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Overview

Morris Kates was affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their academic contributions primarily spanned the fields of Computer Science and Neuroscience, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Signal Processing.

Their research topics covered areas related to Neuroscience and Music Perception, Music Technology and Sound Studies, and Music and Audio Processing. This interdisciplinary approach reflected a blend of technological and neuroscientific perspectives applied to the study of music and auditory phenomena.

Kates's scholarly output included publications in recognized venues, most notably in the journal Auditory Perception & Cognition. One documented paper was titled Dissociation of Musical Pitch Processing in Perception and Production: A Case Study, published in 2025 in the same journal.

  • Dissociation of Musical Pitch Processing in Perception and Production: A Case Study (2025), Auditory Perception & Cognition

The scientist collaborated with several coauthors during their career. Frequent collaborators included:

  • Peter Q. Pfordresher
  • David J. Vollweiler
  • C. Honda

These collaborations suggest integrated research efforts across related domains in music perception and auditory cognition.

Best Publications

  • Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: 2. Economic assessment and sensitivity analysis.

    Y Zhang;M.A Dubé;D.D McLean;M Kates

  • Acid-catalyzed production of biodiesel from waste frying oil

    S. Zheng;M. Kates;M.A. Dubé;D.D. McLean

  • Bacterial Lipids* *Issued as N.R.C. No. 8043.

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  • A diether analog of phosphatidyl glycerophosphate in Halobacterium cutirubrum

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  • The phytanyl ether-linked polar lipids and isoprenoid neutral lipids of extremely halophilic bacteria

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  • pH-dissociation characteristics of cardiolipin and its 2′-deoxy analogue

    Morris Kates;Jing-Yi Syz;David Gosser;Thomas H. Haines

  • Plant Phospholipids and Glycolipids

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  • LIPID COMPOSITION OF MESOPHILIC AND PSYCHROPHILIC YEASTS (CANDIDA SPECIES) AS INFLUENCED BY ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE

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  • Diversity of alkaliphilic halobacteria: proposals for transfer of Natronobacterium vacuolatum, Natronobacterium magadii, and Natronobacterium pharaonis to Halorubrum, Natrialba, and Natronomonas gen. nov., respectively, as Halorubrum vacuolatum comb. nov., Natrialba magadii comb. nov., and Natronomonas pharaonis comb. nov., respectively.

    Masahiro Kamekura;Michael L. Dyall-Smith;Vivek Upasani;Antonio Ventosa

  • Novel polar lipids from the methanogen Methanospirillum hungatei GP1

    S.C. Kushwaha;M. Kates;G.D. Sprott;I.C.P. Smith

  • Hydrolysis of lecithin by plant plastid enzymes.

    Morris Kates

  • A comparison of attenuated total reflectance-FTIR spectroscopy and GPC for monitoring biodiesel production

    Marc A. Dubé;Sheng Zheng;David D. McLean;Morris Kates

  • [13] Lipids of purple membrane from extreme halophiles and of methanogenic bacteria

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  • Synthesis of Enantiomeric α-Lecithins<sup>1</sup>

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  • Aliphatic Diether Analogs of Glyceride-Derived Lipids. IV. The Occurrence of Di-O-dihydrophytylglycerol Ether Containing Lipids in Extremely Halophilic Bacteria<sup>*</sup>

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  • Identification of the sulfolipids in the non-photosynthetic diatom Nitzschia alba.

    R. Anderson;R. Anderson;M. Kates;B.E. Volcani

  • Lipids of influenza virus and their relation to those of the host cell

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  • Biology of halophilic bacteria, Part II

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  • Isolation and characterization of C50-carotenoid pigments and other polar isoprenoids from Halobacterium cutirubrum.

    S.C. Kushwaha;J.K.G. Kramer;M. Kates

  • Characterization of a membrane-bound phospholipid desaturase system of candida lipolytica.

    E.L. Pugh;M. Kates

  • Membrane‐bound phospholipid desaturases

    E. L. Pugh;M. Kates

  • Biosynthesis of phosphatidylglycerol by cell-free preparations from spinach leaves☆

    M.O. Marshall;M. Kates

  • Pigments and isoprenoid compounds in extremely and moderately halophilic bacteria

    S. C. Kushwaha;M. B. Gochnauer;D. J. Kushner;M. Kates

  • Regulation of Membrane Fluidity by Lipid Desaturases

    M. Kates;E. L. Pugh;G. Ferrante

  • A Novel Glycolipid and Phospholipid in the Purple Membrane

    Angela Corcelli;Matilde Colella;Giuseppe Mascolo;Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

  • Survey of lipids of a new group of extremely halophilic bacteria from salt ponds in Spain

    S. C. Kushwaha;G. Juez-Pérez;F. Rodriguez-Valera;M. Kates

  • On the revised structure of the major phospholipid of Halobacterium salinarium

    Morris Kates;Natalia Moldoveanu;Laura C. Stewart;Laura C. Stewart

  • Desaturation of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine by a microsomal enzyme system from Candida lipolytica

    E.L. Pugh;M. Kates

  • Lipid composition of halotolerant algae, Dunaliella parva lerche and Dunaliella tertiolecta

    R.W. Evans;M. Kates;M. Ginzburg;B.-Z. Ginzburg

  • Structural diversity of membrane lipids in members of Halobacteriaceae.

    Masahiro Kamekura;Morris Kates

  • The stereoisomeric composition of phytanyl chains in lipids of Dead Sea sediments

    R. Anderson;M. Kates;M.J. Baedecker;I.R. Kaplan

  • Lipid interactions in membranes of extremely halophilic bacteria. II. Modification of the bilayer structure by squalene.

    Janos K. Lanyi;William Z. Plachy;Morris Kates

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson Dalhousie University
Antonio Ventosa
Antonio Ventosa University of Seville
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Miguel Hernandez University
Ian C.P. Smith
Ian C.P. Smith University of Manitoba
Francesco P. Fanizzi
Francesco P. Fanizzi University of Salento
Guy Ourisson
Guy Ourisson University of Strasbourg
Henry H. Mantsch
Henry H. Mantsch National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Robert Bittman
Robert Bittman City University of New York
Giuseppe Mascolo
Giuseppe Mascolo National Research Council (CNR)
Rosalind S. Labow
Rosalind S. Labow University of Ottawa

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