Katharina ZIMMETER
Post-Doc
Design and characterisation of peptide-based structural mimics of lanthanide methanol dehydrogenase.
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katharina.zimmeter@lcc-toulouse.fr
katharina.zimmeter@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2021-2024 - PhD in Biological and Therapeutical Chemistry,Université de Strasbourg
Defense: December 2024: « excellent »
2019-2021 - Msc in Chemistry, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck (Austria),
Defense: July 2021: « excellent »
2014-2019 - Diploma studies in Pharmacy (equivalent Msc),Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck (Austria)
Defense: March 2019: « excellent »
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Since november 2025 - Post doctoral researcher at Laboratoire de chimie de coordination, Toulouse (France),
(Prof. Christelle Hureau, Dr. Emilie Mathieu)
Design and characterization of peptide-based structural mimics of lanthanide methanol dehydrogenase
2024-2025 - Temporary research and teaching assistant (ATER), Université de Strasbourg (France)
2021-2024 - PhD thesis in Biological and Therapeutical Chemistry, Université de Strasbourg (France), Biometals and Biological Chemistry (Prof. Peter Faller, Dr. Angélique Sour)
Development of MRI sensors containing a peptide or thiosemicarbazone motif for the detection of copper(II) in biological samples
2020-2021 - Master thesis in Chemistry, Université de Bordeaux (France), CBMN, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie
(Prof. Gilles Guichard, Dr. Morgane Pasco)
Stabilization of alpha helical peptides by guanidine stapling
2019 - Research internship Erasmus +, Université d’Angers (France), Substances of natural origin and structural analogs
(Prof. Pascal Richomme, Dr. Séverine Derbré)
Characterisation of a butanolic extract of Spergularia rubra
2018 - Master thesis in Pharmacy, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck (Austria), Laboratory of Medicinal chemistry
(Prof. Ronald Gust)
Development of the Synthesis of Erteberel Derivatives as Selective Estrogen
Receptor beta Agonists
AWARDS
Doctoral scholarship of the Ministry of National Education in France, competition of the Doctoral School of Chemical Science in Strasbourg 2021
Best Poster Price at the 1st International Conference on Metal Binding Peptides (MBP), Nancy, 2022
PUBLICATIONS
​Selected research articles
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K. Zimmeter, B. Vileno, C. Platas-Iglesias, B. Vinjamuri, A. Sour, P. Faller, Derivatization of the Peptidic Xxx-Zzz-His Motif toward a Ligand with Attomolar CuII Affinity under Maintaining High Selectivity and Fast Redox Silencing, Inorg Chem, 2023, 62, 9429–9439.
K. Zimmeter, A. Pallier, B. Vileno, M. Sanadar, F. Szeremeta, C. Platas-Iglesias, P. Faller, C. S. Bonnet, A. Sour, A Bioinspired Cu2+-Responsive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with Unprecedented Turn-On Response and Selectivity, Inorg Chem, 2024, 63, 23067–23076.
M. Sanadar, K. Zimmeter, H. Martin, A. Pallier, B. Vileno, P. Faller, A. Sour, C. S. Bonnet, Exploring Bioinspired Ln3+ Complexes for Cu2+ Detection: Design and Efficacy as MRI Contrast Agents, EurJIC, 2025, 28, e202500049.
C. Perdriau, A. Luton, K. Zimmeter, M. Neuville, C. Saragaglia, C. Peluso-Iltis, J. Osz, B. Kauffmann, G. W. Collie, N. Rochel, G.Guichard, M. Pasco, Guanidinium-Stapled Helical Peptides for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202416348.
K. Zimmeter, B. Vileno, A. Pallier, C. Platas-Iglesias, P. Faller, C. S. Bonnet, A. Sour, Lanthanide complexes bearing a bioinspired CuII binding site with picomolar affinity: synthesis, structural, relaxometric and luminescence studies, Dalton Trans, 2025, 54, 15432
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