2026 Carlos Frederico Martins Menck: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	60	1936	1744	2	2	335	17004

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Carlos Frederico Martins Menck is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 101 publications. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

Their primary research topics focus on DNA repair mechanisms, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, CRISPR and genetic engineering, cancer genomics and diagnostics, skin protection and aging, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and cancer therapeutics and mechanisms.

Their recent published papers include:

Inflammation response, oxidative stress and DNA damage caused by urban air pollution exposure increase in the lack of DNA repair XPC protein, 2020, Environment International
Cooperation and interplay between base and nucleotide excision repair pathways: From DNA lesions to proteins, 2020, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genomic mutation landscape of skin cancers from DNA repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients, 2023, Nature Communications
Revealing Temozolomide Resistance Mechanisms via Genome-Wide CRISPR Libraries, 2020, Cells
Melanopsin mediates UVA-dependent modulation of proliferation, pigmentation, apoptosis, and molecular clock in normal and malignant melanocytes, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

Frequent co-authors of Carlos Frederico Martins Menck include:

Natália Cestari Moreno (13 joint publications)
Veridiana Munford (12 joint publications)
Davi Jardim Martins (11 joint publications)
Giovana da Silva Leandro (11 joint publications)
Marcela Teatin Latância (10 joint publications)

The scientist has regularly published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 4 publications
Photochemistry and Photobiology with 3 publications
Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis with 3 publications
DNA Repair with 3 publications
Cancer Research with 3 publications

Distinctions awarded to Carlos Frederico Martins Menck include being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2018 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities

A. C. R. da Silva;J. A. Ferro;F. C. Reinach;C. S. Farah

1732
Citations
Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector

Vishvanath Nene;Jennifer R. Wortman;Daniel Lawson;Brian Haas

1353
Citations
The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

A. J.G. Simpson;F. C. Reinach;P. Arruda;F. A. Abreu

1137
Citations
Transcriptome analysis of the acoelomate human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Sergio Verjovski-Almeida;Ricardo DeMarco;Elizabeth A.L. Martins;Pedro E.M. Guimarães

600
Citations
Apoptosis in malignant glioma cells triggered by the temozolomide-induced DNA lesion O6-methylguanine

W. P. Roos;L. F.Z. Batista;S. C. Naumann;Wolfgang Wick

580
Citations
Comparative Genomics of Two Leptospira interrogans Serovars Reveals Novel Insights into Physiology and Pathogenesis

A. L. T. O. Nascimento;A. I. Ko;A. I. Ko;E. A. L. Martins;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello

564
Citations
The eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair pathway.

Renata M. A. Costa;Vanessa Chiganças;Rodrigo da Silva Galhardo;Helotonio Carvalho

500
Citations
Analysis and functional annotation of an expressed sequence tag collection for tropical crop sugarcane.

André L. Vettore;André L. Vettore;Felipe R. da Silva;Felipe R. da Silva;Edson L. Kemper;Edson L. Kemper;Glaucia M. Souza

395
Citations
DNA repair pathways and cisplatin resistance: an intimate relationship

Clarissa Ribeiro Reily Rocha;Matheus Molina Silva;Annabel Quinet;Januario Bispo Cabral-Neto

381
Citations
Sunlight damage to cellular DNA: Focus on oxidatively generated lesions.

André Passaglia Schuch;Natália Cestari Moreno;Natielen Jacques Schuch;Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

378
Citations
Chromobacterium violaceum: a review of pharmacological and industiral perspectives.

Nelson Durán;Carlos F. M. Menck

371
Citations
Singlet oxygen induced DNA damage.

H Sies;Carlos Frederico Martins Menck

350
Citations
How DNA lesions are turned into powerful killing structures: insights from UV-induced apoptosis.

Luís F.Z. Batista;Bernd Kaina;Rogério Meneghini;Carlos F.M. Menck

290
Citations
Comparative genomic analysis of plant-associated bacteria.

M. A. Van Sluys;C. B. Monteiro-Vitorello;L. E. A. Camargo;C. F. M. Menck

248
Citations
DNA damage by singlet oxygen and cellular protective mechanisms.

Lucymara F. Agnez-Lima;Julliane T.A. Melo;Acarízia E. Silva;Ana Helena S. Oliveira

237
Citations
The intronic long noncoding RNA ANRASSF1 recruits PRC2 to the RASSF1A promoter, reducing the expression of RASSF1A and increasing cell proliferation.

Felipe C. Beckedorff;Ana C. Ayupe;Renan Crocci-Souza;Murilo S. Amaral

211
Citations
The Genome Sequence of the Gram-Positive Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli

Claudia B. Monteiro-Vitorello;Luis E. A. Camargo;Marie A. Van Sluys;João P. Kitajima

169
Citations
Differential Sensitivity of Malignant Glioma Cells to Methylating and Chloroethylating Anticancer Drugs: p53 Determines the Switch by Regulating xpc, ddb2, and DNA Double-Strand Breaks

Luís F Z Batista;Wynand P Roos;Markus Christmann;Carlos F M Menck

141
Citations
Glutathione depletion sensitizes cisplatin- and temozolomide-resistant glioma cells in vitro and in vivo.

C R R Rocha;C C M Garcia;D B Vieira;A Quinet

134
Citations
Thi1, a thiamine biosynthetic gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, complements bacterial defects in DNA repair.

C. R. Machado;R. L. Costa de Oliveira;S. Boiteux;U. M. Praekelt

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Sarasin Institut Gustave Roussy

Alysson R. Muotri University of California, San Diego

Marie-Anne Van Sluys Universidade de São Paulo

Paolo Di Mascio Universidade de São Paulo

Sergio Verjovski-Almeida Universidade de São Paulo

João C. Setubal Universidade de São Paulo

Mariana C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques University of Caxias Do Sul

Maria Helena S. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo

Luiz Lehmann Coutinho Universidade de São Paulo

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