Patents by Inventor Dirk Trauner

Dirk Trauner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Photoreactive Synthetic Regulator of Protein Function and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20110207213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photoreactive synthetic regulator of protein function. The present disclosure further provides a light-regulated polypeptide that includes a subject synthetic regulator. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated polypeptide. The present disclosure further provides methods of modulating protein function, involving use of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Dirk Trauner, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Matthew R. Banghart, Doris L. Fortin, Alexandre Mourot
  • PHOTOREACTIVE REGULATOR OF GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR FUNCTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090181454
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of glutamate receptor function, which regulator is a light-sensitive (photoreactive) regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated glutamate receptor that includes a subject synthetic regulator non-covalently associated with the glutamate receptor. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated glutamate receptor. The present invention further provides methods of modulating glutamate receptor function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate glutamate receptor function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Trauner, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa
  • Photoreactive regulator of protein function and methods of use thereof
    Publication number: 20070128662
    Abstract: The present invention provides a synthetic regulator of protein function, which regulator is a light-sensitive regulator. The present invention further provides a light-regulated polypeptide that includes a subject synthetic regulator. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated polypeptide. The present invention further provides methods of modulating protein function, involving use of light. The present invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate protein function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Ehud Isacoff, Richard Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Langa