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Maia Moog

University of California, San FranciscoORCID 0009-0000-4232-1572Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:electronic health records· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Scott C. BarabaniD· 2 shared Aliesha GriffiniD· 1 shared Brian P. GroneiD· 1 shared Chinwendu Ononuju· 1 shared Colleen Carpenter· 1 shared Francisco Figueroa· 1 shared Jing LiuiD· 1 shared Kenton Jon SwartziD· 1 shared

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Mechanisms of ligand recognition and channel opening for P2X2 receptors in lipid nanodiscs

Surbhi Dhingra, Maia Moog, Kenton Jon Swartz

This study reports cryo-EM structures of P2X2R in lipid nanodiscs, revealing how ATP binding and lipid interactions regulate channel opening and desensitization.

Science Advances · May 27, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

Clemizole and Trazodone are Effective Antiseizure Treatments in a Zebrafish Model of STXBP1 Disorder

Maia Moog, Scott C. Baraban

The paper tests antiseizure drugs in a zebrafish model of STXBP1 disorder, finding clemizole and trazodone reduce seizure-like events by 80% and 83%.

Epilepsia Open · Apr 22, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Phenotypic analysis of catastrophic childhood epilepsy genes: The Epilepsy Zebrafish Project

Aliesha Griffin, Colleen Carpenter, Jing Liu, Rosalia Paternò, Brian P. Grone, Kyla Rose Hamling, Maia Moog, Matthew T. Dinday, Francisco Figueroa, Mana Anvar, Chinwendu Ononuju, Tiange Qu, Scott C. Baraban

The paper generates zebrafish models for 8 catastrophic childhood epilepsy genes and develops a classification scheme and open-source database for these models.

bioRxiv · Feb 11, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience