Katrin Watschinger

Ether glycerophospholipid control of peroxisome degradation confers protection from ischemia

This study identifies FAR1 as a key regulator of peroxisome degradation under hypoxia, linking ether lipid metabolism to autophagy and cardioprotection.

Beyond the surface: plasmalogens are dispensable for retinal integrity and fertility in the mouse

This study compares Gnpat and Peds1 knockout mice to determine the role of plasmalogens in retinal integrity and fertility, finding that plasmanyl lipids can compensate for plasmalogen loss.

Plasmalogen metabolism shapes germinal center immunity

This study shows that plasmalogen metabolism, via PEDS1, influences germinal center B cell function and IgG1 production, with implications for humoral immunity and hematopoiesis.

Trapped ion mobility spectrometry-guided molecular discrimination between plasmalogens and other ether lipids in lipidomics experiments

This paper demonstrates that ion mobility spectrometry can distinguish between plasmalogens and other ether lipids by analyzing their gas-phase geometries, improving lipid annotation accuracy.