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Tara Moriarty
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Latest papers
Interactions between the discoidin domain receptor 1 and β1 integrin regulate attachment to collagen.
Biology open · 2013
Latest funding
- $499,645
Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $784,126
Molecular and biomechanical studies of bacterial-vascular adhesion mechanisms and their contributions to Lyme disease
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
- $140,000
Spirochete coordination of adhesion and motility in the presence of fluid shear forces
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Interactions between the discoidin domain receptor 1 and β1 integrin regulate attachment to collagen.
Staudinger LA, Spano SJ, Lee W, Coelho N, Rajshankar D, Bendeck MP, Moriarty T, McCulloch CA
Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity
Principal investigators: Sander, Beate H; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Mishra, Sharmistha; Sbihi, Hind
Keywords: Burden Of Disease; Cost; Covid-19; Determinants Of Health; Disease Progression; Equity; Long-Term Effects; Population Health; Resource Use; Sequelae
Molecular and biomechanical studies of bacterial-vascular adhesion mechanisms and their contributions to Lyme disease
Principal investigators: Moriarty, Tara J
Keywords: Adhesion Complexes; Blood--Non-Cellular Components; Blood-Borne Infections; Catch Bonds; Endothelial Cells And Receptors; Endothelial Glycocalyx; Lyme Disease; Shear Stress; Spirochetes; Tissue Tropism
Spirochete coordination of adhesion and motility in the presence of fluid shear forces
Principal investigators: Moriarty, Tara
Development of diet-induced obesity model of Lyme arthritis
Principal investigators: Anjum, Zoha
Keywords: Borrelia Burgdorferi; Lyme Arthritis; Lyme Disease; Mouse Model; Obesity
Role of diet-induced obesity in host susceptibility to antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis
Principal investigators: Zhang, Yang
Keywords: Antibiotic-Refractory Lyme Arthritis; Borrelia Burgdorferi (Bb); Diet-Induced Obesity; Qpcr
Induction of hyperglycemia by infection with the Lyme arthritis pathogen in susceptible hosts
Principal investigators: Matar, Fatima
Keywords: Bacterial Infection; Diabetes; Diet Induced Obesity; Lyme Arthritis
Screening technologies for identification of bacterial vascular dissemination inhibitors and testing of novel antibioticcomplementing therapeutic molecules
Principal investigators: Moriarty, Tara
Coordination of adhesion and motility in the presence of fluid shear forces by the Lyme disease pathogen
Principal investigators: Gupta, Nupur
Keywords: Antibody Generation; Borellia Burgdorferi; Cell Motility; Dissemination; Live Cell Imaging; Lyme Arthritis; Lyme Disease; Vascular Adhesion; Video Microscopy
Development of Intravital Microscopy-Based Methods For Investigation of Spirochete Contributions to Periodontal and Cardiovascular Disease
Principal investigators: Song, Peng
Keywords: Host Microbe Interactions; Intravital Microscopy; Musculoskeletal Inflammation; Periodontal Disease; Porphyromonas Gingivalis; Treponema Denticola
Investigation of endothelial receptors mediating vascular adhesion of the disseminating Lyme disease pathogen
Principal investigators: Parikh, Maitry
Keywords: Arthritis; Bacterial Dissemination; Borrelia Burgdorferi; Endothelial Receptors; Joints; Lyme Disease; Vascular Adhesion
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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