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Mark Trifiro is affiliated with the Jewish General Hospital in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Engineering as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses notably on Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology, with additional involvement in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biophysics, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's research spans several specialized topics, including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Mark Trifiro has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators, among whom are Miltiadis Paliouras, Andrew G. Kirk, Fatma Oudjedi, Padideh Mohammadyousef, and Seung Soo Lee.

The scientist's recent contributions to academic literature include the following papers:

  • Plasmonic and label-free real-time quantitative PCR for point-of-care diagnostics, 2021, The Analyst
  • Functionalized Carbon Nanoparticles as Theranostic Agents and Their Future Clinical Utility in Oncology, 2023, Bioengineering
  • Why Tumor Genetic Heterogeneity May Require Rethinking Cancer Genesis and Treatment, 2020, Trends in cancer
  • Photothermal therapy of papillary thyroid cancer tumor xenografts with targeted thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, 2023, Cancer Nanotechnology
  • Enhancing in vitro photothermal therapy using plasmonic gold nanorod decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes, 2023, Biomedical Optics Express

Their work has been published across several venues, including The Analyst, Bioengineering, Trends in cancer, Cancer Nanotechnology, and Biomedical Optics Express.

Their multidisciplinary approach combines elements from engineering and molecular biology to address challenges related to cancer diagnosis and treatment, including the development of novel nanoplatforms and biosensing technologies.

Best Publications

  • Caspase Cleavage of Gene Products Associated with Triplet Expansion Disorders Generates Truncated Fragments Containing the Polyglutamine Tract

    Cheryl L. Wellington;Lisa M. Ellerby;Abigail S. Hackam;Russell L. Margolis

  • Evidence for a repressive function of the long polyglutamine tract in the human androgen receptor: possible pathogenetic relevance for the (CAG)n-expanded neuronopathies.

    Parsa Kazemi-Esfarjani;Mark A. Trifiro;Mark A. Trifiro;Leonard Pinsky

  • The androgen receptor gene mutations database: 2012 update

    Bruce Gottlieb;Lenore K. Beitel;Lenore K. Beitel;Abbesha Nadarajah;Miltiadis Paliouras

  • Reduced transcriptional regulatory competence of the androgen receptor in X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.

    Anand N. Mhatre;Mark A. Trifiro;Mark A. Trifiro;Morris Kaufman;Morris Kaufman;Parsa Kazemi-Esfarjani;Parsa Kazemi-Esfarjani

  • Testosterone‐mediated neuroprotection through the androgen receptor in human primary neurons

    Jennifer Hammond;Quynh Le;Cynthia Goodyer;Morrie Gelfand

  • The androgen receptor gene mutations database (ARDB): 2004 update.

    Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Lenore K. Beitel;Lenore K. Beitel;Jian Hui Wu;Mark Trifiro;Mark Trifiro

  • Glucocorticoid receptor binding to a specific DNA sequence is required for hormone-dependent repression of pro-opiomelanocortin gene transcription.

    J Drouin;M A Trifiro;R K Plante;M Nemer

  • Kennedy's disease: caspase cleavage of the androgen receptor is a crucial event in cytotoxicity.

    Lisa M. Ellerby;Abigail S. Hackam;Stephanie S. Propp;H. Michael Ellerby

  • The Androgen Receptor Gene Mutations Database

    Bruce Gottlieb;Heikki Lehvaslaiho;Lenore K. Beitel;Rose Lumbroso

  • Interactions between androgen and estrogen receptors and the effects on their transactivational properties.

    Valerie Panet-Raymond;Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Lenore K Beitel;Leonard Pinsky

  • Hormonal manipulation of benign metastasizing leiomyomas: report of two cases and review of the literature.

    J. A. Rivera;S. Christopoulos;D. Small;M. Trifiro

  • Estrogen and Androgen Protection of Human Neurons against Intracellular Amyloid β1-42 Toxicity through Heat Shock Protein 70

    Yan Zhang;Nathalie Champagne;Lenore K. Beitel;Cynthia G. Goodyer

  • Androgen resistance due to mutation of the androgen receptor.

    L Pinsky;M Trifiro;M Kaufman;L K Beitel

  • Glucose sensor and uses thereof

    Mark Trifiro

  • Signaling Network Assessment of Mutations and Copy Number Variations Predict Breast Cancer Subtype-Specific Drug Targets

    Naif Zaman;Naif Zaman;Lei Li;Maria Luz Jaramillo;Zhanpeng Sun

  • Update of the androgen receptor gene mutations database.

    Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Lenore K. Beitel;Rose Lumbroso;Leonard Pinsky

  • Identification and Construction of Combinatory Cancer Hallmark-Based Gene Signature Sets to Predict Recurrence and Chemotherapy Benefit in Stage II Colorectal Cancer.

    Shanwu Gao;Chabane Tibiche;Jinfeng Zou;Naif Zaman

  • Somatic mosaicism and variable expressivity.

    Bruce Gottlieb;Lenore K Beitel;Mark A Trifiro

  • Oligospermic infertility associated with an androgen receptor mutation that disrupts interdomain and coactivator (TIF2) interactions

    Farid J. Ghadessy;Joyce Lim;Abdullah A.R. Abdullah;Valerie Panet-Raymond

  • Molecular pathology of the androgen receptor in male (in)fertility

    Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Bruce Gottlieb;Rose Lombroso;Lenore K Beitel;Lenore K Beitel;Mark A Trifiro;Mark A Trifiro;Mark A Trifiro

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Foulkes
William D. Foulkes McGill University
Hyman M. Schipper
Hyman M. Schipper McGill University
Albert O. Brinkmann
Albert O. Brinkmann Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan Trapman
Jan Trapman Erasmus University Rotterdam
Andréa C. LeBlanc
Andréa C. LeBlanc Jewish General Hospital
Denise D. Belsham
Denise D. Belsham University of Toronto
Dale E. Bredesen
Dale E. Bredesen University of California, Los Angeles
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Mohamad Sawan
Mohamad Sawan Polytechnique Montréal
André Nantel
André Nantel National Research Council Canada

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