Helena Safavi

Helena Safavi

Associate Professor, Guest Researcher


  1. A Naturally Occurring Peptide with an Elementary Single Disulfide-Directed β-Hairpin Fold

    Robinson, S. D., Chhabra, S., Belgi, A., Chittoor, B., Safavi, Helena, Robinson, A. J., Papenfuss, A. T., Purcell, A. W. & Norton, R. S., 2016, In: Structure. 24, 2, p. 293-299 7 p.

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  2. Published

    A minimized human insulin-receptor-binding motif revealed in a Conus geographus venom insulin

    Menting, J. G., Gajewiak, J., MacRaild, C. A., Chou, D. H., Disotuar, M. M., Smith, N. A., Miller, C., Erchegyi, J., Rivier, J. E., Olivera, B. M., Forbes, B. E., Smith, B. J., Norton, R. S., Safavi, Helena & Lawrence, M. C., 2016, In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 23, 10, p. 916-920 5 p.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Published

    A structurally minimized yet fully active insulin based on cone-snail venom insulin principles

    Xiong, X., Menting, J. G., Disotuar, M. M., Smith, N. A., Delaine, C. A., Ghabash, G., Agrawal, R., Wang, X., He, X., Fisher, S. J., MacRaild, C. A., Norton, R. S., Gajewiak, J., Forbes, B. E., Smith, B. J., Safavi, Helena, Olivera, B., Lawrence, M. C. & Chou, D. H. C., 2020, In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 27, p. 615-624

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  5. Published

    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.

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  6. Characterisation of nitric oxide synthase in three cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses

    Safavi, Helena, Young, N. D., Doyle, J., Llewellyn, L. & Klueter, A., 28 Apr 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 4, p. e10379

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  7. Combined proteomic and transcriptomic interrogation of the venom gland of Conus geographus uncovers novel components and functional compartmentalization

    Safavi, Helena, Hu, H., Gorasia, D. G., Bandyopadhyay, P. K., Veith, P. D., Young, N. D., Reynolds, E. C., Yandell, M., Olivera, B. M. & Purcell, A. W., 2014, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 13, 4, p. 938-53 16 p.

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  8. 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.

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  9. Published

    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.

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  10. Published

    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.

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