Helena Safavi
Associate Professor, Guest Researcher
Fish-hunting cone snail venoms are a rich source of minimized ligands of the vertebrate insulin receptor
Ahorukomeye, P., Disotuar, M. M., Gajewiak, J., Karanth, S., Watkins, M., Robinson, S. D., Flórez Salcedo, P., Smith, N. A., Smith, B. J., Schlegel, A., Forbes, B. E., Olivera, B., Hung-Chieh Chou, D. & Safavi, Helena, 2019, In: eLife. 8, 28 p., e41574.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Insights into the origins of fish hunting in venomous cone snails from studies of Conus tessulatus
Aman, J. W., Imperial, J. S., Ueberheide, B., Zhang, M., Aguilar, M., Taylor, D., Watkins, M., Yoshikami, D., Showers-Corneli, P., Safavi, Helena, Biggs, J., Teichert, R. W. & Olivera, B. M., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 16, p. 5087-5092 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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DisCoTune: versatile auxiliary plasmids for the production of disulphide-containing proteins and peptides in the E. coli T7 system
Bertelsen, A. B., Hackney, Celeste Menuet, Bayer, C. N., Kjelgaard, L. D., Rennig, M., Christensen, B., Sørensen, E. S., Safavi, Helena, Wulff, T., Ellgaard, Lars & Nørholm, M. H. H., 2021, In: Microbial Biotechnology. 14, 6, p. 2566-2580 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Curses or Cures: A Review of the Numerous Benefits Versus the Biosecurity Concerns of Conotoxin Research
Bjørn-Yoshimoto, Walden, Ramiro, Iris Bea L. , Yandell, M., McIntosh, J. M., Olivera, B. M., Ellgaard, Lars & Safavi, Helena, 2020, In: Biomedicines. 8, 8, 22 p., 235.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Integrating Venom Peptide Libraries Into a Phylogenetic and Broader Biological Framework
Chase, K., Watkins, M., Safavi, Helena & Olivera, B. M., 2022, In: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9, 16 p., 784419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Conopeptides promote itch through human itch receptor hMgprX1
Espino, S. S., Robinson, S. D., Safavi, Helena, Gajewiak, J., Yang, W., Olivera, B. M. & Liu, Q., 2018, In: Toxicon. 154, p. 28-34 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Pancreatic beta cells are highly susceptible to oxidative and ER stresses during the development of diabetes
Gorasia, D. G., Dudek, N. L., Veith, P. D., Shankar, R., Safavi, Helena, Williamson, N. A., Reynolds, E. C., Hubbard, M. J. & Purcell, A. W., 2015, In: Journal of Proteome Research. 14, 2, p. 688-99 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
A prominent role of PDIA6 in processing of misfolded proinsulin
Gorasia, D. G., Dudek, N. L., Safavi, Helena, Perez, R. A., Schittenhelm, R. B., Saunders, P. M., Wee, S., Mangum, J. E., Hubbard, M. J. & Purcell, A. W., 2016, In: B B A - Reviews on Cancer. 1864, 6, p. 715-723 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A toxin-based approach to neuropeptide and peptide hormone discovery
Koch, Thomas Lund, Torres, Joshua, Baskin, R. P., Salcedo, P. F., Chase, K., Olivera, B. M. & Safavi, Helena, 2023, In: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16, 14 p., 1176662.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Unconventional insulins from predators and pathogens
Laugesen, Sophie Heiden, Chou, D. H. C. & Safavi, Helena, 2022, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 18, 7, p. 688-697Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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The Opisthorchis viverrini genome provides insights into life in the bile duct
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Pain therapeutics from cone snail venoms: From Ziconotide to novel non-opioid pathways
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Venom insulins of cone snails diversify rapidly and track prey taxa
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