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Research
Latest papers
Self-assembling freeze-dried vaccine for short HLA-A2-restricted melanoma peptide epitopes.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
Quillaja saponaria fraction QS-18 as an adjuvant for liposomal seasonal influenza vaccines.
NPJ vaccines · 2026
FMRP regulates neuronal RNA granules containing stalled ribosomes, not where ribosomes stall.
eLife · 2026
Latest funding
- $1,101,600
Molecular Mechanism of Translational Stalling in Specialized Neuronal Ribosomes.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $149,712
Electron microscopy camera to study essential cellular processes and nanomaterials development.
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $1,055,700
Identifying critical steps in ribosome biogenesis for antimicrobial discovery.
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
53 publications.
Self-assembling freeze-dried vaccine for short HLA-A2-restricted melanoma peptide epitopes.
Luo Y, Song Y, Quinn B, Zhou S, Jiao Y, Li Q, Seffouh A, Ortega J, Lovell JF
Quillaja saponaria fraction QS-18 as an adjuvant for liposomal seasonal influenza vaccines.
Li Q, Sia Z, Luo Y, Huang WC, Kutscher HL, Zhu H, Ortega J, Davidson BA, Lovell JF
FMRP regulates neuronal RNA granules containing stalled ribosomes, not where ribosomes stall.
Li JT, Amiri M, Kailasam S, Drever L, Sun J, Bohorquez L, Sonenberg N, Ortega J, Sossin WS
A subunit vaccine for multiple respiratory viruses.
Li Q, Huang WC, Mahmoud SH, Ye C, Sia ZR, Song Y, Jiao Y, Luo Y, Zhou S, Pul RM, Kutscher HL, Hsu WL, Arpin D, Ortega J, Martinez-Sobrido L, Davidson BA, Lovell JF
Lipid nanoparticles that co-deliver poly(I:C) and short peptide antigens elicit anti-tumor responses with vaccination.
Luo Y, Li Q, Zhou S, Oh H, Jablonski J, Song Y, Su Y, Wu Y, Zhu H, Ortega J, Lovell JF
Structure of a specialized 70S initiation complex.
Arpin D, Roy B, Naeem FM, Fredrick K, Ortega J
Role of the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence of 16S rRNA in Flavobacterium johnsoniae.
Naeem FM, Roy B, Arpin D, McNutt ZA, Moon KM, Gemler BT, Bundschuh R, Foster LJ, Ortega J, Fredrick K
Ganglioside enhances the immunogenicity of nanoparticles displaying short synthetic tumor neoepitopes and epitopes.
Zhou S, Luo Y, Twilhaar MKN, Huang WC, Seffouh A, Song Y, Su Y, Quinn B, Wu Y, Neelamegham S, Ortega J, den Haan JMM, Lovell JF
Protein bL38 facilitates incorporation of uL6 during assembly of the 50S subunit in Flavobacterium johnsoniae.
Alom MS, Arpin D, Zhu H, Hay BN, Foster LJ, Ortega J, Fredrick K
YsxC is a placeholder for ribosomal protein uL2 during 50S ribosomal subunit assembly.
Seffouh A, Arpin D, Basu K, Ortega J
Molecular Mechanism of Translational Stalling in Specialized Neuronal Ribosomes.
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin; Sossin, Wayne S
Keywords: Hippocampal Cultures; Neurons; Protein Synthesis; Ribosomes; Translational Control
Electron microscopy camera to study essential cellular processes and nanomaterials development.
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin
Identifying critical steps in ribosome biogenesis for antimicrobial discovery.
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin
Keywords: Antibiotics; Antimicrobial Resistance; Cryo-Electron Microscopy; Infectious Diseases; Ribosome Assembly; Ribosome Assembly Factors; Single Particle Analysis
Enhanced Direct Electron Detector
Principal investigators: Vargas, Javier
Visualizing Shine-Dalgarno independent translation initiation in bacteria by cryo-electron microscopy
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin
11th International Ribosome Synthesis Conference
Principal investigators: Kothe, Ute
Keywords: Bacterial Infection; Cancer; Conference; Inherited Disease; Networking; Nucleolus; Protein; Ribosome; Rna; Training
Role of YjeQ and Era proteins in the assembly of the small ribosomal subunit
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin
Understanding bacterial ribosome biogenesis to enable antimicrobial discovery
Principal investigators: Ortega, Joaquin
Keywords: Antibiotics; Cryo-Electron Microscopy; Direct Electron Detector; Infectious Diseases; Ribosome Assembly; Ribosome Assembly Factors; Single Particle Analysis
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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Alex Adronov
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Mike Strauss
Anatomy and Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Giuseppe Melacini
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Maikel Rheinstadter
Physics & Astronomy
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Dawn Bowdish
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Harald Stover
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Matthew S Miller
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Nahum Sonenberg
Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Marie Elliot
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Jean-Philippe Julien
Department of Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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