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  • 2018 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology

Overview

Hanah Margalit is affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research portfolio comprises 30 publications focusing largely on molecular biology and genetics, along with work in molecular medicine, infectious diseases, and ecology.

The main topics of their research encompass RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, genomics and phylogenetic studies, RNA modifications and cancer, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Frequent publication venues for Hanah Margalit include:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Cell
  • Cell Reports
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on RNA interactions and bacterial regulation. Selected publications include:

  • Global RNA interactome of Salmonella discovers a 5' UTR sponge for the MicF small RNA that connects membrane permeability to transport capacity, 2022, Molecular Cell
  • Hierarchy in Hfq Chaperon Occupancy of Small RNA Targets Plays a Major Role in Their Regulation, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Common Adaptive Strategies Underlie Within-Host Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • The impact of Hfq-mediated sRNA-mRNA interactome on the virulence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, 2021, Science Advances
  • Prediction of Novel Bacterial Small RNAs From RIL-Seq RNA-RNA Interaction Data, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

They maintain frequent collaborations with several co-authors, including:

  • Liron Argaman
  • Yaël Altuvia
  • Yair E. Gatt
  • Amir Bar
  • Raya Faigenbaum-Romm

Hanah Margalit was recognized as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2018.

Best Publications

  • IntAct: an open source molecular interaction database

    Henning Hermjakob;Luisa Montecchi-Palazzi;Chris Lewington;Sugath Mudali

  • Clustering and conservation patterns of human microRNAs

    Yael Altuvia;Pablo Landgraf;Gila Lithwick;Naama Elefant

  • Novel small RNA-encoding genes in the intergenic regions of Escherichia coli

    Liron Argaman;Ruth Hershberg;Jörg Vogel;Gill Bejerano

  • Host immune system gene targeting by a viral miRNA.

    Noam Stern-Ginossar;Naama Elefant;Albert Zimmermann;Dana G. Wolf

  • Hydrophobicity scales and computational techniques for detecting amphipathic structures in proteins

    James L. Cornette;Kemp B. Cease;Hanah Margalit;John L. Spouge

  • Network motifs in integrated cellular networks of transcription-regulation and protein-protein interaction.

    Esti Yeger-Lotem;Shmuel Sattath;Nadav Kashtan;Shalev Itzkovitz

  • Prediction of immunodominant helper T cell antigenic sites from the primary sequence.

    H Margalit;J L Spouge;J L Cornette;K B Cease

  • How Reliable are Experimental Protein–Protein Interaction Data?

    Einat Sprinzak;Shmuel Sattath;Hanah Margalit

  • Correlated sequence-signatures as markers of protein-protein interaction

    Einat Sprinzak;Hanah Margalit

  • Comparative functional genomics of the fission yeasts

    Nicholas Rhind;Zehua Chen;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Dawn A. Thompson

  • Compilation of E.coli mRNA promoter sequences

    Shlomit Lisser;Hanah Margalit

  • Regulation of gene expression by small non-coding RNAs: a quantitative view.

    Yishai Shimoni;Gilgi Friedlander;Guy Hetzroni;Gali Niv

  • Global Mapping of Small RNA-Target Interactions in Bacteria

    Sahar Melamed;Asaf Peer;Raya Faigenbaum-Romm;Yair E. Gatt

  • Construction of synthetic immunogen: use of new T-helper epitope on malaria circumsporozoite protein.

    MF Good;WL Maloy;MN Lunde;H Margalit

  • A survey of small RNA‐encoding genes in Escherichia coli

    Ruth Hershberg;Shoshy Altuvia;Hanah Margalit

  • Comparative analysis of structurally defined heparin binding sequences reveals a distinct spatial distribution of basic residues.

    H Margalit;N Fischer;S A Ben-Sasson

  • Molecular basis for expression of common and rare fragile sites

    Eitan Zlotorynski;Ayelet Rahat;Jennifer Skaug;Neta Ben-Porat

  • Comprehensive Analysis of Hydrogen Bonds in Regulatory Protein DNA-Complexes: In Search of Common Principles

    Yael Mandel-Gutfreund;Ora Schueler;Hanah Margalit

  • Small RNAs encoded within genetic islands of Salmonella typhimurium show host-induced expression and role in virulence

    Gilly Padalon-Brauch;Ruth Hershberg;Maya Elgrably-Weiss;Kobi Baruch

  • Molecular characterization of a common fragile site (FRA7H) on human chromosome 7 by the cloning of a simian virus 40 integration site

    Dan Mishmar;Ayelet Rahat;Stephen W. Scherer;Gerald Nyakatura

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay A. Berzofsky
Jay A. Berzofsky National Institutes of Health
Charles DeLisi
Charles DeLisi Boston University
Nir Friedman
Nir Friedman Weizmann Institute of Science
Igal Gery
Igal Gery National Institutes of Health
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Gerald J. Chader
Gerald J. Chader University of Southern California
Gill Bejerano
Gill Bejerano Stanford University
Batsheva Kerem
Batsheva Kerem Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thomas Tuschl
Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University
Karl Ekwall
Karl Ekwall Karolinska Institute

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