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Felix Mitelman

Felix Mitelman

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Genetics
Sweden
2026
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Sweden
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
121
Citations
51774
World Ranking
367
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
121
Citations
52173
World Ranking
3617
National Ranking
71

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Felix Mitelman is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, where they conduct research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work extensively covers Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research

Felix Mitelman has contributed to a number of papers published in academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) recommendations for the designation of gene fusions, 2021, Leukemia
  • Transcriptomics paving the way for improved diagnostics and precision medicine of acute leukemia, 2021, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Analysis of fusion transcripts indicates widespread deregulation of snoRNAs and their host genes in breast cancer, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • A cloud-based resource for genome coordinate-based exploration and large-scale analysis of chromosome aberrations and gene fusions in cancer, 2023, Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • Giemsa-negative chromosome bands preferentially recombine in cancer-associated translocations and gene fusions, 2022, Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Genes Chromosomes and Cancer
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology

Felix Mitelman collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Fredrik Mertens
  • Nils Mandahl
  • Bertil Johansson
  • Elspeth A. Bruford
  • Cristina R. Antonescu

The scientist has received recognition through awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002
  • Polish Academy of Science, 1991

Best Publications

  • Catalog of chromosome aberrations in cancer

    Felix Mitelman

  • Cancer cytogenetics: Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells

    Sverre Heim;Felix Mitelman

  • The impact of translocations and gene fusions on cancer causation

    Felix Mitelman;Bertil Johansson;Fredrik Mertens

  • The translocation t(8;16)(p11;p13) of acute myeloid leukaemia fuses a putative acetyltransferase to the CREB–binding protein

    Julian Borrow;Vincent P. Stanton;J. Michael Andresen;Reinhard Becher

  • A breakpoint map of recurrent chromosomal rearrangements in human neoplasia.

    Felix Mitelman;Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson

  • Cancer Risk in Humans Predicted by Increased Levels of Chromosomal Aberrations in Lymphocytes: Nordic Study Group on the Health Risk of Chromosome Damage

    Lars Hagmar;Anton Brøgger;Inger-Lise Hansteen;Sverre Heim

  • The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

    Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson;Thoas Fioretos;Felix Mitelman

  • Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Evolution of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    Bertil Johansson;Thoas Fioretos;Felix Mitelman

  • Chromosomal Imbalance Maps of Malignant Solid Tumors: A Cytogenetic Survey of 3185 Neoplasms

    Fredrik Mertens;Bertil Johansson;Mattias Höglund;Felix Mitelman

  • Telomere dysfunction triggers extensive DNA fragmentation and evolution of complex chromosome abnormalities in human malignant tumors

    David Gisselsson;Tord Jonson;Åsa Petersén;Bodil Strömbeck

  • Chromosomal breakage-fusion-bridge events cause genetic intratumor heterogeneity

    David Gisselsson;Louise Pettersson;Mattias Höglund;Markus Heidenblad

  • Recurrent chromosome aberrations in cancer.

    Felix Mitelman

  • Clustering of aberrations to specific chromosomes in human neoplasms. IV. A survey of 1,871 cases.

    Felix Mitelman;Göran Levan

  • Correlation between clinicopathological features and karyotype in lipomatous tumors. A report of 178 cases from the Chromosomes and Morphology (CHAMP) Collaborative Study Group.

    C. D. M. Fletcher;M. Akerman;P. Dal Cin;I. De Wever

  • Fusion genes and rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations in cancer.

    Felix Mitelman;Bertil Johansson;Fredrik Mertens

  • Chromosomes and cancer

    Albert Levan;Göran Levan;Felix Mitelman

  • Mitelman database of chromosome aberrations and gene fusions in cancer

    F Mitelman;B Johansson;F Mertens

  • Rearrangement of the transcription factor gene CHOP in myxoid liposarcomas with t(12;16)(q13;p11).

    Pierre Åman;David Ron;Nils Mandahl;Thoas Fioretos

  • Pooled analysis of clinical and cytogenetic features in treatment-related and de novo adult acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes based on a consecutive series of 761 patients analyzed 1976-1993 and on 5098 unselected cases reported in the literature 1974-2001.

    Nils Mauritzson;Maria Albin;Lars Rylander;R Billström

  • Three major cytogenetic subgroups can be identified among chromosomally abnormal solitary lipomas.

    Nils Mandahl;Sverre Heim;Kristina Arheden;Anders Rydholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Sverre Heim
Sverre Heim Oslo University Hospital
Nils Mandahl
Nils Mandahl Lund University
Bertil Johansson
Bertil Johansson Lund University
Fredrik Mertens
Fredrik Mertens Lund University
Anders Rydholm
Anders Rydholm Lund University
Mattias Höglund
Mattias Höglund Lund University
Thoas Fioretos
Thoas Fioretos Lund University
Ioannis Panagopoulos
Ioannis Panagopoulos Oslo University Hospital
David Gisselsson
David Gisselsson Lund University
Christopher D.M. Fletcher
Christopher D.M. Fletcher Brigham and Women's Hospital

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