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64
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22561
World Ranking
9468
National Ranking
90

Overview

Igor Ulitsky is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Genetics as key subfields.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics related to RNA biology and cancer mechanisms. These include:

  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Circular RNAs in diseases

Ulitsky has published extensively, with a strong presence in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, Cell Reports, and Molecular Cell.

Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations," 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 uses a multipronged strategy to impede host protein synthesis," 2021, Nature
  • "Functional annotation of human long noncoding RNAs via molecular phenotyping," 2020, Genome Research
  • "Gene Architecture and Sequence Composition Underpin Selective Dependency of Nuclear Export of Long RNAs on NXF1 and the TREX Complex," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "The status of the human gene catalogue," 2023, Nature

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ulitsky include:

  • Rotem Ben-Tov Perry
  • B. M. Zuckerman
  • Noa Gil
  • Yoav Lubelsky
  • Boris Slobodin

Ulitsky's research contributes to understanding molecular mechanisms at the intersection of RNA biology and cancer, exploring RNA modifications, splicing, and their impact on disease, with attention to genomics and chromatin dynamics. The scientist's continued work in these areas is reflected in a high volume of publications and collaborations across prominent scientific journals and researchers in the field.

Best Publications

  • lincRNAs: genomics, evolution, and mechanisms.

    Igor Ulitsky;David P. Bartel

  • Network-based prediction of protein function

    Roded Sharan;Igor Ulitsky;Ron Shamir

  • Conserved Function of lincRNAs in Vertebrate Embryonic Development despite Rapid Sequence Evolution

    Igor Ulitsky;Alena Shkumatava;Alena Shkumatava;Calvin H. Jan;Calvin H. Jan;Hazel Sive

  • Dynamic changes in the copy number of pluripotency and cell proliferation genes in human ESCs and iPSCs during reprogramming and time in culture.

    Louise C. Laurent;Louise C. Laurent;Igor Ulitsky;Igor Ulitsky;Ileana Slavin;Ha Tran

  • Principles of long noncoding RNA evolution derived from direct comparison of transcriptomes in 17 species.

    Hadas Hezroni;David Koppstein;Matthew G. Schwartz;Alexandra Avrutin

  • Circular RNAs are long-lived and display only minimal early alterations in response to a growth factor

    Yehoshua Enuka;Mattia Lauriola;Morris E. Feldman;Aldema Sas-Chen

  • Regulation of gene expression by cis-acting long non-coding RNAs.

    Noa Gil;Igor Ulitsky

  • Beyond Secondary Structure: Primary-Sequence Determinants License Pri-miRNA Hairpins for Processing

    Vincent C. Auyeung;Igor Ulitsky;Igor Ulitsky;Sean E. McGeary;Sean E. McGeary;David P. Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • Evolution to the rescue: using comparative genomics to understand long non-coding RNAs

    Igor Ulitsky

  • Cross-Species Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Divergence of the Primate Microglia Program

    Laufey Geirsdottir;Eyal David;Hadas Keren-Shaul;Assaf Weiner

  • Regulatory networks define phenotypic classes of human stem cell lines

    Franz-Josef Müller;Franz-Josef Müller;Louise C. Laurent;Louise C. Laurent;Dennis Kostka;Igor Ulitsky

  • Identification of functional modules using network topology and high-throughput data

    Igor Ulitsky;Ron Shamir

  • Extensive alternative polyadenylation during zebrafish development

    Igor Ulitsky;Alena Shkumatava;Alena Shkumatava;Calvin H. Jan;Calvin H. Jan;Alexander Orest Subtelny;Alexander Orest Subtelny

  • Diversion of aspartate in ASS1-deficient tumours fosters de novo pyrimidine synthesis

    Shiran Rabinovich;Lital Adler;Keren Yizhak;Alona Sarver

  • Sequences enriched in Alu repeats drive nuclear localization of long RNAs in human cells

    Yoav Lubelsky;Igor Ulitsky

  • Nuclear Retention of mRNA in Mammalian Tissues.

    Keren Bahar Halpern;Inbal Caspi;Doron Lemze;Maayan Levy

  • Comprehensive MicroRNA Profiling Reveals a Unique Human Embryonic Stem Cell Signature Dominated by a Single Seed Sequence

    Louise C Laurent;Louise C Laurent;Jing Chen;Igor Ulitsky;Franz-Josef Mueller

  • The average common substring approach to phylogenomic reconstruction.

    Igor Ulitsky;David Burstein;Tamir Tuller;Benny Chor

  • Expander: from expression microarrays to networks and functions

    Igor Ulitsky;Igor Ulitsky;Adi Maron-Katz;Seagull Shavit;Dorit Sagir

  • A conserved abundant cytoplasmic long noncoding RNA modulates repression by Pumilio proteins in human cells

    Ailone Tichon;Noa Gil;Yoav Lubelsky;Tal Havkin Solomon

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Shamir
Ron Shamir Tel Aviv University
Ran Elkon
Ran Elkon Tel Aviv University
Louise C. Laurent
Louise C. Laurent University of California, San Diego
Eytan Ruppin
Eytan Ruppin National Institutes of Health
Karen B. Avraham
Karen B. Avraham Tel Aviv University
Jeanne F. Loring
Jeanne F. Loring Scripps Research Institute
Ayelet Erez
Ayelet Erez Weizmann Institute of Science
Shalev Itzkovitz
Shalev Itzkovitz Weizmann Institute of Science
Yosef Shiloh
Yosef Shiloh Tel Aviv University

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