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Trevor Moraes
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Latest papers
Phenotypic screening in influenza-infected zebrafish identifies Nrf2-mediated compound protective against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
iScience · 2025
Uev1A amino terminus stimulates poly-ubiquitin chain assembly and is required for NF-κB activation.
Cellular signalling · 2020
Structural Basis for Evasion of Nutritional Immunity by the Pathogenic Neisseriae.
Frontiers in microbiology · 2019
Latest funding
- $150,000
Multi-parameter characterization of macromolecular structure and dynamics
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $63,000
The Role of Bacterial Surface Lipoproteins in Veterinary Pathogens
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $200,000
Formulating a broadly cross-protective TbpB-based vaccine to combat Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
Phenotypic screening in influenza-infected zebrafish identifies Nrf2-mediated compound protective against ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Latreille E, Mukkala AN, Sanwal R, Yun J, Wei K, Petrut R, Farahani NZ, Philip T, Xu L, Bateman T, Pan C, Williams DE, Moraes T, Wen XY, Rotstein O, Andersen RJ, Lee WL
Uev1A amino terminus stimulates poly-ubiquitin chain assembly and is required for NF-κB activation.
Wu Z, Andersen PL, Moraes T, McKenna SA, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Ellison MJ, Xiao W
Structural Basis for Evasion of Nutritional Immunity by the Pathogenic Neisseriae.
Yadav R, Noinaj N, Ostan N, Moraes T, Stoudenmire J, Maurakis S, Cornelissen CN
‘AND’ logic gates at work: Crystal structure of Rad53 bound to Dbf4 and Cdc7
Almawi AW, Matthews LA, Larasati, Myrox P, Boulton S, Lai C, Moraes T, Melacini G, Ghirlando R, Duncker BP
Multi-parameter characterization of macromolecular structure and dynamics
Principal investigators: Houry, Walid
Keywords: protein stability; protein oligomerization; protein structure; protein-protein interaction; protein-ligand interaction; nano-differential scanning fluorimetry; dynamic light scattering; static light scattering; back reflection; thermal melt
The Role of Bacterial Surface Lipoproteins in Veterinary Pathogens
Principal investigators: Moraes, Trevor
Keywords: protein structure; bacteria; membrane protein; bacterial lipoprotein; complement evasion; gram negative; vaccine
Formulating a broadly cross-protective TbpB-based vaccine to combat Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Principal investigators: Gray-Owen, Scott D
Keywords: Bacterial Infection; Gonorrhea; Neisseria Gonorrhoeae; Sexually Transmitted Infection; Vaccine
Elucidating the Mechanism and Role of Slam Dependent Protein Secretion in Neisseria
Principal investigators: Moraes, Trevor F
Keywords: Bacterial Infection; Biochemistry; Cryo Electron Microscopy; Crystallography; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Membrane Protein; Microbiology; Protein Translocation; Structure & Function
Automated cryo-plunger for preparation of vitrified samples for cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography
Principal investigators: Lee, Jeffrey
Deciphering the role of a novel bipartite heme receptor system in A. baumannii infections
Principal investigators: Moraes, Trevor F
Keywords: Heme Acquisition; Outer Membrane Proteins; Protein Interactions; Structural Biology
Upgrade Advanced EPR/DEER Spectroscopy Facility
Principal investigators: Ernst, Oliver
The discovery of new antibiotics derived from inhibitors of sporulation
Principal investigators: Nodwell, Justin R
Keywords: Antibiotic Targets; Antibiotics; Enterococcus; Mrsa; Sporulation; Staphylococcus; Synthetic Molecules; Vre
Phosphorylated Carbohydrate Transport Across the Bacterial Cell Envelope
Principal investigators: Moraes, Trevor
High resolution characterization of macromolecular structure and dynamics
Principal investigators: Houry, Walid
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
- Ori Rotstein and Xiao-Yan Wen: 3 shared papers
- Giuseppe Melacini and Trevor Moraes: 1 shared paper
- Trevor Moraes and Ori Rotstein: 1 shared paper
- Trevor Moraes and Xiao-Yan Wen: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biochemistry
- Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Surgery
- Medicine
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