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  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Bernard de Massy is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, focusing on research within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific work primarily concentrates on molecular biology, with additional contributions to plant science, oncology, cancer research, and genetics.

The research topics covered by Bernard de Massy include DNA repair mechanisms, genomics and chromatin dynamics, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, chromosomal and genetic variations, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer therapeutics and mechanisms, as well as mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Corinne Grey, Julie A. J. Clément, Frédéric Baudat, Boubou Diagouraga, and Thomas Robert.

Scientific publications by Bernard de Massy have appeared mainly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, eLife, and Nature.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bernard de Massy include:

  • "Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals" (2020, Nature)
  • "Chromosome Organization in Early Meiotic Prophase" (2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • "TOPOVIBL-REC114 interaction regulates meiotic DNA double-strand breaks" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Four-pronged negative feedback of DSB machinery in meiotic DNA-break control in mice" (2021, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • "PRDM9 activity depends on HELLS and promotes local 5-hydroxymethylcytosine enrichment" (2020, eLife)

Bernard de Massy has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

    Frédéric Baudat;Yukiko Imai;Bernard de Massy

  • Cellular Source and Mechanisms of High Transcriptome Complexity in the Mammalian Testis

    Magali Soumillon;Magali Soumillon;Anamaria Necsulea;Anamaria Necsulea;Manuela Weier;David Brawand;David Brawand

  • Initiation of meiotic recombination: how and where? Conservation and specificities among eukaryotes.

    Bernard de Massy

  • RNF212 is a dosage-sensitive regulator of crossing-over during mammalian meiosis

    April Reynolds;Huanyu Qiao;Ye Yang;Jefferson K Chen

  • Distinct histone modifications define initiation and repair of meiotic recombination in the mouse

    Jérôme Buard;Pauline Barthès;Corinne Grey;Bernard de Massy

  • Mutation of the mouse Syce1 gene disrupts synapsis and suggests a link between synaptonemal complex structural components and DNA repair.

    Ewelina Bolcun-Filas;Robert Speed;Mary Taggart;Corinne Grey

  • Regulating double-stranded DNA break repair towards crossover or non-crossover during mammalian meiosis

    Frédéric Baudat;Bernard de Massy

  • MCM8- and MCM9-Deficient Mice Reveal Gametogenesis Defects and Genome Instability Due to Impaired Homologous Recombination

    Malik Lutzmann;Corinne Grey;Sabine Traver;Olivier Ganier

  • Mouse PRDM9 DNA-Binding Specificity Determines Sites of Histone H3 Lysine 4 Trimethylation for Initiation of Meiotic Recombination

    Corinne Grey;Pauline Barthès;Gaëlle Chauveau-Le Friec;Francina Langa

  • Functional conservation of Mei4 for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation from yeasts to mice.

    Rajeev Kumar;Henri-Marc Bourbon;Bernard de Massy

  • Crossover and Noncrossover Pathways in Mouse Meiosis

    Hélène Guillon;Frédéric Baudat;Corinne Grey;R. Michael Liskay

  • The Molecular Chaperone Hsp90α Is Required for Meiotic Progression of Spermatocytes beyond Pachytene in the Mouse

    Iwona Grad;Christopher Cederroth;Joël Jonathan Walicki;Corinne Grey

  • Dicer1 depletion in male germ cells leads to infertility due to cumulative meiotic and spermiogenic defects

    Yannick Romero;Oliver Meikar;Marilena D. Papaioannou;Béatrice Conne

  • Meiotic DNA break formation requires the unsynapsed chromosome axis-binding protein IHO1 (CCDC36) in mice

    Marcello Stanzione;Marek Baumann;Frantzeskos Papanikos;Ihsan Dereli

  • The essential role of yeast topoisomerase III in meiosis depends on recombination.

    Serge Gangloff;Bernard de Massy;Lane Arthur;Rodney Rothstein

  • Transcriptome and translatome co-evolution in mammals

    Zhong-Yi Wang;Evgeny Leushkin;Angélica Liechti;Svetlana Ovchinnikova

  • Gene 3 endonuclease of bacteriophage T7 resolves conformationally branched structures in double-stranded DNA

    Bernard de Massy;Robert A. Weisberg;F.William Studier

  • Molecular Basis for the Regulation of the H3K4 Methyltransferase Activity of PRDM9

    Hong Wu;Nikolas Mathioudakis;Boubou Diagouraga;Aiping Dong

  • Programmed induction of DNA double strand breaks during meiosis: setting up communication between DNA and the chromosome structure.

    Valérie Borde;Bernard de Massy

  • The TopoVIB-Like Protein Family Is Required for Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break Formation

    T. Robert;A. Nore;C. Brun;C. Maffre

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Kaessmann
Henrik Kaessmann Heidelberg University
Serge Nef
Serge Nef University of Geneva
Paula E. Cohen
Paula E. Cohen Cornell University
Christer Höög
Christer Höög Karolinska Institute
Antoine H.F.M. Peters
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Friedrich Miescher Institute
John C. Schimenti
John C. Schimenti Cornell University
Tarjei S. Mikkelsen
Tarjei S. Mikkelsen Arsenal Biosciences (United States)
Rodney Rothstein
Rodney Rothstein Columbia University
Howard J. Cooke
Howard J. Cooke University of Edinburgh

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