Katharina Papsdorf
Principal Investigator
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- Address: IMB, Ackermannweg 4 (room 02.621), 55128 Mainz
- Phone: Phone: +49 (0) 6131-39-26715
- Since 2024: Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz
- 2016 – 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University, USA
Project: Mechanism how monounsaturated fatty acid induce longevity in C. elegans.
Education:
- 2011 - 2015: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) Technische Universität München, Germany
- 2008 - 2011: Master of Science in Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
- 2005 - 2008: Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Singh PP, Reeves GA, Contrepois K, Papsdorf K, Miklas JW, Ellenberger M, Hu CK, Snyder MP, Brunet A (2024)
Evolution of diapause in the African turquoise killifish by remodeling the ancient gene regulatory landscape Cell, 187(13):3338–3356.e30 -
Silva-García CG, Láscarez-Lagunas LI, Papsdorf K, Heintz C, Prabhakar A, Morrow CS, Pajuelo Torres L, Sharma A, Liu J, Colaiácovo MP, Brunet A, Mair WB (2023)
The CRTC-1 transcriptional domain is required for COMPASS complex-mediated longevity in C. elegans Nature aging, 3(11):1358–1371 -
Papsdorf K, Miklas JW, Hosseini A, Cabruja M, Morrow CS, Savini M, Yu Y, Silva-García CG, Haseley NR, Murphy LM, Yao P, de Launoit E, Dixon SJ, Snyder MP, Wang MC, Mair WB, Brunet A (2023)
Lipid droplets and peroxisomes are co-regulated to drive lifespan extension in response to mono-unsaturated fatty acids Nature Cell Biology, 25(5):672–684 -
Cabruja M, Priotti J, Domizi P, Papsdorf K, Kroetz DL, Brunet A, Contrepois K, Snyder MP (2021)
In-depth triacylglycerol profiling using MS3Q-Trap mass spectrometry Analytica Chimica Acta, 1184:339023 -
Papsdorf K, Sima S, Schmauder L, Peter S, Renner L, Hoffelner P, Richter K (2019)
head-bent resistant Hsc70 variants show reduced Hsp40 affinity and altered protein folding activity Scientific Reports, 9(1):11955