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Helen Nichol
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Latest papers
Quantification of human plasma metalloproteins in multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and healthy controls reveals an association of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with age.
PloS one · 2022
Susceptibility weighted MRI pinpoints spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Magnetic Resonance Imaging · 2022
Protein-Energy Malnutrition Exacerbates Stroke-Induced Forelimb Abnormalities and Dampens Neuroinflammation
Translational Stroke Research · 2018
Latest funding
- $1,737,836
CIHR Team in Synchrotron Medical Imaging
CIHR · 2009 · Nominated PI
- $1,788,500
CIHR Training Grant in Health Research Using Synchrotron Techniques (CIHR - THRUST)
CIHR · 2008 · Principal investigator
- $80,595
Bent laue x-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging system
NSERC · 2006 · Co-investigator
21 publications.
Quantification of human plasma metalloproteins in multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and healthy controls reveals an association of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with age.
Sarpong-Kumankomah S, Knox KB, Kelly ME, Hunter G, Popescu B, Nichol H, Kopciuk K, Ntanda H, Gailer J
Susceptibility weighted MRI pinpoints spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
Shen Y, Zheng W, Hu J, Nichol H, Haacke EM
Protein-Energy Malnutrition Exacerbates Stroke-Induced Forelimb Abnormalities and Dampens Neuroinflammation
Mariam Alaverdashvili, Sally Caine, Xue Li, Mark J. Hackett, Michael P. Bradley, Helen K. Nichol, Phyllis G. Paterson
Rehabilitation Augments Hematoma Clearance and Attenuates Oxidative Injury and Ion Dyshomeostasis After Brain Hemorrhage.
Williamson MR, Dietrich K, Hackett MJ, Caine S, Nadeau CA, Aziz JR, Nichol H, Paterson PG, Colbourne F
Examining potential side effects of therapeutic hypothermia in experimental intracerebral hemorrhage.
Wowk S, Fagan KJ, Ma Y, Nichol H, Colbourne F
A novel multi-modal platform to image molecular and elemental alterations in ischemic stroke.
Caine S, Hackett MJ, Hou H, Kumar S, Maley J, Ivanishvili Z, Suen B, Szmigielski A, Jiang Z, Sylvain NJ, Nichol H, Kelly ME
A new method to image heme-Fe, total Fe, and aggregated protein levels after intracerebral hemorrhage.
Hackett MJ, DeSouza M, Caine S, Bewer B, Nichol H, Paterson PG, Colbourne F
Novel bio-spectroscopic imaging reveals disturbed protein homeostasis and thiol redox with protein aggregation prior to hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neuron death induced by global brain ischemia in the rat
Mark J. Hackett, Shari Smith, Sally Caine, Helen Nichol, Graham Neil George, Ingrid J. Pickering, Phyllis G. Paterson
Design of a mouse restraint for synchrotron-based computed tomography imaging.
Gagnon KB, Caine S, Samadi N, Martinson M, van der Loop M, Alcorn J, Chapman LD, Belev G, Nichol H
In Situ Biospectroscopic Investigation of Rapid Ischemic and Postmortem Induced Biochemical Alterations in the Rat Brain
Mark J. Hackett, Carter J. Britz, Phyllis G. Paterson, Helen Nichol, Ingrid J. Pickering, Graham Neil George
CIHR Team in Synchrotron Medical Imaging
Principal investigators: Nichol, Helen K; Chapman, Dean L; Colbourne, Frederick; George, Graham N; Kelly, Michael; Paterson, Phyllis G; Pickering, Ingrid J; Wiebe, Sheldon P
Keywords: Hard X-Ray; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Metal Metabolism; Stem Cell Therapy; Stroke; Synchrotron Imaging
CIHR Training Grant in Health Research Using Synchrotron Techniques (CIHR - THRUST)
Principal investigators: Pickering, Ingrid J; Chapman, Dean L; Delbaere, Louis T; George, Graham N; Nichol, Helen K; Thomlinson, William C
Keywords: Advanced Imaging; Cancer; Drug Design; Enzyme Structure-Function; Neurodegeneration; Synchrotron X-Rays
Bent laue x-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging system
Principal investigators: Chapman, Dean
BioXAS: Life Science Beamline for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy at the Canadian Light Source
Principal investigators: George, Graham
Keywords: X-ray absorption spectroscopy, synchrotron beamlines, XAS & imaging, metals & human health, metal based drugs, metals in the biosphere, heavy metal poisoning, metalloenzymes, metabolic diseases
Application of novel imaging techniques to identify therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease
Principal investigators: Nichol, Helen
Metals in Neurodegenerative Disease
Principal investigators: Nichol, Helen
Keywords: X-ray absorption spectroscopy imaging, iron, manganese, selenium, cell biology, synchrotron
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
- Graham George and Ingrid Pickering: 223 shared papers
- Juergen Gailer and Jurgen Gailer: 117 shared papers
- Graham George and Juergen Gailer: 25 shared papers
- Graham George and Jurgen Gailer: 25 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Juergen Gailer: 20 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Jurgen Gailer: 20 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Phyllis Paterson: 8 shared papers
- Gary Hunter and Michael Kelly: 8 shared papers
- Graham George and Phyllis Paterson: 7 shared papers
- Phyllis Paterson and Helen Nichol: 7 shared papers
- Graham George and Helen Nichol: 6 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Helen Nichol: 6 shared papers
- Bogdan Popescu and Helen Nichol: 5 shared papers
- Phyllis Paterson and Fred Colbourne: 5 shared papers
- Graham George and Michael Kelly: 4 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Michael Kelly: 3 shared papers
- Fred Colbourne and Helen Nichol: 3 shared papers
- Helen Nichol and Michael Kelly: 3 shared papers
- Mark Haacke and Helen Nichol: 2 shared papers
- Mark Haacke and Alex Rajput: 2 shared papers
- Graham George and Bogdan Popescu: 2 shared papers
- Ingrid Pickering and Bogdan Popescu: 2 shared papers
- Phyllis Paterson and Michael Bradley: 2 shared papers
- Helen Nichol and Alex Rajput: 2 shared papers
- Graham George and Fred Colbourne: 1 shared paper
- Bogdan Popescu and Nick Ovsenek: 1 shared paper
- Bogdan Popescu and Alex Rajput: 1 shared paper
- Bogdan Popescu and Gary Hunter: 1 shared paper
- Michael Bradley and Helen Nichol: 1 shared paper
- Melanie Martin and Helen Nichol: 1 shared paper
- Juergen Gailer and Helen Nichol: 1 shared paper
- Juergen Gailer and Gary Hunter: 1 shared paper
- Jurgen Gailer and Helen Nichol: 1 shared paper
- Helen Nichol and Nick Ovsenek: 1 shared paper
- Helen Nichol and Gary Hunter: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
- Pharmacy and Nutrition
- Anatomy Physiology Pharmacology
- Psychology Science
- Department of Surgery
- Other
Co-authors at University of Saskatchewan, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Phyllis Paterson
Pharmacy and Nutrition
7 shared papers, latest 2018
Graham George
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2015
Ingrid Pickering
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2015
Bogdan Popescu
Anatomy Physiology Pharmacology
5 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Kelly
Department of Surgery
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Frederick Colbourne
Department of Psychology
3 shared papers, latest 2017
Fred Colbourne
Psychology Science
3 shared papers, latest 2017
Alex Rajput
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2010
Mark Haacke
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Nick Ovsenek
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Gary Hunter
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Bradley
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Melanie Martin
Physics
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Juergen Gailer
Department of Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Karen Kopciuk
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jurgen Gailer
Department of Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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