjohn MN, Gendron RL, Paradis H, Benoukraf T, French CR
Second-order threat conditioning in the amygdala-posterior piriform cortex network.
Sepahvand T, Qin T, Hasan Z, Power KD, Carew SJ, Nazari N, Janes AM, Salman A, Xia Y, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
Leveraging the MethMotif Toolkit to Characterize Context-Specific Features and Roles of Methylation Sensitive Transcription Factors.
Dyer M, Siu G, Thieffry D, Benoukraf T
Locus coeruleus vulnerability to tau hyperphosphorylation in a rat model.
Omoluabi T, Hasan Z, Piche JE, Flynn ARS, Doré JJE, Walling SG, Weeks ACW, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
ColocZStats: a z-stack signal colocalization extension tool for 3D slicer.
Chen X, Thakur T, Jeyasekharan AD, Benoukraf T, Meruvia-Pastor O
Investigating the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation on Tau Pathology and Cognitive Impairment: A Novel Approach Using a Pretangle Tau Rat Model
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: 16s Rrna Sequencing; Alzheimer'S Disease; Gut Microbiome; Inflammation; Locus Coeruleus; Olfactory Learning; Pretangle Tau; Probiotic; Single Nuclei Rna Sequencing; Spatial Learning
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Benoukraf, Touati
Keywords: Crc
Understanding what pretangle tau does to neurons and testing potential damage control by an anti-cis-ptau treatment
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi; Benoukraf, Touati
Keywords: Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Locus Coeruleus; Neuronal Excitability; Odor Learning; Piriform Cortex; Pretangle Tau; Rnaseq; Spatial Learning; Synaptic Properties
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Benoukraf, Touati
Keywords: Crc
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
- Biomedical Sciences
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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