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Geneviève Almouzni

Geneviève Almouzni

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Molecular Biology
France
2025
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
96
Citations
31896
World Ranking
614
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France
  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Geneviève Almouzni is affiliated with the Institute Curie in France and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research has a prominent focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Plant Science, and Genetics. The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Their recent publications span several well-known scientific venues and include the following papers:

  • "LifeTime and improving European healthcare through cell-based interceptive medicine," 2020, Nature
  • "PBRM1 Deficiency Confers Synthetic Lethality to DNA Repair Inhibitors in Cancer," 2021, Cancer Research
  • "Two HIRA-dependent pathways mediate H3.3 de novo deposition and recycling during transcription," 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Dynamics of Asymmetric and Symmetric Divisions of Muscle Stem Cells In Vivo and on Artificial Niches," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Histone variant H3.3 residue S31 is essential for Xenopus gastrulation regardless of the deposition pathway," 2020, Nature Communications

Frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Cell
  • Nature
  • Cancer Research

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative work include:

  • Jean-Pierre Quivy
  • Alberto Gatto
  • Audrey Forest
  • Dominique Ray-Gallet
  • Tina Karagyozova

Almouzni has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Collège de France eBooks titled Après Darwin: épigénétique et évolution - L'architecture du génome: ses briques et sa plasticité in 2020.

Their scientific achievements have been recognized with several awards and memberships, notably:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2013
  • Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France, 2011
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2007
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Histone H3.1 and H3.3 Complexes Mediate Nucleosome Assembly Pathways Dependent or Independent of DNA Synthesis

    Hideaki Tagami;Dominique Ray-Gallet;Geneviève Almouzni;Yoshihiro Nakatani

  • Chromatin Challenges during DNA Replication and Repair

    Anja Groth;Walter Rocha;Alain Verreault;Geneviève Almouzni

  • Epigenetic inheritance during the cell cycle

    Aline V. Probst;Elaine Dunleavy;Geneviève Almouzni

  • HP1 and the dynamics of heterochromatin maintenance

    Christèle Maison;Geneviève Almouzni

  • Higher-order structure in pericentric heterochromatin involves a distinct pattern of histone modification and an RNA component.

    Christèle Maison;Delphine Bailly;Antoine H.F.M. Peters;Jean-Pierre Quivy

  • Chromatin dynamics during epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line

    Petra Hajkova;Katia Ancelin;Katia Ancelin;Tanja Waldmann;Nicolas Lacoste

  • Mouse centric and pericentric satellite repeats form distinct functional heterochromatin.

    Mounia Guenatri;Delphine Bailly;Christèle Maison;Geneviève Almouzni

  • HIRA Is Critical for a Nucleosome Assembly Pathway Independent of DNA Synthesis

    Dominique Ray-Gallet;Jean-Pierre Quivy;Christine Scamps;Emmanuelle M.-D Martini

  • Regulation of replication fork progression through histone supply and demand

    Anja Groth;Armelle Corpet;Adam J. L. Cook;Daniele Roche

  • The double face of the histone variant H3.3

    Emmanuelle Szenker;Dominique Ray-Gallet;Dominique Ray-Gallet;Geneviève Almouzni;Geneviève Almouzni

  • Histone chaperones: an escort network regulating histone traffic

    Leanne De Koning;Armelle Corpet;James E Haber;Geneviève Almouzni

  • PTMs on H3 Variants before Chromatin Assembly Potentiate Their Final Epigenetic State

    Alejandra Loyola;Tiziana Bonaldi;Danièle Roche;Axel Imhof

  • Reversible disruption of pericentric heterochromatin and centromere function by inhibiting deacetylases

    Angela Taddei;Christèle Maison;Danièle Roche;Geneviève Almouzni

  • Histone chaperones, a supporting role in the limelight.

    Alejandra Loyola;Genevieve Almouzni

  • Dynamics of Histone H3 Deposition In Vivo Reveal a Nucleosome Gap-Filling Mechanism for H3.3 to Maintain Chromatin Integrity

    Dominique Ray-Gallet;Adam Woolfe;Adam Woolfe;Isabelle Vassias;Isabelle Vassias;Céline Pellentz;Céline Pellentz

  • A CAF-1–PCNA-Mediated Chromatin Assembly Pathway Triggered by Sensing DNA Damage

    Jonathan G. Moggs;Paola Grandi;Jean-Pierre Quivy;Zophonías O. Jónsson

  • Chromatin Assembly Coupled to DNA Repair: A New Role for Chromatin Assembly Factor I

    Pierre-Henri L Gaillard;Emmanuelle M.-D Martini;Paul D Kaufman;Bruce Stillman

  • Combining epigenetic drugs with other therapies for solid tumours - past lessons and future promise.

    Daphné Morel;Daniel Jeffery;Sandrine Aspeslagh;Geneviève Almouzni

  • Human Asf1 and CAF‐1 interact and synergize in a repair‐coupled nucleosome assembly pathway

    Jill A Mello;Herman H W Silljé;Danièle M J Roche;Doris B Kirschner

  • Transcription Recovery after DNA Damage Requires Chromatin Priming by the H3.3 Histone Chaperone HIRA

    Salomé Adam;Salomé Adam;Sophie E. Polo;Sophie E. Polo;Geneviève Almouzni;Geneviève Almouzni

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute
Axel Imhof
Axel Imhof Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ana Pombo
Ana Pombo Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bernard Asselain
Bernard Asselain Institute Curie
Susan M. Gasser
Susan M. Gasser Friedrich Miescher Institute
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Marcel Méchali
Marcel Méchali Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sebastian Amigorena
Sebastian Amigorena Institute Curie
Christoph Bock
Christoph Bock Austrian Academy of Sciences
Thierry Voet
Thierry Voet KU Leuven

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