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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Debbie C. Crans is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and materials chemistry. Oncology and organic chemistry are also notable areas of their work.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to vanadium and halogenation chemistry, metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms, and metal complexes synthesis and properties. Other important research themes include heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide, polyoxometalates: synthesis and applications, trace elements in health, as well as metal-organic frameworks: synthesis and applications.

Some recent publications showcase the scope of their work. These include:

  • Polyoxovanadates with emerging biomedical activities, 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Polyoxidovanadates' interactions with proteins: An overview, 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Biological Consequences of Vanadium Effects on Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species and Lipid Peroxidation, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Open questions on the biological roles of first-row transition metals, 2020, Communications Chemistry
  • A Short-Lived but Highly Cytotoxic Vanadium(V) Complex as a Potential Drug Lead for Brain Cancer Treatment by Intratumoral Injections, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Debbie C. Crans frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include Kateryna Kostenkova, Aviva Levina, Peter A. Lay, Jordan T. Koehn, and Heide A. Murakami. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth and depth of their scientific output.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several prominent venues such as the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Frontiers in Chemical Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Throughout their career, Debbie C. Crans has been recognized by professional organizations. They have been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013, a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2009, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

  • The chemistry and biochemistry of vanadium and the biological activities exerted by vanadium compounds.

    Debbie C. Crans;Jason J. Smee;Ernestas Gaidamauskas;Luqin Yang

  • Ru(II) Compounds: Next-Generation Anticancer Metallotherapeutics?

    Sreekanth Thota;Daniel Alencar Rodrigues;Debbie C. Crans;Eliezer J. Barreiro

  • Chemistry and insulin-like properties of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) compounds.

    Debbie C Crans

  • Decavanadate (V10 O28 6-) and oxovanadates: oxometalates with many biological activities.

    Manuel Aureliano;Debbie C. Crans

  • Effect of vanadium(IV) compounds in the treatment of diabetes: in vivo and in vitro studies with vanadyl sulfate and bis(maltolato)oxovandium(IV).

    G.R Willsky;A.B Goldfine;P.J Kostyniak;J.H McNeill

  • Anti-diabetic effects of a series of vanadium dipicolinate complexes in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes.

    Gail R. Willsky;Lai Har Chi;Michael Godzala;Paul J. Kostyniak

  • Effects of vanadium complexes with organic ligands on glucose metabolism: a comparison study in diabetic rats

    Bénédicte A Reul;Sean S Amin;Jean-Pierre Buchet;Lumbe N Ongemba

  • Interaction of trace levels of vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) in biological systems

    Debbie C. Crans;Robin L. Bunch;Lisa A. Theisen

  • Novel Insights into the Mechanism of Inhibition of MmpL3, a Target of Multiple Pharmacophores in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Wei Li;Ashutosh Upadhyay;Fabio L. Fontes;E. Jeffrey North

  • Cobalt(II) and cobalt(III) dipicolinate complexes: solid state, solution, and in vivo insulin-like properties.

    Luqin Yang;Debbie C. Crans;Susie M. Miller;Agnete La Cour

  • When is water not water? Exploring water confined in large reverse micelles using a highly charged inorganic molecular probe.

    Bharat Baruah;Jennifer M. Roden;Myles Sedgwick;N. Mariano Correa

  • Chemistry and insulin-mimetic properties of bis(acetylacetonate)oxovanadium(IV) and derivatives

    Sean S. Amin;Kirk Cryer;Boyan Zhang;Subodh K. Dutta

  • Vanadium Compounds: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Therapeutic Applications

    Alan S. Tracey;Debbie Catharina Crans

  • Polyoxovanadates with emerging biomedical activities

    Manuel Aureliano;Nadiia I. Gumerova;Giuseppe Sciortino;Eugenio Garribba

  • Organometallic and coordination rhenium compounds and their potential in cancer therapy

    Elisabeth B. Bauer;Allison A. Haase;Robert M. Reich;Debbie C. Crans

  • Speciation of metal drugs, supplements and toxins in media and bodily fluids controls in vitro activities

    Aviva Levina;Debbie C. Crans;Peter A. Lay

  • Polyoxidovanadates' interactions with proteins: An overview

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  • Aqueous Chemistry of Ammonium (Dipicolinato)oxovanadate(V): The First Organic Vanadium(V) Insulin-Mimetic Compound

    Debbie C. Crans;Luqin Yang;Tamas Jakusch;Tamas Kiss

  • Aqueous Chemistry of the VanadiumIII (VIII) and the VIII−Dipicolinate Systems and a Comparison of the Effect of Three Oxidation States of Vanadium Compounds on Diabetic Hyperglycemia in Rats

    Péter Buglyó;Debbie C. Crans;Eszter M. Nagy;Ruby Lisa Lindo

  • Metal speciation in health and medicine represented by iron and vanadium

    Debbie C Crans;Kellie A Woll;Kellie A Woll;Kestutis Prusinskas;Michael D Johnson

  • Vanadium(V)-protein model studies: solid-state and solution structure

    Debbie C. Crans;Haojiang Chen;Oren P. Anderson;Mary M. Miller

  • X-ray Structure of (NH4)6(Gly-Gly)2V10O28.cntdot.4H2O: Model Studies for Polyoxometalate-Protein Interactions

    Debbie C. Crans;Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir;Oren P. Anderson;Mary M. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Oren P. Anderson
Oren P. Anderson Colorado State University
Nancy E. Levinger
Nancy E. Levinger Colorado State University
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University
Dean C. Crick
Dean C. Crick Colorado State University
Tatyana Polenova
Tatyana Polenova University of Delaware
Joshua Telser
Joshua Telser Roosevelt University
Jan Florián
Jan Florián Loyola University Chicago
Amin Badshah
Amin Badshah Quaid-i-Azam University
Peter A. Lay
Peter A. Lay University of Sydney
Achim Müller
Achim Müller Bielefeld University

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