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Victor Rafuse

ResearcherMedical NeuroscienceDalhousie University

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Victor Rafuse

Researcher

Medical Neuroscience

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
No publications since 2017.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (5 CIHR, 4 NSERC), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2009.

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Research

Muscle Regeneration Movement Neuromuscular Junction Channelrhodopsin Denervation Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury

Latest papers

Neuroleptics as therapeutic compounds stabilizing neuromuscular transmission in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
JCI insight · 2017

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Humanization of skeletal muscle innervation to study ALS
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$902,700
Stem Cell Derived Motoneurons to study motor neuron development
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Restoring useful function to complete and permanently denervated skeletal muscles
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
$722,455

All 11 grants and awards

Humanization of skeletal muscle innervation to study ALS

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor F

Keywords: Als; Disease Modeling; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Motor Neurons; Movement; Neuromuscular Function; Neuromuscular Junction

$902,700

Stem Cell Derived Motoneurons to study motor neuron development

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor

$300,000

Restoring useful function to complete and permanently denervated skeletal muscles

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor F

Keywords: Channelrhodopsin; Denervation; Movement; Muscle; Peripheral Nerve Injury; Regeneration; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury

$722,455

Deciphering the mechanisms underlying synaptic dysfunction at the neuromuscular junction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor F

Keywords: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Endplate; Motor Neuron; Muscle; Neuromuscular Junction; Regeneration; Schwann Cell; Sprouting

$676,584

Optical control of dysfunctional muscles

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor F

Keywords: Channelrhodopsin; Denervation; Motor Neuron Disease; Muscle; Regeneration; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury

$100,000

Viral membrane fusion machines: evolution, applications, mechanism-of-action and pathogenic implications.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Duncan, Roy

Keywords: Cell-Cell Fusion; Oncolytic Viruses; Protein-Membrane Interactions; Reoviruses; Syncytium Formation; Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins; Viroporins; Virus Pathogenicity; Virus-Induced Membrane Fusion

$2,456,031

Deciphering cellular mechanisms regulating neuromuscular development

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor

$384,000

Developing specific motoneuron subtypes from embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells, to treat neuromuscular disorders and paralysis due to injury.

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Neuromuscular Research

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor F

Keywords: Development; Embryonic Stem Cells; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Motoneuron; Muscle; Neurogenesis; Neuromuscular Electrophysiology; Regeneration; Tissue Culture

$392,221

Optimizing therapeutic use of transplanted embryonic stem cell-derived motoneurons.

SupervisorCIHR2009Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Magown, Philippe J

Keywords: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Electrophysiology; Embryonic Stem Cells; Motoneurons; Neuromuscular Junctions; Neurostimulation; Peripheral Nerve; Regeneration; Transplantation

$105,000

Characterization of the mechanisms regulating the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into functional motoneurons

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rafuse, Victor

$205,150

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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Victor Rafuse

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Neuroleptics as therapeutic compounds stabilizing neuromuscular transmission in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Humanization of skeletal muscle innervation to study ALS

Stem Cell Derived Motoneurons to study motor neuron development

Restoring useful function to complete and permanently denervated skeletal muscles

Deciphering the mechanisms underlying synaptic dysfunction at the neuromuscular junction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Optical control of dysfunctional muscles

Viral membrane fusion machines: evolution, applications, mechanism-of-action and pathogenic implications.

Deciphering cellular mechanisms regulating neuromuscular development

Developing specific motoneuron subtypes from embryonic stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells, to treat neuromuscular disorders and paralysis due to injury.

Optimizing therapeutic use of transplanted embryonic stem cell-derived motoneurons.

Characterization of the mechanisms regulating the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into functional motoneurons

Frequent collaborators

Richard Robitaille

Xiao-Yan Wen

Pierre Drapeau

Jean-Pierre Julien

Lawrence Korngut

Richard Robitaille