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Katherine J. Franz, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems

Katherine J. Franz
Contact Info:
Office Location:  2103 FFSC
Office Phone:  (919) 660-1541
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/franz

Education:

Ph.D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000
B.A.Wellesley College1995
Specialties:

Inorganic
Biochemistry
Biomolecular Structure and Function
Synthesis

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Zeenat Razvi  
  • Kacey C. Hall  
  • Qin Wang  
  • Qiang Su  
  • Andrew Franks  
  • Mark Sleeper  
  • David Besse  
  • Marian Helsel  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Bruno Alies (2013/01-present)  
  • Prof. Anupa Kumbhar (Visiting Scientist from Univ. of Pune, India) (2010 - 2011)  
  • Filip Kielar (2009 - 2012)  
  • David Pham (2006-2008)  
  • Yohannes Tesema (2004-2007)  
  • Jianfeng Jiang (2004-2005)  
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Reznik, N; Gallo, AD; Rush, KW; Javitt, G; Fridmann-Sirkis, Y; Ilani, T; Nairner, NA; Fishilevich, S; Gokhman, D; Chacón, KN; Franz, KJ; Fass, D, Intestinal mucin is a chaperone of multivalent copper., Cell, vol. 185 no. 22 (October, 2022), pp. 4206-4215.e11 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Campbell, JX; Gao, S; Anand, KS; Franz, KJ, Zinc Binding Inhibits Cellular Uptake and Antifungal Activity of Histatin-5 in Candida albicans., Acs Infectious Diseases, vol. 8 no. 9 (September, 2022), pp. 1920-1934 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Hašková, P; Applová, L; Jansová, H; Homola, P; Franz, KJ; Vávrová, K; Roh, J; Šimůnek, T, Examination of diverse iron-chelating agents for the protection of differentiated PC12 cells against oxidative injury induced by 6-hydroxydopamine and dopamine., Scientific Reports, vol. 12 no. 1 (June, 2022), pp. 9765 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Zhang, T; Kephart, J; Bronson, E; Anand, M; Daly, C; Spasojevic, I; Bakthavatsalam, S; Franz, K; Berg, H; Karachaliou, GS; James, OG; Howard, L; Halabi, S; Harrison, MR; Armstrong, AJ; George, DJ, Prospective clinical trial of disulfiram plus copper in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer., Prostate, vol. 82 no. 7 (May, 2022), pp. 858-866 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Ge, EJ; Bush, AI; Casini, A; Cobine, PA; Cross, JR; DeNicola, GM; Dou, QP; Franz, KJ; Gohil, VM; Gupta, S; Kaler, SG; Lutsenko, S; Mittal, V; Petris, MJ; Polishchuk, R; Ralle, M; Schilsky, ML; Tonks, NK; Vahdat, LT; Van Aelst, L; Xi, D; Yuan, P; Brady, DC; Chang, CJ, Connecting copper and cancer: from transition metal signalling to metalloplasia., Nature Reviews. Cancer, vol. 22 no. 2 (February, 2022), pp. 102-113 [doi]  [abs]

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