Ben KatzProteomics Specialist
Ben provides advanced core proteomics services, user/instrument training for the MALDI and HRMS instruments and is avaliable for project consultation.
He received his B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, GA in 2006 and gained research experience at several biotechnology companies (Protein Discovery Inc, TN; Nacelle Therapeutics Inc, KS; Alteca Lts Food Forensics, KS) before moving to the Department of Biochemistry at Kansas State University in 2010. From 2013-2017 he served as the acting Associate Director for the Biotechnology Core Facility (Proteomics Section) at Kansas State University.
Ben provides comprehensive expertise and core services for proteomic analyses by LC-MS/MS and MALDI-TOF, specifially top-down exact mass measurements of peptides, intact proteins and other polymeric complexes (including oligonucleotides), peptide sequencing, PTMs, IP pullldown identifications, ion mobility separation and MALDI-IMS. He is an innovative reesearcher able to troubleshoot challenging projects.
Social media links: https://linktr.ee/mymassspecworld
Selected publications:
- Dyer RP, Isoda HM, Salcedo GS, Speciale G, Fletcher MH, Le LQ, Liu Y, Brami-Cherrier K, Malik SZ, Vazquez-Cintron EJ, Chu AC, Rupp DC, Jacky BPS, Nguyen TTM, Katz BB, Steward LE, Majumdar S, Brideau-Andersen AD, Weiss GA. Reengineering the specificity of the highly selective Clostridium botulinum protease via directed evolution. Sci Rep (2022) 12(1):9956. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13617-z.
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Zhang S, Yoo S, Snyder DT, Katz BB, Henrickson A, Demeler B, Wysocki VH, Kreutzer AG, Nowick JS. A Disulfide-Stabilized Aβ that Forms Dimers but Does Not Form Fibrils. Biochemistry (2022) 61(4):252-264. PMID: 35080857 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00739
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Anna Gonzàlez-Rosell, Rweetuparna Guha, Cecilia Cerretani, Vanessa Rück, Mikkel B Liisberg, Benjamin B Katz, Tom Vosch, Stacy M Copp. DNA Stabilizes Eight-Electron Superatom Silver Nanoclusters with Broadband Downconversion and Microsecond-Lived Luminescence. J Phys Chem Lett (2022) 13(35):8305-8311. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02207. Epub 2022 Aug 29. PMID: 36037464 PMCID: PMC9465679 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02207
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Balhesteros, H., Shipelskiy, Y., Long, N., Majumdar, A., Katz, B.B., Santos, N.M., Leaden, L., Newton, S.M., Marques, M.V. and Klebba, P.E. TonB-Dependent Heme/Hemoglobin utilization by Caulobacter crescentus HutA. Journal of Bacteriology (2017) 199(6). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00723-16
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Dai Z, Zhang XN, Nasertorabi F, Cheng Q, Li J, Katz BB, Smbatyan G, Pei H, Louie SG, Lenz HJ, Stevens RC, Zhang Y. Synthesis of site-specific antibody-drug conjugates by ADP-ribosyl cyclases. Sci Adv (2020) 6(23):eaba6752. PMID: 32537509 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba6752.
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Guo, R., Katz, B.B., Tomich, J.M., Gallagher, T. and Fang, Y. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus utilizes n ano tubes for intercellular spread. Journal of Virology (2016) 90(10), pp.5163-5175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00036-16
- Su, X., Xu, J., Rhodes, D., Shen, Y., Song, W., Katz, B., Tomich, J. and Wang, W. Identification and quantificationofanthocyaninsintransgenicpurpletomato. Foodchemistry (2016) 202,pp.184-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.01.128ia%3Dihub
- Chen, C., Cao, R., Shrestha, R., Ward, C., Katz, B.B., Fischer, C.J., Tomich, J.M. and Li, P. Trapping of Intermediates with Substrate Analog HBOCoA in the Polymerizations Catalyzed by Class III Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Synth ase from Allochromatium Vinosum. ACS Chemical Biology (2015) 10(5), pp.1330-1339. DOI: 10.1021/cb5009958
- Xu, J., Su, X., Lim, S., Griffin, J., Carey, E., Katz, B., Tomich, J., Smith, J.S. and Wang, W. Characterisation and stability of anthocyanins in purple-fleshed sweet potato P40. Food Chemistry (2015) 186, pp.90-96. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.08.123
- Sukthankar, P., Gudlur, S., Avila, L.A., Whitaker, S.K., Katz, B.B., Hiromasa, Y., Gao, J., Thapa, P., Moore, D., Iwamoto, T. and Chen, J. Branched oligopeptides form nanocapsules with lipid vesicle characteristics. Langmuir (2013) 29(47), pp.14648-14654. DOI: 10-1021/la403492n
- Lim, S., Xu, J., Kim, J., Chen, T.Y., Su, X., Standard, J., Carey, E., Griffin, J., Herndon, B., Katz, B. and Tomich, J. Role of anthocyanin-enriched purple-fleshed sweet potato p40 in colorectal cancer prevention. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research (2013) 57(11), pp.1908-1917. DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201300040