Helena Safavi

Helena Safavi

Associate Professor, Guest Researcher


  1. Venom peptides as pharmacological tools and therapeutics for diabetes

    Robinson, S. D. & Safavi, Helena, 2017, In: Neuropharmacology. 127, p. 79-86 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Venom insulins of cone snails diversify rapidly and track prey taxa

    Safavi, Helena, Lu, A., Li, Q., Fedosov, A. E., Biggs, J., Corneli, P. S., Seger, J., Yandell, M. & Olivera, B. M., 2016, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33, 11, p. 2924-2934 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Unconventional insulins from predators and pathogens

    Laugesen, Sophie Heiden, Chou, D. H. C. & Safavi, Helena, 2022, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 18, 7, p. 688-697

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Extraordinary Diversity of Venom Peptides in Unexplored Predatory Gastropods of the Genus Clavus

    Lu, A., Watkins, M., Li, Q., Robinson, S. D., Concepcion, G. P., Yandell, M., Weng, Z., Olivera, B. M., Safavi, Helena & Fedosov, A. E., 2020, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 12, 5, p. 684-700 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The three-dimensional structure of an H-superfamily conotoxin reveals a granulin fold arising from a common ICK cysteine framework

    Nielsen, L. D., Foged, M. M., Albert, A., Bertelsen, A. B., Søltoft, C. L., Robinson, S. D., Petersen, S. V., Purcell, A. W., Olivera, B. M., Norton, R. S., Vasskog, T., Safavi, Helena, Teilum, Kaare & Ellgaard, Lars, 2019, In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294, 22, p. 8745-8759

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. The Venom Repertoire of Conus gloriamaris (Chemnitz, 1777), the Glory of the Sea

    Robinson, S. D., Li, Q., Lu, A., Bandyopadhyay, P. K., Yandell, M., Olivera, B. M. & Safavi, Helena, 2017, In: Marine Drugs. 15, 5, 145.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Opisthorchis viverrini genome provides insights into life in the bile duct

    Young, N. D., Nagarajan, N., Lin, S. J., Korhonen, P. K., Jex, A. R., Hall, R. S., Safavi-Hemami, H., Kaewkong, W., Bertrand, D., Gao, S., Seet, Q., Wongkham, S., Teh, B. T., Wongkham, C., Intapan, P. M., Maleewong, W., Yang, X., Hu, M., Wang, Z., Hofmann, A. & 4 others, Sternberg, P. W., Tan, P., Wang, J. & Gasser, R. B., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 11 p., 4378.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Symmetric and asymmetric receptor conformation continuum induced by a new insulin

    Xiong, X., Blakely, A., Kim, J. H., Menting, J. G., Schäfer, I. B., Schubert, H. L., Agrawal, R., Gutmann, T., Delaine, C., Zhang, Y. W., Artik, G. O., Merriman, A., Eckert, D., Lawrence, M. C., Coskun, Ü., Fisher, S. J., Forbes, B. E., Safavi, Helena, Hill, C. P. & Chou, D. H. C., 2022, In: Nature Chemical Biology. 18, 5, p. 511-519

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails

    Safavi, Helena, Gajewiak, J., Karanth, S., Robinson, S. D., Ueberheide, B., Douglass, A. D., Schlegel, A., Imperial, J. S., Watkins, M., Bandyopadhyay, P. K., Yandell, M., Li, Q., Purcell, A. W., Norton, R. S., Ellgaard, Lars & Olivera, B. M., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 6, p. 1743-1748 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Specialisation of the venom gland proteome in predatory cone snails reveals functional diversification of the conotoxin biosynthetic pathway

    Safavi, Helena, Siero, W. A., Gorasia, D. G., Young, N. D., Macmillan, D., Williamson, N. A. & Purcell, A. W., 2 Sep 2011, In: Journal of Proteome Research. 10, 9, p. 3904-19 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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