Nikolaus Heveker

Nikolaus Heveker is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine within the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at Université de Montréal. His research focuses on chemokine receptor structure-function relationships and therapeutic applications, particularly targeting CXCR4, CXCR7, and CCR2 receptors involved in cancer metastasis, HIV entry, and inflammatory diseases. Collaborating with Dr. Brakier-Gingras, he also investigates HIV programmed ribosomal frameshifting.

Key affiliations include the University Research Group on Medicine (GRUM), the Azrieli Research Center at CHU Sainte-Justine, and the AIDS and Infectious Diseases Network (AIDS/ID). Methodologies employed include biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, virology, and biophysical techniques like BRET (Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer).

No specific awards, grants, or student advisees are explicitly listed in the provided text. His lab’s work bridges basic mechanistic studies with translational drug discovery efforts targeting functional selectivity of chemokine receptors.