zamanian

Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University

PhD in Neuroscience, Iowa State University

BS in Biochemistry, Iowa State University

Tsai IJ, Zarowiecki M, Holroyd N, Garciarrubio A, Sanchez-Flores A, Brooks KL, Tracey A, Bobes RJ, Fragoso G, Sciutto E, Aslett M, Beasley H, Cai X, Camicia F, Clark R, Cucher M, De Silva N, Day TA, Deplazes P, Estrada K, Fernandez C, Holland PWH, Hou J, Hu S, Huckvale T, Hung SS, Kamenetzky L, Keane JA, Kiss F, Koziol U, Lambert O, Liu K, Luo X, Luo Y, Macchiaroli N, Nichol S, Paps J, Parkinson J, Stantcheva NP, Riddiford N, Rosenzvit M, Salinas G, Wasmuth JD, Zamanian M, Zheng Y, The Taenia solium Genome Consortium, Cai J, Sobero X, Olson PD, Laclette JP, Brehm K, Berriman M. The genomes of four tapeworm species. Nature 2013 4;496(7443):57-63.

Brewer MT, Agbedanu PN, Zamanian M, Day TA, Carlson S. Deorphanization of a Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide-recognizing G protein-coupled Receptor in Entamoeba histolytica. Eukaryotic Cell. 2013 Submitted.

Atkinson L, Stevenson M, McCoy C, Maule AG, Marks NJ, Fleming C, Zamanian M, Day TA, Kimber MJ, Mousley A. flp-32 ligand/receptor silencing phenocopy a faster phenotype in plant pathogenic nematodes. PLoS Pathogens 2013 9(2): e1003169.

Zamanian M, Agbedanu P, Wheeler NW, Kimber MJ, Day TA. Novel RNAi-mediated approach to G protein- coupled receptor deorphanization: proof of principle and characterization of a planarian 5-HT receptor. PLoS One 2012 7(7): e40787.  

Zamanian M, Kimber MJ, McVeigh P, Carlson SA, Maule AG, Day TA. The repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni and the model organism Schmidtea mediterranea. BMC Genomics 2011 12:596. [Highly Accessed]

McVeigh P, Mair GR, Novozhilova E, Day A, Zamanian M, Marks NJ, Kimber MJ, Day TA, Maule AG. Schis- tosome I/Lamides - A new family of bioactive helminth neuropeptides. Int J Parasitol 2011 41(8):905-13. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031. 

Novozhilova E, Kimber MJ, Qian H, McVeigh P, Robertson AP, Zamanian M, Maule AG, Day TA. FMRFamide- like peptides (FLPs) enhance voltage-gated calcium currents to elicit muscle contraction in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010 4(8): e790.

Berriman M, Haas BJ, LoVerde PT, Wilson RA, Dillon GP, Cerqueira GC, Mashiyama ST, Al-Lazikani B, Andrade LF, Ashton PD, Aslett MA, Bartholomeu DC, Blandin G, Caffrey CR, Coghlan A, Coulson R, Day TA, Delcher A, DeMarco R, Djikeng A, Eyre T, Gamble JA, Ghedin E, Gu Y, Hertz-Fowler C, Hirai H, Hirai Y, Houston R, Ivens A, Johnston DA, Lacerda D, Macedo CD, McVeigh P, Ning Z, Oliveira G, Overington JP, Parkhill J, Pertea M, Pierce RJ, Protasio AV, Quail MA, Rajandream MA, Rogers J, Sajid M, Salzberg SL, Stanke M, Tivey AR, White O, Williams DL, Wortman J, Wu W, Zamanian M, Zerlotini A, Fraser-Liggett CM, Barrell BG, El-Sayed NM. The Genome of the blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni. Nature 2009 460, 352-358. [Cover Article]

Kimber MJ, Sayegh L, El-Shehabi F, Song C, Zamanian M, Woods D, Day TA, Ribeiro P. Identification of an Ascaris G protein-coupled acetylcholine receptor with atypical muscarinic pharmacology. Int J Parasitol 2009 39(11):1215-22. 

McVeigh P, Mair G, Atkinson L, Ladurner P, Zamanian M, Novozhilova E, Marks N, Day TA, Maule AG. Discovery of multiple neuropeptide families in the phylum Platyhelminthes. Int J Parasitol 2009 39(11):1243-52.