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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2000 - Garvan–Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

F. Ann Walker is a researcher affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines with a focus on both psychological and biochemical domains.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Psychology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their research also covers several subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cell Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Molecular Biology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

F. Ann Walker's work focuses on a diverse range of topics, among which are:

  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Heme protonation affects iron-NO binding in the NO transport protein nitrophorin," 2023, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • "#NoFilter: The impact of social media body dysmorphic disorder in adults," 2024, Mental Health Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with F. Ann Walker are:

  • Hendrik Auerbach
  • Isabelle Faus
  • Sergej Rackwitz
  • Juliusz A. Wolny
  • A. I. Chumakov

The publication venues where this scientist frequently appears include:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Mental Health Science

Throughout their career, F. Ann Walker has received several distinctions:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2011)
  • Garvan-Olin Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1984)

Best Publications

  • Reversible binding of nitric oxide by a salivary heme protein from a bloodsucking insect

    J. M. C. Ribeiro;J. M. H. Hazzard;R. H. Nussenzveig;D. E. Champagne

  • Magnetic spectroscopic (EPR, ESEEM, Mössbauer, MCD and NMR) studies of low-spin ferriheme centers and their corresponding heme proteins

    F.Ann Walker

  • Models of the cytochromes b. Effect of axial ligand plane orientation on the EPR and Moessbauer spectra of low-spin ferrihemes

    F. Ann. Walker;Boi Hanh Huynh;W. Robert. Scheidt;Sarah R. Osvath

  • Proton magnetic resonance investigation of antiferromagnetic oxo-bridged ferric dimers and related high-spin monomeric ferric complexes

    Gerd N. La Mar;G. R. Eaton;R. H. Holm;F. Ann. Walker

  • Models of the Bis-Histidine-Ligated Electron-Transferring Cytochromes. Comparative Geometric and Electronic Structure of Low-Spin Ferro- and Ferrihemes

    F. Ann Walker

  • ELECTRONIC EFFECTS IN TRANSITION METAL PORPHYRINS. 2. THE SENSITIVITY OF REDOX AND LIGAND ADDITION REACTIONS IN PARA-SUBSTITUTED TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN COMPLEXES OF COBALT(II)

    F. Ann Walker;D. Beroiz;K. M. Kadish

  • Electron transfer by diflavin reductases.

    Marat B. Murataliev;René Feyereisen;F.Ann Walker

  • Axial Ligand Orientation in Iron(III) Porphyrinates: Effect of Axial .pi.-Acceptors. Characterization of the Low-Spin Complex [Fe(TPP)(4-CNPy)2]ClO4

    Martin K. Safo;F. Ann Walker;Arnold M. Raitsimring;W. Patrick Walters

  • Models of the Cytochromes b. Control of Axial Ligand Orientation with a "Hindered" Porphyrin System

    Martin K. Safo;Govind P. Gupta;F. Ann Walker;W. Robert Scheidt

  • Models of the cytochromes b. 5. EPR studies of low-spin iron(III) tetraphenylporphyrins

    F. Ann Walker;David Reis;Virginia L. Balke

  • Models of the cytochromes b. Low-spin bis-ligated (porphinato)iron(III) complexes with unusual molecular structures and NMR, EPR, and Moessbauer spectra

    Martin K. Safo;Govind P. Gupta;C. Todd Watson;Ursula Simonis

  • Ligand-induced heme ruffling and bent no geometry in ultra-high-resolution structures of nitrophorin 4.

    S.A Roberts;A Weichsel;Y Qiu;Y Qiu;J.A Shelnutt;J.A Shelnutt

  • Heme-assisted S-nitrosation of a proximal thiolate in a nitric oxide transport protein

    Andrzej Weichsel;Estelle M. Maes;John F. Andersen;John F. Andersen;Jesus G. Valenzuela

  • 2 – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Paramagnetic Metalloporphyrins

    Gerd N. La Mar;F. Ann Walker

  • Fe L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of low-spin heme relative to non-heme Fe complexes: delocalization of Fe d-electrons into the porphyrin ligand.

    Rosalie K. Hocking;Erik C. Wasinger;Yi-Long Yan;Frank M. F. deGroot

  • Kinetics and equilibria in ligand binding by nitrophorins 1-4: evidence for stabilization of a nitric oxide-ferriheme complex through a ligand-induced conformational trap.

    Andersen Jf;Ding Xd;Balfour C;Shokhireva Tk

  • Reactions of monomeric cobalt-oxygen complexes. I. Thermodynamics of reaction of molecular oxygen with five- and six-coordinate amine complexes of a cobalt porphyrin.

    F. Ann. Walker

  • Co- and Counterrotation of Magnetic Axes and Axial Ligands in Low-Spin Ferriheme Systems

    Nikolai V. Shokhirev and;F. Ann Walker

  • Is the corrolate macrocycle innocent or noninnocent? Magnetic susceptibility, Mössbauer, 1H NMR, and DFT investigations of chloro- and phenyliron corrolates.

    Olga Zakharieva;Volker Schünemann;Michael Gerdan;Silvia Licoccia

  • Pulsed EPR and NMR Spectroscopy of Paramagnetic Iron Porphyrinates and Related Iron Macrocycles: How To Understand Patterns of Spin Delocalization and Recognize Macrocycle Radicals

    F. Ann Walker

  • Analysis of the Temperature Dependence of the 1H Contact Shifts in Low-Spin Fe(III) Model Hemes and Heme Proteins: Explanation of "Curie" and "Anti-Curie" Behavior within the Same Molecule

    Nikolai V. Shokhirev;F. Ann Walker

  • Electronic effects in transition metal porphyrins. The reactions of imidazoles and pyridines with a series of para-substituted tetraphenylporphyrin complexes of chloroiron(III).

    Unknown

  • Nitric oxide interaction with insect nitrophorins and thoughts on the electron configuration of the {FeNO}6 complex.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Robert Scheidt
W. Robert Scheidt University of Notre Dame
Gerd N. La Mar
Gerd N. La Mar University of California, Davis
Alfred X. Trautwein
Alfred X. Trautwein University of Lübeck
William R. Montfort
William R. Montfort University of Arizona
Volker Schünemann
Volker Schünemann Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Silvia Licoccia
Silvia Licoccia University of Rome Tor Vergata
René Feyereisen
René Feyereisen University of Copenhagen
Roberto Paolesse
Roberto Paolesse University of Rome Tor Vergata
Helmut Sigel
Helmut Sigel University of Basel
John F. Andersen
John F. Andersen National Institutes of Health

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