Yftah Tal-Gan

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University of Nevada Reno

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Dr. Yftah Tal-Gan is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. His research focuses on quorum sensing in various Streptococcus species, elucidating regulatory roles and molecular interactions. He also explores advanced nanomaterials and their applications in immunoassays, as well as the development of peptide-based modulators to combat gram-positive bacterial infections.

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Controlling bactermic pneumococcal pneumonia with synthetic dominant-negative competence peptides

Open Date: 2019-04-01

Close Date: 2023-03-31

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Chemical Biology Approaches to Investigate Cell-Signaling and Competition in Complex Bacterial Communities

Open Date: 2018-08-01

Close Date: 2023-07-31

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Chemical Biology Approaches to Interrogate Interspecies Communication in Streptococci

Open Date: 2018-07-01

Close Date: 2023-06-30

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Vinh Nguyen

Associate Professor of Physics

Virginia Tech

UNITED STATES

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Xiaoshan Zhu

University of Nevada Reno

UNITED STATES

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Gee W. Lau

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Deciphering the Regulatory Role and Molecular Interactions That Drive the Competence Regulon Quorum Sensing Circuitry in Streptococcus constellatus

Elucidating the Role of the Competence Regulon Quorum Sensing Circuitry in Streptococcus cristatus

Luminescent ZnO-Carbon Hybrid Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization, Emission Mechanism, and Applications

Designing Highly Potent Side-Chain Lactam-Bridged Cyclic Competence-Stimulating Peptide-Based Quorum-Sensing Modulators in Streptococcus oligofermentans

Development of urea-bridged cyclic dominant negative pneumococcus competence-stimulating peptide analogs

Highly Active Carbon–Platinum-Based Nanozymes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Immunoassay Application

Noncanonical Streptococcus sanguinis ComCDE circuitry integrates environmental cues in transformation outcome decision

Gallocin A, an Atypical Two-Peptide Bacteriocin with Intramolecular Disulfide Bonds Required for Activity

Targeting peptide‐based quorum sensing systems for the treatment of gram‐positive bacterial infections

Peptoid‐Peptide Hybrid Analogs of the Enterococcus faecalis Fsr Auto‐Inducing Peptide (AIP) Reveal Crucial Structure‐Activity Relationships

Developing multispecies quorum-sensing modulators based on the Streptococcus mitis competence-stimulating peptide

The Origin and Impact of Bound Water around Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Investigating the Streptococcus sinensis competence regulon through a combination of transcriptome analysis and phenotypic evaluation

Modulating streptococcal phenotypes using signal peptide analogues

Pharmacological Evaluation of Synthetic Dominant-Negative Peptides Derived from the Competence-Stimulating Peptide of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Attenuating the Streptococcus pneumoniae Competence Regulon Using Urea-Bridged Cyclic Dominant-Negative Competence-Stimulating Peptide Analogs

Optimizing CSP1 analogs for modulating quorum sensing in Streptococcus pneumoniae with bulky, hydrophobic nonproteogenic amino acid substitutions

Elucidating the Role and Structure–Activity Relationships of the Streptococcus oligofermentans Competence-Stimulating Peptide

Collaborators (3)

Vinh Nguyen

Xiaoshan Zhu

Gee W. Lau

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