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Genetics

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95
Citations
36965
World Ranking
892
National Ranking
5

Molecular Biology

D-Index
95
Citations
36965
World Ranking
631
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2016 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2011 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Howard Cedar is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology as a subdiscipline. Their work also touches on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Hepatology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Howard Cedar has contributed to various publication venues. Frequent journals where their work appears include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Howard Cedar include:

  • The role of DNA methylation in genome-wide gene regulation during development, 2022, Development
  • Pluripotency-independent induction of human trophoblast stem cells from fibroblasts, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Muscle injury causes long-term changes in stem-cell DNA methylation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Chromosomal coordination and differential structure of asynchronous replicating regions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Transdifferentiation occurs without resetting development-specific DNA methylation, a key determinant of full-function cell identity, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Howard Cedar frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Ofra Sabag
  • Yehudit Bergman
  • Moran Rahamim
  • Ahmed Radwan
  • Yosef Buganim

During their career, Howard Cedar has received several awards and honors:

  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 2016
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2011
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 2011
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms

    Howard Cedar;Yehudit Bergman

  • Polycomb-mediated methylation on Lys27 of histone H3 pre-marks genes for de novo methylation in cancer

    Yeshayahu Schlesinger;Ravid Straussman;Ilana Keshet;Shlomit Farkash

  • Allelic inactivation regulates olfactory receptor gene expression.

    Andrew Chess;Itamar Simon;Howard Cedar;Richard Axel;Richard Axel

  • DNA methylation and gene activity

    Howard Cedar

  • Sp1 elements protect a CpG island from de novo methylation

    M Brandeis;D Frank;I Keshet;Z Siegfried

  • Developmental pattern of gene-specific DNA methylation in the mouse embryo and germ line.

    Tal Kafri;Mira Ariel;Michael Brandeis;Ruth Shemer

  • Sequence specificity of methylation in higher plant DNA

    Yosef Gruenbaum;Tally Naveh-Many;Howard Cedar;Aharon Razin

  • G9a-mediated irreversible epigenetic inactivation of Oct-3/4 during early embryogenesis.

    Nirit Feldman;Ariela Gerson;Jia Fang;En Li

  • Maternal-specific methylation of the imprinted mouse Igf2r locus identifies the expressed locus as carrying the imprinting signal.

    R. Stöger;P. Kubička;C. G. Liu;T. Kafri

  • DNA methylation affects the formation of active chromatin

    Ilana Keshet;Judy Lieman-Hurwitz;Howard Cedar

  • DNA Methylation in Cancer and Aging.

    Michael Klutstein;Deborah Nejman;Razi Greenfield;Howard Cedar

  • DNA methylation dynamics in health and disease

    Yehudit Bergman;Howard Cedar

  • Identification of tissue-specific cell death using methylation patterns of circulating DNA.

    Roni Lehmann-Werman;Daniel Neiman;Hai Zemmour;Joshua Moss

  • Evidence for an instructive mechanism of de novo methylation in cancer cells

    Ilana Keshet;Yeshayahu Schlesinger;Shlomit Farkash;Eyal Rand

  • Programming of DNA Methylation Patterns

    Howard Cedar;Yehudit Bergman

  • Principles of DNA methylation and their implications for biology and medicine.

    Yuval Dor;Howard Cedar

  • Substrate and sequence specificity of a eukaryotic DNA methylase

    Yosef Gruenbaum;Howard Cedar;Aharon Razin

  • Allele-specific replication timing of imprinted gene regions

    D Kitsberg;S Selig;M Brandeis;I Simon

  • De novo DNA methylation promoted by G9a prevents reprogramming of embryonically silenced genes

    Silvina Epsztejn-Litman;Nirit Feldman;Monther Abu-Remaileh;Yoel Shufaro

  • DNA methylation and genomic imprinting

    Aharon Razin;Howard Cedar

Frequent Co-Authors

Aharon Razin
Aharon Razin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yehudit Bergman
Yehudit Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yosef Gruenbaum
Yosef Gruenbaum Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Raul Mostoslavsky
Raul Mostoslavsky Harvard University
Richard Axel
Richard Axel Columbia University
John R. McCarrey
John R. McCarrey The University of Texas at San Antonio
Gary Felsenfeld
Gary Felsenfeld National Institutes of Health
Andrew Chess
Andrew Chess Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Zohar Yakhini
Zohar Yakhini Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Benjamin Reubinoff
Benjamin Reubinoff Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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