
Rita Collaço
@ritacollaco
Brazilian 🇧🇷, scientist🔬, woman 💪.
Postdoc at @UGent, @FWOVlaanderen fellow.
Molecular Physiology & Neurophysics Group. 👩🔬❤
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18-03-2019 00:40:34
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Two exciting Assistant/Associate Professor opportunities Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. Cambridge: Post 1 - Ageing/Neurodegeneration jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44590/ Post 2 - Structural & Molecular Pharmacology jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44592/ It’s a great place to work, please reach out if you’re interested!




The Laboratory of Aging Biology (LaBE) at the unicampoficial (Unicamp), located in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, is excited to announce a new postdoctoral fellowship opportunity. 1/8








📢📢 Excited to share my publication in Journal of General Physiology GrTx-SIA, found in tarantula venom, originally shown to block Cav channels. Here, we report that it can also potently inhibit Nav currents with NaV1.6 being the most susceptible subtype. Check it out!


AlphaFold predictions for GrTX-SIA binding to human Naᵥ1.6. Rita Collaço, Filip Van Petegem and Frank Bosmans UGent Geneeskunde & Gezondheidswetenschappen show that ω-Grammotoxin-SIA inhibits voltage-gated Na⁺ channel currents. hubs.la/Q02HM_m40 #IonChannels #VoltageGatedNaChannels


Latest in our Research News: this JGP study from Rita Collaço, Filip Van Petegem & Bosmans (hubs.la/Q02R557P0) reveals that in addition to voltage-gated Ca2⁺ and K⁺ channels, ω-grammotoxin-SIA also inhibits voltage-gated Na⁺ channel currents. hubs.la/Q02R5xM30


Grammotoxin increases its toxic behavior. Our Research News highlights study from Rita Collaço, Filip Van Petegem & Bosmans (hubs.la/Q02R5y1R0): hubs.la/Q02R5yq40




