Patents by Inventor Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa

Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa 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 regulator of protein function and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9629911
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew R. Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • PHOTOREACTIVE REGULATOR OF PROTEIN FUNCTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150224193
    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: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew R. Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • Photoreactive regulator of protein function and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9097707
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew R. Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • Photoreactive regulator of protein function and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8309350
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew R. Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • Photoreactive Regulator of Protein Function and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20120190094
    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: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: EHUD Y. ISACOFF, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew R. Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • Photoreactive regulator of glutamate receptor function and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8178496
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dirk Trauner, Ehud Y. Isacoff, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa
  • Photoreactive regulator of protein function and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8114843
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ehud Y. Isacoff, Richard H. Kramer, Dirk Trauner, Matthew Banghart, Matthew Volgraf, Pablo Ignacio Gorostiza Langa, Katharine Borges
  • 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