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Biology and Biochemistry
Israel
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
109438
World Ranking
875
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Israel Leader 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)

Overview

Ido Amit is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, focusing primarily on medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Their subfields highlight specialization in:

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oncology
  • Neurology
  • Genetics

Research topics covered in their publications focus on:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

Ido Amit has published extensively in several venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • Blood
  • Nature Cancer
  • Nature Medicine

Their recent papers include:

  • Single-cell landscape of bronchoalveolar immune cells in patients with COVID-19 (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads (2022, Neuron)
  • Elevated Calprotectin and Abnormal Myeloid Cell Subsets Discriminate Severe from Mild COVID-19 (2020, Cell)
  • The Physiology, Pathology, and Potential Therapeutic Applications of the TREM2 Signaling Pathway (2020, Cell)
  • Host-Viral Infection Maps Reveal Signatures of Severe COVID-19 Patients (2020, Cell)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ido Amit include:

  • Eyal David
  • Amir Giladi
  • Assaf Weiner
  • Mor Zada
  • Oren Barboy

Ido Amit is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome.

    Manfred G Grabherr;Brian J Haas;Moran Yassour;Moran Yassour;Joshua Z Levin

  • Comprehensive mapping of long-range interactions reveals folding principles of the human genome.

    Erez Lieberman-Aiden;Nynke L. van Berkum;Louise Williams;Maxim Imakaev

  • A Unique Microglia Type Associated with Restricting Development of Alzheimer’s Disease

    Hadas Keren-Shaul;Amit Spinrad;Assaf Weiner;Assaf Weiner;Orit Matcovitch-Natan

  • Chromatin signature reveals over a thousand highly conserved large non-coding RNAs in mammals

    Mitchell Guttman;Ido Amit;Manuel Garber;Courtney French

  • Host microbiota constantly control maturation and function of microglia in the CNS

    Daniel Erny;Anna Lena Hrabě de Angelis;Diego Jaitin;Peter Wieghofer

  • Single-cell landscape of bronchoalveolar immune cells in patients with COVID-19.

    Mingfeng Liao;Yang Liu;Jing Yuan;Yanling Wen

  • A Large Intergenic Noncoding RNA Induced by p53 Mediates Global Gene Repression in the p53 Response

    Maite Huarte;Mitchell Guttman;Mitchell Guttman;David Feldser;Manuel Garber

  • Tissue-Resident Macrophage Enhancer Landscapes Are Shaped by the Local Microenvironment

    Yonit Lavin;Deborah Winter;Ronnie Blecher-Gonen;Eyal David

  • lincRNAs act in the circuitry controlling pluripotency and differentiation

    Mitchell Guttman;Julie Donaghey;Bryce W. Carey;Manuel Garber

  • Massively Parallel Single-Cell RNA-Seq for Marker-Free Decomposition of Tissues into Cell Types

    Diego Adhemar Jaitin;Ephraim Kenigsberg;Hadas Keren-Shaul;Naama Elefant

  • The Human Cell Atlas

    Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Sarah A Teichmann;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Eric S Lander;Ido Amit

  • m6A mRNA methylation facilitates resolution of naïve pluripotency toward differentiation

    Shay Geula;Sharon Moshitch-Moshkovitz;Dan Dominissini;Abed Al Fatah Mansour

  • Disease-Associated Microglia: A Universal Immune Sensor of Neurodegeneration

    Aleksandra Deczkowska;Hadas Keren-Shaul;Assaf Weiner;Marco Colonna

  • Microglia development follows a stepwise program to regulate brain homeostasis

    Orit Matcovitch-Natan;Deborah R. Winter;Amir Giladi;Stephanie Vargas Aguilar

  • Lipid-Associated Macrophages Control Metabolic Homeostasis in a Trem2-Dependent Manner

    Diego Adhemar Jaitin;Lorenz Adlung;Christoph A. Thaiss;Assaf Weiner

  • Innate Immune Landscape in Early Lung Adenocarcinoma by Paired Single-Cell Analyses.

    Yonit Lavin;Soma Kobayashi;Andrew Leader;El-ad David Amir

  • Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Lineage Commitment in Myeloid Progenitors

    Franziska Paul;Yaâara Arkin;Amir Giladi;Diego Adhemar Jaitin

  • Derivation of novel human ground state naive pluripotent stem cells

    Ohad Gafni;Leehee Weinberger;Abed AlFatah Mansour;Yair S. Manor

  • Dysfunctional CD8 T Cells Form a Proliferative, Dynamically Regulated Compartment within Human Melanoma

    Hanjie Li;Anne M. van der Leun;Ido Yofe;Yaniv Lubling

  • Single-cell spatial reconstruction reveals global division of labour in the mammalian liver

    Keren Bahar Halpern;Rom Shenhav;Orit Matcovitch-Natan;Beáta Tóth

Frequent Co-Authors

Eyal David
Eyal David Weizmann Institute of Science
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Amos Tanay
Amos Tanay Weizmann Institute of Science
Michal Schwartz
Michal Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science
Nir Yosef
Nir Yosef University of California, Berkeley
Shalev Itzkovitz
Shalev Itzkovitz Weizmann Institute of Science
Manuel Garber
Manuel Garber University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Steffen Jung
Steffen Jung Weizmann Institute of Science

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