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George Harauz
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Latest papers
Shaping membrane interfaces in lipid vesicles mimicking the cytoplasmic leaflet of myelin through variation of cholesterol and myelin basic protein contents.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2023
Partial magic angle spinning NMR 1H, 13C, 15N resonance assignments of the flexible regions of a monomeric alpha-synuclein: conformation of C-terminus in the lipid-bound and amyloid fibril states.
Biomolecular NMR assignments · 2021
Niche-dependent inhibition of neural stem cell proliferation and oligodendrogenesis is mediated by the presence of myelin basic protein.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) · 2021
Latest funding
- $139,728
Protein Knowledge Suite - ITC and DSC systems
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
- $149,625
Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
- $265,000
Molecular architecture of myelin - the roles of intrinsically-disordered myelin basic proteins
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
65 publications.
Shaping membrane interfaces in lipid vesicles mimicking the cytoplasmic leaflet of myelin through variation of cholesterol and myelin basic protein contents.
Träger J, Meister A, Hause G, Harauz G, Hinderberger D
Partial magic angle spinning NMR 1H, 13C, 15N resonance assignments of the flexible regions of a monomeric alpha-synuclein: conformation of C-terminus in the lipid-bound and amyloid fibril states.
Medeiros J, Bamm VV, Jany C, Coackley C, Ward ME, Harauz G, Ryan SD, Ladizhansky V
Niche-dependent inhibition of neural stem cell proliferation and oligodendrogenesis is mediated by the presence of myelin basic protein.
Lakshman N, Bourget C, Siu R, Bamm VV, Xu W, Harauz G, Morshead CM
α-Synuclein mutation impairs processing of endomembrane compartments and promotes exocytosis and seeding of α-synuclein pathology.
Stykel MG, Humphries KM, Kamski-Hennekam E, Buchner-Duby B, Porte-Trachsel N, Ryan T, Coackley CL, Bamm VV, Harauz G, Ryan SD
Effect of Cholesterol and Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) Content on Lipid Monolayers Mimicking the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Myelin.
Träger J, Widder K, Kerth A, Harauz G, Hinderberger D
Myelin basic protein (MBP) charge variants show different sphingomyelin-mediated interactions with myelin-like lipid monolayers.
Widder K, Harauz G, Hinderberger D
Interaction of Myelin Basic Protein with Myelin-like Lipid Monolayers at Air-Water Interface.
Widder K, Träger J, Kerth A, Harauz G, Hinderberger D
Cardiolipin exposure on the outer mitochondrial membrane modulates α-synuclein.
Ryan T, Bamm VV, Stykel MG, Coackley CL, Humphries KM, Jamieson-Williams R, Ambasudhan R, Mosser DD, Lipton SA, Harauz G, Ryan SD
Potential role of ferric hemoglobin in MS pathogenesis: Effects of oxidative stress and extracellular methemoglobin or its degradation products on myelin components.
Bamm VV, Henein MEL, Sproul SLJ, Lanthier DK, Harauz G
And Yet it is Modified-Holding a Candle to the Dark Matter of White Matter.
Harauz G
Protein Knowledge Suite - ITC and DSC systems
Principal investigators: Graether, Steffen
Maintaining and Enhancing Core Centrifugation Capacity for Life Sciences Research at Guelph
Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod
Molecular architecture of myelin - the roles of intrinsically-disordered myelin basic proteins
Principal investigators: Harauz, George
Advanced equipment for solid state NMR studies of biomedically important membrane proteins
Principal investigators: Ladizhansky, Vladimir
Keywords: Nuclear magnetic resonance, membrane proteins, aquaporin, water transport, GPCR, protein-ligand interactions, myelin basic protein, myelin sheath, protein-lipid interactions, rhodopsins.
Bio-Rad ChemiDoc MP System
Principal investigators: Gillis, Todd
Applied Photophysics Stopped-Flow Upgrade
Principal investigators: Merrill, Rod
CRC Tier 1
Principal investigators: Harauz, George
Keywords: Crc Tier 1
Dynamic equilibria of membrane microdomains and protein modifications in central nervous system myelin
Principal investigators: Harauz, George
Applied photophysics stopped-flow upgrade
Principal investigators: Merrill, Rodney
Towards structure determination in membrane proteins: fast MAS probe for sensitivity enhancement through direct proton detection
Principal investigators: Ladizhansky, Vladimir
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
- Vladimir Ladizhansky and George Harauz: 9 shared papers
- Nina Jones and George Harauz: 2 shared papers
- Dorothee Bienzle and George Harauz: 2 shared papers
- Leonid Brown and Vladimir Ladizhansky: 1 shared paper
- Leonid Brown and George Harauz: 1 shared paper
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Department of Physics
- Department of Pathobiology
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