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Forschungsinstitut fuer Augenheilkunde
INSTITUTE FOR OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR AUGENHEILKUNDE

Franziska Woerz

SurnameWoerz
First nameFranziska
NationalityGerman
Present position and titlePostdoc

Business address

Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Ebene 1, Room number 301
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 7
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany

Phone: +49 7071 29-87890
E-mail: franziska.woerz@uni-tuebingen.de

Academic Education

YearDegreeUniversityField of study
2018-2023Dr.rer.nat.(pending defense)Eberhard Karls University, TuebingenBiochemistry
2017-2018M.Sc.Eberhard Karls University, TuebingenMolecular Medicine
2013-2017B.Sc.Eberhard Karls University, TuebingenMolecular Medicine

Professional Experience

PeriodInstitutionPositionDiscipline
2023-presentPostdocEberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, AG ClarkOphthalmic Research, AMD
2018-2023PhD thesisEberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, AG UeffingOphthalmic Research, Ciliopathy
2018Master thesisEberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, AG UeffingOphthalmic Research, Ciliopathy
2016Bachelor thesisEberhard Karls University, Tuebingen; Institute for Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, AG Mental Retardation, Dr.rer.nat Rebecca BuchertMental Retardation

Selected Publications

  1. Franziska Woerz, Felix Hoffmann, Shibu Antony, Sylvia Bolz, Mohamed Ali Jarboui, Katrin Junger, Franziska Klose, Isabel F. Stehle, Karsten Boldt, Marius Ueffing, Tina Beyer. Interactome analysis reveals a link of the novel ALMS1-CEP70 complex to centrosomal clusters, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2023, under review
  2. Felix Hoffmann, Sylvia Bolz, Katrin Junger, Franziska Klose, Timm Schubert, Franziska Woerz, Karsten Boldt, Marius Ueffing, and Tina Beyer. 2022. TTC30A and TTC30B Redundancy Protects IFT Complex B Integrity and Its Pivotal Role in Ciliogenesis. Genes 2022, 13 (7), 1191; doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13071191
  3. Sebiha Cevik, Xiaoyu Peng, Tina Beyer, Mustafa S. Pir, Ferhan Yenisert, Franziska Woerz, Felix Hoffmann, Betul Altunkaynak, Betul Pir, Karsten Boldt, Asli Karaman, Miray Cakiroglu, S. Sadik Oner, Ying Cao, Marius Ueffing, Fowzan S. Alkuraya, Oktay I. Kaplan. WDR31 displays functional redundancy with GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) ELMOD and RP2 in regulating IFT complex and recruiting the BBSome to cilium. Life Science Alliance May 2023, 6 (8) e202201844; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.10.445528
  4. Tobias Leonhard, Gaurav D. Diwan, Franziska Klose, Isabel F. Stehle, Katrin Junger, Marian Seda, Sylvia Bolz, Franziska Woerz, Robert B. Russell, Karsten Boldt, Dagan Jenkins, Marius Ueffing, Tina Beyer. Ciliopathy-associated missense mutations in IFT140 are hypomorphic and have edgetic effects on protein interaction networks. bioRxiv 2023.01.18.523235; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.18.523235