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Berge Minassian
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Latest papers
Ocular phenotype and electroretinogram abnormalities in Lafora disease: A "window to the brain".
Neurology · 2018 · senior author
Infantile spasms with periventricular nodular heterotopia, unbalanced chromosomal translocation 3p26.2 ‐10p15.1 and 6q22.31 duplication
Clinical Case Reports · 2016 · senior author
Estimated carrier frequency of creatine transporter deficiency in females in the general population using functional characterization of novel missense variants in the SLC6A8 gene.
Gene · 2015
Latest funding
- $1,662,500
Carrier-mediated delivery of therapeutic proteins into the brain
BRAIN · 2014 · Co-investigator
- $1,000,000
The Centre for Applied Genomics: Paediatric Genomes to Health
CFI · 2012 · Co-investigator
- $17,175
Epilepsy Genetics: Seizing the Advances A Plenary Session of the 2012 League Against Epilepsy Meeting
CIHR · 2011 · Nominated PI
5 publications.
Ocular phenotype and electroretinogram abnormalities in Lafora disease: A "window to the brain".
Vincent A, Macrì A, Tumber A, Koukas N, Ahonen S, Striano P, Minassian B
Infantile spasms with periventricular nodular heterotopia, unbalanced chromosomal translocation 3p26.2 ‐10p15.1 and 6q22.31 duplication
Jones K, Weiss SK, Minassian B
Estimated carrier frequency of creatine transporter deficiency in females in the general population using functional characterization of novel missense variants in the SLC6A8 gene.
DesRoches CL, Patel J, Wang P, Minassian B, Salomons GS, Marshall CR, Mercimek-Mahmutoglu S
Carrier frequency of guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency in the general population by functional characterization of missense variants in the GAMT gene.
Desroches CL, Patel J, Wang P, Minassian B, Marshall CR, Salomons GS, Mercimek-Mahmutoglu S
Rasmussen encephalitis: Response to early immunotherapy in a case of immune-mediated encephalitis.
Liba Z, Muthaffar O, Tang J, Minassian B, Halliday W, Branson H, Ann Yeh E
Carrier-mediated delivery of therapeutic proteins into the brain
Principal investigators: Melnyk, Roman
Keywords: Neurotechnology; Other
The Centre for Applied Genomics: Paediatric Genomes to Health
Principal investigators: Scherer, Stephen
Keywords: paediatrics, genetics, translational medicine, molecular diagnostics development sequencing, genotyping, genomics, validation
Epilepsy Genetics: Seizing the Advances A Plenary Session of the 2012 League Against Epilepsy Meeting
Principal investigators: Minassian, Berge A
Keywords: Epilepsy; Genetics; Neurology
Genetic and Biochemical pathways underlying neurological disorders in the mouse caused by alpha3-Na+-K+-ATPase, and Kv1.2.
Principal investigators: Roder, John C
Keywords: Alpha3-Na+-K+-Atpase; Enu Archive; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Mouse Genetic Screen; Sodium Pump
Identification of genetic causes of paediatric neurological conditions and using these to uncover the cellular pathways involved and determine the ways in which they are disturbed
Principal investigators: Minassian, Berge
Keywords: epilepsy, gene, neurodegenerative, dystrophy, Rett
Identification of genetic causes of paediatric neurological conditions and using these to uncover the cellular pathways involved and determine the ways in which they are disturbed
Principal investigators: Minassian, Berge
Keywords: epilepsy, gene, neurodegenerative, dystrophy, Rett
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
- Kevin Charles Jones and Shelly Weiss: 3 shared papers
- Christian Marshall and Ajoy Vincent: 3 shared papers
- William Halliday and Helen Branson: 2 shared papers
- Christian Marshall and Berge Minassian: 2 shared papers
- Kevin Charles Jones and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- Shelly Weiss and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- William Halliday and Joyce Tang: 1 shared paper
- William Halliday and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- Joyce Tang and Helen Branson: 1 shared paper
- Joyce Tang and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- Helen Branson and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- Ajoy Vincent and Berge Minassian: 1 shared paper
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Pediatrics
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Christian Marshall
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Shelly Weiss
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2016
William Halliday
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Kevin Charles Jones
Department of Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Joyce Tang
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Helen Branson
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Ajoy Vincent
Department of Ophthalmology
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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