Degrees Received
RNDr., Charles University, Prague - 1973
CSc., Charles University, Prague - 1977
Post Doctoral Appointments
1988-1990 - Research Associate, Cornell University
1981 - Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
1984 - Visiting Scientist, EPFL Lausanne
Research Areas
Analytical Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Research Interests
Mass spectrometry, chemistry of transient molecules and ions, ionization and activation methods; bioinorganic and biomedical applications; ion-surface interactions in soft and reactive landing; new methods in proteomics, clinical enzymology, and newborn screening.
Research Publications
The following publication information has not been reviewed by the Department.
X. Kate Zhang, Carole S. Elbin, Frantisek Turecek, Ronald Scott, Wei-Lien Chuang, Joan M. Keutzer and Michael Gelb, Multiplex lysosomal enzyme activity assay on dried blood spots using tandem mass spectrometry, Methods Mol. Biol. (Totowa, NJ, U. S.) 603, 339-350 (2010)
Trisha A. Duffey, Martin Sadilek, C. Ronald Scott, Frantisek Turecek and Michael H. Gelb, Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Direct Assay of Lysosomal Enzymes in Dried Blood Spots: Application to Screening Newborns for Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome), Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) 82, 9587-9591 (2010)
Trisha A. Duffey, Tanvir Khaliq, C. Ronald Scott, Frantisek Turecek and Michael H. Gelb, Design and synthesis of substrates for newborn screening of Maroteaux-Lamy and Morquio A syndromes, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 20, 5994-5996 (2010)
Frantisek Turecek, Subhasis Panja, Jean A. Wyer, Anneli Ehlerding, Henning Zettergren, Steen Brondsted Nielsen, Preben Hvelplund, Benjamin Bythell and Bela Paizs, Carboxyl-Catalyzed Prototropic Rearrangements in Histidine Peptide Radicals upon Electron Transfer: Effects of Peptide Sequence and Conformation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 16472-16487 (2009)
Frantisek Turecek, Jace W. Jones, Anne I. S. Holm, Subhasis Panja, Steen Brondsted Nielsen and Preben Hvelplund, Transition metals as electron traps. I. Structures, energetics, electron capture, and electron-transfer-induced dissociations of ternary copper-peptide complexes in the gas phase, J. Mass Spectrom. 44, 707-724 (2009)
Grady R. Blacken, Michael Volny, Matthew Diener, Karl E. Jackson, Pratistha Ranjitkar, Dustin J. Maly and Frantisek Turecek, Reactive Landing of Gas-Phase Ions as a Tool for the Fabrication of Metal Oxide Surfaces for In Situ Phosphopeptide Enrichment, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 20, 915-926 (2009)
Sophie Blanchard, Frantisek Turecek and Michael H. Gelb, Short synthetic sequence for 2-sulfation of α-L-iduronate glycosides, Carbohydr. Res. 344, 1032-1033 (2009)
Frantisek Turecek, Chunxiang Yao, Y. M. Eva Fung, Shigeo Hayakawa, Mami Hashimoto and Hiroshi Matsubara, Histidine-Containing Radicals in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 7347-7366 (2009)
Changtong Hao and Frantisek Turecek, Host-Guest Hydrogen Atom Transfer Induced by Electron Capture, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 20, 639-651 (2009)
Joshua A. Gregersen, Changtong Hao and Frantisek Turecek, Electron Super-Rich Radicals. III. On the Peculiar Behavior of the Aminodihydroxymethyl Radical in the Gas Phase, J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 5855-5864 (2009)
Jace W. Jones, Ilana E. Cohen, Frantisek Turecek, David R. Goodlett and Robert K. Ernst, Comprehensive structure characterization of lipid A extracted from Yersinia pestis for determination of its phosphorylation configuration, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 21, 785-799 (2010)
John R. Choiniere, C. Ronald Scott, Michael H. Gelb and Frantisek Turecek, Direct Assay of δ-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase in Heme Biosynthesis for the Detection of Porphyrias by Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) 82, 6730-6736 (2010)
Frantisek Turecek, Anne I. S. Holm, Subhasis Panja, Steen Broensted Nielsen and Preben Hvelplund, Transition metals as electron traps. II. Structures, energetics and electron transfer dissociations of ternary Co, Ni and Zn-peptide complexes in the gas phase, J. Mass Spectrom. 44, 1518-1531 (2009)
Frantisek Turecek, Thomas W. Chung, Christopher L. Moss, Jean A. Wyer, Anneli Ehlerding, Anne I. S. Holm, Henning Zettergren, Steen Brondsted Nielsen, Preben Hvelplund, Julia Chamot-Rooke, Benjamin Bythell and Bela Paizs, The histidine effect. Electron transfer and capture cause different dissociations and rearrangements of histidine peptide cation-radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 10728-10740 (2010)
James G. Bollinger, Wallace Thompson, Ying Lai, Rob C. Oslund, Teal S. Hallstrand, Martin Sadilek, Frantisek Turecek and Michael H. Gelb, Improved Sensitivity Mass Spectrometric Detection of Eicosanoids by Charge Reversal Derivatization, Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) 82, 6790-6796 (2010)
Changtong Hao, Luke E. Adams, Xinli Yang, Martin Sadilek and Frantisek Turecek, Surface neutralization/surface reionization (Ping-Pong) mass spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 280, 136-143 (2009)
Thomas W. Chung and Frantisek Turecek, Backbone and Side-Chain Specific Dissociations of z Ions from Non-Tryptic Peptides, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 21, 1279-1295 (2010)
