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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

František Tureček is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

František Tureček has contributed significantly to scientific literature, with a number of recent papers published between 2020 and 2021. Some of these include:

  • "Charge-Tagged DNA Radicals in the Gas Phase Characterized by UV/Vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Ground and Excited States of Gas-Phase DNA Nucleobase Cation-Radicals. A UV-vis Photodisociation Action Spectroscopy and Computational Study of Adenine and 9-Methyladenine," 2020, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • "UV-vis spectroscopy of gas-phase ions," 2021, Mass Spectrometry Reviews
  • "Flying DNA Cation Radicals in the Gas Phase: Generation and Action Spectroscopy of Canonical and Noncanonical Nucleobase Forms," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "UV-vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy Reveals Cytosine-Guanine Hydrogen Transfer in DNA Tetranucleotide Cation Radicals upon One-Electron Reduction," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, showing a pattern of repeated contributions to specific journals:

  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Mass Spectrometry Reviews
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

František Tureček has collaborated regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Yue Liu, Shu R. Huang, Jiahao Wan, Aleš Marek, and Marianna Nytka.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative analysis of complex protein mixtures using isotope-coded affinity tags

    Steven P. Gygi;Beate Rist;Scott A. Gerber;Frantisek Turecek

  • Direct multiplex assay of lysosomal enzymes in dried blood spots for newborn screening

    Yijun Li;C. Ronald Scott;Nestor A. Chamoles;Ahmad Ghavami

  • RAPID QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR PROTEIN OR PROTEIN FUNCTION IN COMPLEX MIXTURE

    Aebersold Rudolf Hans;Gelb Michael H;Gygi Steven P;Scott C Ronald

  • Oxidative conjugation of catechols with proteins in insect skeletal systems

    Karl J Kramer;Michael R Kanost;Theodore L Hopkins;Haobo Jiang

  • N[bond]C(alpha) bond dissociation energies and kinetics in amide and peptide radicals. Is the dissociation a non-ergodic process?

    Frantisek Turecek

  • Direct multiplex assay of enzymes in dried blood spots by tandem mass spectrometry for the newborn screening of lysosomal storage disorders

    Michael H. Gelb;Frantisek Turecek;C. Ron Scott;Nestor A. Chamoles

  • Mechanism and energetics of intramolecular hydrogen transfer in amide and peptide radicals and cation-radicals.

    Frantisek Turecek;Erik A. Syrstad

  • Peptide radicals and cation radicals in the gas phase.

    František Tureček;Ryan R Julian

  • Applications of Mass Spectrometry to Organic Stereochemistry

    Janet S. Splitter;František Tureček

  • Improved Sensitivity Mass Spectrometric Detection of Eicosanoids by Charge Reversal Derivatization

    James G. Bollinger;Wallace Thompson;Ying Lai;Rob C. Oslund

  • Pilot study of newborn screening for six lysosomal storage diseases using Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

    Susan Elliott;Norman Buroker;Jason J. Cournoyer;Anna M. Potier

  • Copper(II) amino acid complexes in the gas phase

    Christine L. Gatlin;Frantisek Turecek;Thomas Vaisar

  • Acidity Determination in Droplets Formed by Electrospraying Methanol-Water Solutions

    Christine L. Gatlin;Frantisek Turecek

  • Copper-biomolecule complexes in the gas phase. The ternary way

    František Tureček

  • Proton Affinity of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Relative Stabilities of C2H6OS Molecules and C2H7OS+ Ions. A Comparative G2(MP2) ab Initio and Density Functional Theory Study

    František Tureček

  • Sulfur Oxyacids and Radicals in the Gas Phase. A Variable-Time Neutralization−Photoexcitation−Reionization Mass Spectrometric and Ab Initio/RRKM Study

    Aaron J. Frank;Martin Sadílek;Jordan G. Ferrier;František Tureček

  • Hydrocarbon Oxidation by Bis-μ-oxo Manganese Dimers: Electron Transfer, Hydride Transfer, and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mechanisms

    Anna S. Larsen;Kun Wang;Mark A. Lockwood;Gordon L. Rice

  • Newborn Screening for Lysosomal Storage Diseases

    Michael H. Gelb;C. Ronald Scott;Frantisek Turecek

  • Retro-Diels-Alder reaction in mass spectrometry

    František Tureček;Vladimír Hanuš

  • Gas-phase complexes of amino acids with Cu(II) and diimine ligands. Part I. Aliphatic and aromatic amino acids

    Christine L. Gatlin;František Tureček;Tomáš Vaisar

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Gelb
Michael H. Gelb University of Washington
Martin Sadilek
Martin Sadilek University of Washington
Fred W. McLafferty
Fred W. McLafferty Cornell University
Preben Hvelplund
Preben Hvelplund Aarhus University
Scott A. Gerber
Scott A. Gerber Dartmouth College
Matthew F. Bush
Matthew F. Bush University of Washington
Zdenek Havlas
Zdenek Havlas Czech Academy of Sciences
Daniel T. Chiu
Daniel T. Chiu University of Washington
Steven P. Gygi
Steven P. Gygi Harvard University
Buddy D. Ratner
Buddy D. Ratner University of Washington

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