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2024
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France
2024

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D-Index
83
Citations
33608
World Ranking
1398
National Ranking
49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 1969 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Bertrand Séraphin is affiliated with the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in France and focuses their research on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers Molecular Biology, Immunology, Structural Biology, Hematology, and Genetics.

They have contributed to several topics within their research domain, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Interferon and immune responses

Bertrand Séraphin's recent publications reflect a focus on RNA biology and molecular interactions. Their papers include:

  • The human CNOT1-CNOT10-CNOT11 complex forms a structural platform for protein-protein interactions, 2022, Cell Reports
  • The S. cerevisiae m6A-reader Pho92 promotes timely meiotic recombination by controlling key methylated transcripts, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • A conserved motif in human BTG1 and BTG2 proteins mediates interaction with the poly(A) binding protein PABPC1 to stimulate mRNA deadenylation, 2021, RNA Biology
  • HELZ2: a new, interferon-regulated, human 3'-5' exoribonuclease of the RNB family is expressed from a non-canonical initiation codon, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Pby1 is a direct partner of the Dcp2 decapping enzyme, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Their frequent co-authors include Fabienne Mauxion, Jérémy Scutenaire, Damien Plassard, Mélody Matelot, and Tommaso Villa, indicating active collaborations in their research projects.

Bertrand Séraphin regularly publishes in venues such as Nucleic Acids Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, RNA Biology, and Methods in Molecular Biology.

The scientist has been recognized with memberships and awards including:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1969
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Functional organization of the yeast proteome by systematic analysis of protein complexes

    Anne-Claude Gavin;Markus Bösche;Roland Krause;Paola Grandi

  • A generic protein purification method for protein complex characterization and proteome exploration.

    Guillaume Rigaut;Anna Shevchenko;Berthold Rutz;Matthias Wilm

  • The tandem affinity purification (TAP) method: a general procedure of protein complex purification.

    Oscar Puig;Friederike Caspary;Guillaume Rigaut;Berthold Rutz

  • Cryptic Pol II Transcripts Are Degraded by a Nuclear Quality Control Pathway Involving a New Poly(A) Polymerase

    Françoise Wyers;Mathieu Rougemaille;Gwenaël Badis;Jean-Claude Rousselle

  • Cytoplasmic foci are sites of mRNA decay in human cells

    Nicolas Cougot;Sylvie Babajko;Bertrand Séraphin

  • Positive feedback in eukaryotic gene networks: cell differentiation by graded to binary response conversion.

    Attila Becskei;Bertrand Séraphin;Luis Serrano

  • Human Dcp2: a catalytically active mRNA decapping enzyme located in specific cytoplasmic structures

    Erwin van Dijk;Nicolas Cougot;Sylke Meyer;Sylvie Babajko

  • A Sm-like protein complex that participates in mRNA degradation.

    Emmanuelle Bouveret;Guillaume Rigaut;Anna Shevchenko;Matthias Wilm

  • Structure of the Exon Junction Core Complex with a Trapped DEAD-Box ATPase Bound to RNA

    Christian B. F. Andersen;Lionel Ballut;Lionel Ballut;Jesper S. Johansen;Hala Chamieh

  • A single subunit, Dis3, is essentially responsible for yeast exosome core activity.

    Andrzej Dziembowski;Esben Lorentzen;Elena Conti;Bertrand Séraphin

  • REF, an evolutionary conserved family of hnRNP-like proteins, interacts with TAP/Mex67p and participates in mRNA nuclear export.

    Françoise Stutz;Angela Bachi;Tobias Doerks;Isabelle C. Braun

  • Identification of functional U1 snRNA-pre-mRNA complexes committed to spliceosome assembly and splicing

    Bertrand Seraphin;Michael Rosbash

  • A U1 snRNA:pre-mRNA base pairing interaction is required early in yeast spliceosome assembly but does not uniquely define the 5' cleavage site.

    B. Séraphin;L. Kretzner;M. Rosbash

  • Sm and Sm-like proteins belong to a large family: identification of proteins of the U6 as well as the U1, U2, U4 and U5 snRNPs.

    B Séraphin

  • Endonucleolytic RNA cleavage by a eukaryotic exosome

    Alice Lebreton;Alice Lebreton;Rafal Tomecki;Rafal Tomecki;Andrzej Dziembowski;Andrzej Dziembowski;Bertrand Séraphin;Bertrand Séraphin

  • The exon junction core complex is locked onto RNA by inhibition of eIF4AIII ATPase activity.

    Lionel Ballut;Brice Marchadier;Aurélie Baguet;Catherine Tomasetto

  • Role of U6 snRNA in 5' splice site selection

    Stefanie Kandels-Lewis;Bertrand Séraphin

  • The GW182 protein colocalizes with mRNA degradation associated proteins hDcp1 and hLSm4 in cytoplasmic GW bodies.

    Theophany Eystathioy;Andrew Jakymiw;Edward K.L. Chan;Bertrand Séraphin

  • Dbp5, a DEAD-box protein required for mRNA export, is recruited to the cytoplasmic fibrils of nuclear pore complex via a conserved interaction with CAN/Nup159p.

    Christel Schmitt;Cayetano von Kobbe;Angela Bachi;Nelly Panté

  • The apoptosis-promoting factor TIA-1 is a regulator of alternative pre-mRNA splicing.

    Patrik Förch;Oscar Puig;Nancy Kedersha;Concepción Martínez

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Matthias Wilm
Matthias Wilm University College Dublin
Alain Jacquier
Alain Jacquier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Herman van Tilbeurgh
Herman van Tilbeurgh University of Paris-Saclay
Elena Conti
Elena Conti Max Planck Society
Iain W. Mattaj
Iain W. Mattaj Human Technopole
Christoph W. Müller
Christoph W. Müller European Bioinformatics Institute
Anna Shevchenko
Anna Shevchenko Max Planck Society
Elisa Izaurralde
Elisa Izaurralde Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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