David Katz, PhD

Research Program

Cell and Molecular Biology
Phone Number

404-727-3403
Email Address

david.katz@emory.edu

Biography

David J. Katz, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Katz is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship.

Education

Dr. Katz earned his PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University. He then completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Biology at Emory University.

Titles & Roles

Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology

Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Dr. Katz's lab's long-term goal is to understand the role that histone methylation plays in specifying cell fate and to determine how defects in the regulation of histone methylation can give rise to human disease.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Community-Engaged Research in HIV Implementation Science: Characterizing Academic and Community Partnerships in the "Ending the HIV Epidemic" Supplement Awards. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)	R Datar, S Schwartz, W Gomez, DA Katz, G Morales, D Humphries, A Pettit, A Harkness, PA Serrano, R Gaines Lanzi, JM Sales, C Archiopoli, S Baral, LK Beres	04/15/2025
Dynamic In Vivo Mapping of the Methylproteome Using a Chemoenzymatic Approach. Journal of the American Chemical Society	J Farhi, B Emenike, RS Lee, K Sad, DV Fawwal, CM Beusch, RB Jones, AK Verma, CY Jones, M Foroozani, M Reeves, KK Parwani, P Bagchi, RB Deal, DJ Katz, AH Corbett, DE Gordon, M Raj, JM Spangle	03/05/2025
Ectopic transcription due to inappropriately inherited histone methylation may interfere with the ongoing function of terminally differentiated cells. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology	JD Rodriguez, MN Reeves, HV Wang, JZ Chavez, R Rastogi, SR Chavez, EA Preston, MS Chadha, LI Sun, EJ Hill, VG Corces, KL Schmeichel, JI Murray, DJ Katz	11/11/2024
LSD1/KDM1A is essential for neural stem cell differentiation in mice. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology	EC Falkenberry, M Reeves, A Scott, DA Myrick, C Fallini, GJ Bassell, DJ Katz	12/03/2023
SPR-1/CoREST facilitates the maternal epigenetic reprogramming of the histone demethylase SPR-5/LSD1. Genetics	BS Carpenter, A Scott, R Goldin, SR Chavez, JD Rodriguez, DA Myrick, M Curlee, KL Schmeichel, DJ Katz	03/02/2023
Lineage Tracing and Single-Cell RNA-seq in C. elegans to Analyze Transgenerational Epigenetic Phenotypes Inherited from Germ Cells. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)	JD Rodriguez, DJ Katz	01/01/2023
Unique molecular characteristics and microglial origin of Kv1.3 channel-positive brain myeloid cells in Alzheimer's disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	S Ramesha, S Rayaprolu, CA Bowen, CR Giver, S Bitarafan, HM Nguyen, T Gao, MJ Chen, N Nwabueze, EB Dammer, AK Engstrom, H Xiao, A Pennati, NT Seyfried, DJ Katz, J Galipeau, H Wulff, EK Waller, LB Wood, AI Levey, S Rangaraju	03/16/2021
Caenorhabditis elegans establishes germline versus soma by balancing inherited histone methylation. Development (Cambridge, England)	BS Carpenter, TW Lee, CF Plott, JD Rodriguez, JS Brockett, DA Myrick, DJ Katz	02/10/2021
The inhibition of LSD1 via sequestration contributes to tau-mediated neurodegeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	AK Engstrom, AC Walker, RA Moudgal, DA Myrick, SM Kyle, Y Bai, MJ Rowley, DJ Katz	11/17/2020
Hansel, Gretel, and the Consequences of Failing to Remove Histone Methylation Breadcrumbs. Trends in genetics : TIG	TW Lee, DJ Katz	03/01/2020
Repressive H3K9me2 protects lifespan against the transgenerational burden of COMPASS activity in C. elegans. eLife	TW Lee, HS David, AK Engstrom, BS Carpenter, DJ Katz	12/09/2019
The Pipeline CURE: An Iterative Approach to Introduce All Students to Research Throughout a Biology Curriculum. CourseSource	TW Lee, BS Carpenter, O Birol, DJ Katz, KL Schmeichel	01/01/2019
A Resource for the Allele-Specific Analysis of DNA Methylation at Multiple Genomically Imprinted Loci in Mice. G3 (Bethesda, Md.)	JA Wasson, O Birol, DJ Katz	01/04/2018
Neuroepigenetic mechanisms in disease. Epigenetics & chromatin	MA Christopher, SM Kyle, DJ Katz	10/16/2017
LSD1 protects against hippocampal and cortical neurodegeneration. Nature communications	MA Christopher, DA Myrick, BG Barwick, AK Engstrom, KA Porter-Stransky, JM Boss, D Weinshenker, AI Levey, DJ Katz	10/09/2017
A Model for Epigenetic Inhibition via Transvection in the Mouse. Genetics	JD Rodriguez, DA Myrick, I Falciatori, MA Christopher, TW Lee, GJ Hannon, DJ Katz	09/01/2017
Identification of unique B virus (Macacine Herpesvirus 1) epitopes of zoonotic and macaque isolates using monoclonal antibodies. PloS one	D Katz, W Shi, MS Gowda, M Vasireddi, I Patrusheva, HK Seoh, CN Filfili, MJ Wildes, J Oh, JK Hilliard	01/01/2017
KDM1A/LSD1 regulates the differentiation and maintenance of spermatogonia in mice. PloS one	DA Myrick, MA Christopher, AM Scott, AK Simon, PG Donlin-Asp, WG Kelly, DJ Katz	01/01/2017
Maternally provided LSD1/KDM1A enables the maternal-to-zygotic transition and prevents defects that manifest postnatally. eLife	JA Wasson, AK Simon, DA Myrick, G Wolf, S Driscoll, SL Pfaff, TS Macfarlan, DJ Katz	01/27/2016
SPR-5 and MET-2 function cooperatively to reestablish an epigenetic ground state during passage through the germ line. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	SC Kerr, CC Ruppersburg, JW Francis, DJ Katz	07/01/2014
Restoring totipotency through epigenetic reprogramming. Briefings in functional genomics	JA Wasson, CC Ruppersburg, DJ Katz	03/01/2013
Epigenetic patterns maintained in early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos can be established by gene activity in the parental germ cells. PLoS genetics	JK Arico, DJ Katz, J van der Vlag, WG Kelly	06/01/2011
The wisdom of Weismann: epigenetic erasure mechanisms and germ line immortality. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)	WG Kelly, DJ Katz	07/15/2009
A C. elegans LSD1 demethylase contributes to germline immortality by reprogramming epigenetic memory. Cell	DJ Katz, TM Edwards, V Reinke, WG Kelly	04/17/2009