Professor Warren Tate
Warren Tate, early in his research career discovered by chance, translational frameshifting as a new mechanism of gene regulation, leading to a study of the mechanism in HIV-1 as a potential drug target. An interest in the molecular basis of memory has progressed to the development brain protein fragment that can restore memory, and has potential as a therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease.
For more information on Warren's work: http://biochem.otago.ac.nz/professor-warren-tate/
Recent Publications
Jacobs, G.H., Chen, A., Stevens, S.G., Stockwell, P.A., Black, M.A., Tate, W.P., Brown, C.M. Transterm: a database to aid the analysis of regulatory sequences n mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research 37: D72-D76 (2009)
Bernhardt, H.S., Tate, W.P. Evidence from glycine transfer RNA of a frozen accident at the dawn of the genetic code. Biology Direct 3: 53 (2008)
Taylor C.J, Ireland, D.R., Ballagh, I., Bourne, K., Turner, P., Tate, W.P., and Abraham, W.C. Endogenously secreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha regulates hippocampal NMDA receptor function, long-term potentiation and spatial memory. Neurobiology of Disease 31:250-260 (2008)