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Jacob H. Hanna is a researcher affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their work predominantly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

The primary research topics covered in Hanna's publications include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA Research and Splicing, Cancer-related gene regulation, Renal and related cancers, and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hanna include Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Noa Novershtern, Sergey Viukov, Bernardo Oldak, and Lior Lasman.

Hanna has contributed articles to a variety of scientific journals and publication venues. The most common outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Molecular Cell, Cell, and Cell Reports.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacob H. Hanna are as follows:

  • Spatiotemporal Proteomic Analysis of Stress Granule Disassembly Using APEX Reveals Regulation by SUMOylation and Links to ALS Pathogenesis (2020, Molecular Cell)
  • Context-dependent functional compensation between Ythdf m6A reader proteins (2020, Genes & Development)
  • Embryo model completes gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis (2022, Nature)
  • Ex utero mouse embryogenesis from pre-gastrulation to late organogenesis (2021, Nature)
  • Post-gastrulation synthetic embryos generated ex utero from mouse naive ESCs (2022, Cell)

These publications demonstrate a combination of molecular and developmental biology themes, integrating advanced research techniques for the study of embryogenesis and RNA biology.

Best Publications

  • Histone H3K27ac separates active from poised enhancers and predicts developmental state

    Menno P. Creyghton;Albert W. Cheng;G. Grant Welstead;Tristan G. Kooistra

  • Genome-scale DNA methylation maps of pluripotent and differentiated cells

    Alexander Meissner;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Hongcang Gu;Marius Wernig

  • Epigenetic memory in induced pluripotent stem cells

    K. Kim;A. Doi;B. Wen;K. Ng

  • Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Mouse Model with iPS Cells Generated from Autologous Skin

    Jacob Hanna;Marius Wernig;Marius Wernig;Styliani Markoulaki;Styliani Markoulaki;Chiao-Wang Sun;Chiao-Wang Sun

  • Decidual NK cells regulate key developmental processes at the human fetal-maternal interface

    Jacob Hanna;Debra Goldman-Wohl;Yaron Hamani;Inbal Avraham

  • Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Jacob Hanna;Xiaolan Zhang;Manching Ku

  • m6A mRNA methylation facilitates resolution of naïve pluripotency toward differentiation

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

  • Direct cell reprogramming is a stochastic process amenable to acceleration

    Jacob Hanna;Krishanu Saha;Bernardo Pando;Jeroen van Zon

  • Derivation of novel human ground state naive pluripotent stem cells

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

  • Direct Reprogramming of Terminally Differentiated Mature B Lymphocytes to Pluripotency

    Jacob Hanna;Styliani Markoulaki;Patrick Schorderet;Bryce W. Carey

  • Human embryonic stem cells with biological and epigenetic characteristics similar to those of mouse ESCs

    Jacob Hanna;Albert W. Cheng;Krishanu Saha;Jongpil Kim

  • Pluripotency and Cellular Reprogramming: Facts, Hypotheses, Unresolved Issues

    Jacob H. Hanna;Krishanu Saha;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • SOX17 Is a Critical Specifier of Human Primordial Germ Cell Fate

    Naoko Irie;Naoko Irie;Leehee Weinberger;Walfred W.C. Tang;Walfred W.C. Tang;Toshihiro Kobayashi;Toshihiro Kobayashi

  • Lethal influenza infection in the absence of the natural killer cell receptor gene Ncr1.

    Roi Gazit;Raizy Gruda;Moran Elboim;Tal I Arnon

  • Reprogramming of murine and human somatic cells using a single polycistronic vector

    Bryce W. Carey;Styliani Markoulaki;Jacob Hanna;Kris Saha

  • Deterministic direct reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotency

    Yoach Rais;Asaf Zviran;Shay Geula;Ohad Gafni

  • Dynamic stem cell states: naive to primed pluripotency in rodents and humans

    Leehee Weinberger;Muneef Ayyash;Noa Novershtern;Jacob H. Hanna

  • A drug-inducible transgenic system for direct reprogramming of multiple somatic cell types

    Marius Wernig;Christopher J. Lengner;Jacob Hanna;Michael A. Lodato

  • Inhibition of the NKp30 activating receptor by pp65 of human cytomegalovirus.

    Tal I Arnon;Hagit Achdout;Ofer Levi;Gal Markel

  • Erratum: Dissecting direct reprogramming through integrative genomic analysis

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Jacob Hanna;Xiaolan Zhang;Manching Ku

Frequent Co-Authors

Ofer Mandelboim
Ofer Mandelboim Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gal Markel
Gal Markel Tel Aviv University
Christopher J. Lengner
Christopher J. Lengner University of Pennsylvania
Marius Wernig
Marius Wernig Stanford University
Ido Amit
Ido Amit Weizmann Institute of Science
Jason D. Buenrostro
Jason D. Buenrostro Harvard University
Angel Porgador
Angel Porgador Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Alexander Meissner
Alexander Meissner Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
William J. Greenleaf
William J. Greenleaf Stanford University

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