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  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Gregory J. Hannon is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions focused on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Plant Science, Oncology, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including:

  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Gregory J. Hannon's recent publications reflect these research areas and include:

  • The dawn of spatial omics (2023, published in Science)
  • Expansion sequencing: Spatially precise in situ transcriptomics in intact biological systems (2021, Science)
  • Imaging mass cytometry and multiplatform genomics define the phenogenomic landscape of breast cancer (2020, Nature Cancer)
  • A microRNA polycistron as a potential human oncogene (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Three-dimensional imaging mass cytometry for highly multiplexed molecular and cellular mapping of tissues and the tumor microenvironment (2021, Nature Cancer)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Dario Bressan
  • Ian G. Cannell
  • Susanne Bornelöv
  • Bernd Bodenmiller
  • Fatime Qosaj

Gregory J. Hannon has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

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

Their scholarly work has been recognized with various awards and honors, including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society (United Kingdom) in 2018 and membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2012. Additional affiliations include membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and fellowship at The Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom). The scientist received the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2007.

Best Publications

  • MicroRNAs: small RNAs with a big role in gene regulation

    Lin He;Gregory J. Hannon

  • Role for a bidentate ribonuclease in the initiation step of RNA interference

    Emily Bernstein;Amy A. Caudy;Amy A. Caudy;Scott M. Hammond;Gregory J. Hannon

  • A new regulatory motif in cell-cycle control causing specific inhibition of cyclin D/CDK4

    Manual Serrano;Gregory J. Hannon;David Beach

  • Landscape of transcription in human cells

    Sarah Djebali;Carrie A. Davis;Angelika Merkel;Alex Dobin

  • An RNA-directed nuclease mediates post-transcriptional gene silencing in Drosophila cells

    Scott M. Hammond;Emily Bernstein;Emily Bernstein;David Beach;Gregory J. Hannon

  • A microRNA polycistron as a potential human oncogene

    Lin Xiang He;J. Michael Thomson;Michael T Hemann;Eva Hernando-Monge

  • p21 is a universal inhibitor of cyclin kinases

    Yue Xiong;Gregory J. Hannon;Gregory J. Hannon;Hui Zhang;Hui Zhang;David Casso;David Casso

  • RNA interference : RNA

    Gregory J. Hannon

  • Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complex

    Ahmet M. Denli;Bastiaan B. J. Tops;Ronald H. A. Plasterk;René F. Ketting

  • Argonaute2 Is the Catalytic Engine of Mammalian RNAi

    Jidong Liu;Michelle A. Carmell;Michelle A. Carmell;Fabiola V. Rivas;Carolyn G. Marsden

  • A microRNA component of the p53 tumour suppressor network

    Lin He;Xingyue He;Xingyue He;Lee P. Lim;Elisa de Stanchina;Elisa de Stanchina

  • pl5 INK4B is a potentia| effector of TGF-β-induced cell cycle arrest

    Gregory J. Hannon;David Beach

  • An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

    Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

  • Discrete Small RNA-Generating Loci as Master Regulators of Transposon Activity in Drosophila

    Julius Brennecke;Alexei A. Aravin;Alexander Stark;Monica Dus

  • Rb-mediated heterochromatin formation and silencing of E2F target genes during cellular senescence.

    Masashi Narita;Sabrina Nuñez;Sabrina Nuñez;Edith Heard;Masako Narita

  • Dicer functions in RNA interference and in synthesis of small RNA involved in developmental timing in C. elegans

    René F. Ketting;Sylvia E.J. Fischer;Emily Bernstein;Titia Sijen

  • Control of translation and mRNA degradation by miRNAs and siRNAs

    Marco Antonio Valencia-Sanchez;Jidong Liu;Gregory J. Hannon;Roy Parker

  • Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) induce sequence-specific silencing in mammalian cells

    Patrick J. Paddison;Amy A. Caudy;Emily Bernstein;Gregory J. Hannon

  • Dicer is essential for mouse development.

    Emily Bernstein;Sang Yong Kim;Michelle A Carmell;Michelle A Carmell;Elizabeth P Murchison

  • Correction: MicroRNAs: small RNAs with a big role in gene regulation

    Lin He;Gregory J Hannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Lowe
Scott W. Lowe Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David Beach
David Beach Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ravi Sachidanandam
Ravi Sachidanandam Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Timothy W. Nilsen
Timothy W. Nilsen Case Western Reserve University
Alexei A. Aravin
Alexei A. Aravin California Institute of Technology
Andrew D. Smith
Andrew D. Smith University of Southern California
Stephen J. Elledge
Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Leemor Joshua-Tor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
W. Richard McCombie
W. Richard McCombie Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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