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Jacques van Helden

Jacques van Helden

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
12155
World Ranking
18843
National Ranking
876

Overview

Jacques van Helden is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Key subfields in their work include Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Plant Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Their research addresses several important topics, notably:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Jacques van Helden has contributed to a range of publications across various respected scientific journals and platforms. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Environmental Chemistry Letters, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, and Nature Reviews Genetics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacques van Helden demonstrate a range of research interests and include:

  • In vitro screening of a FDA approved chemical library reveals potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria, 2020, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • RSAT 2022: regulatory sequence analysis tools, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Tracing the origins of SARS-COV-2 in coronavirus phylogenies: a review, 2021, Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • Tuning promoter boundaries improves regulatory motif discovery in nonmodel plants: the peach example, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Étienne Decroly, José Halloy, Aitana Neves, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, and Erik Hjerde. These collaborations have contributed to a multidisciplinary approach in their work.

Best Publications

  • Assessing computational tools for the discovery of transcription factor binding sites.

    Martin Tompa;Nan Li;Timothy L. Bailey;George M. Church

  • Evaluation of clustering algorithms for protein-protein interaction networks

    Sylvain Brohée;Jacques van Helden

  • Discovery of functional elements in 12 Drosophila genomes using evolutionary signatures

    Alexander Stark;Michael F Lin;Pouya Kheradpour;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

  • Regulatory Sequence Analysis Tools

    Jacques van Helden

  • Discovering regulatory elements in non-coding sequences by analysis of spaced dyads

    Jacques van Helden;Alma. F. Rios;Julio Collado-Vides

  • In vitro screening of a FDA approved chemical library reveals potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication.

    Franck Touret;Magali Gilles;Karine Barral;Antoine Nougairède

  • RSAT: regulatory sequence analysis tools

    Morgane Thomas-Chollier;Olivier Sand;Jean Valéry Turatsinze;Rekin's Janky

  • Effect of 21 different nitrogen sources on global gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Patrice Godard;Antonio Urrestarazu;Stéphan Vissers;Kevin Kontos

  • Using RSAT to scan genome sequences for transcription factor binding sites and cis -regulatory modules

    Jean Valéry Turatsinze;Morgane Thomas-Chollier;Matthieu Defrance;Jacques van Helden

  • RSAT 2011: regulatory sequence analysis tools

    Morgane Thomas-Chollier;Matthieu Defrance;Alejandra Medina-Rivera;Olivier Sand

  • RSAT peak-motifs: motif analysis in full-size ChIP-seq datasets

    Morgane Thomas-Chollier;Carl Herrmann;Matthieu Defrance;Olivier Sand

  • RSAT 2015: Regulatory Sequence Analysis Tools

    Alejandra Medina-Rivera;Matthieu Defrance;Olivier Sand;Carl Herrmann

  • Reticulate Representation of Evolutionary and Functional Relationships between Phage Genomes

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Jacques Van Helden;Ariane Toussaint;Raphaël Leplae

  • The powerful law of the power law and other myths in network biology

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Jacques van Helden

  • Genome-wide characterization of mammalian promoters with distal enhancer functions

    Lan T M Dao;Ariel O Galindo-Albarrán;Jaime A Castro-Mondragon;Charlotte Andrieu-Soler;Charlotte Andrieu-Soler;Charlotte Andrieu-Soler

  • Prophinder: a computational tool for prophage prediction in prokaryotic genomes

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Jacques Van Helden;Ariane Toussaint;Raphaël Leplae

  • Transcription factor regulation can be accurately predicted from the presence of target gene signatures in microarray gene expression data

    Ahmed Essaghir;Federica Toffalini;Laurent Knoops;Anders Kallin

  • RSAT 2018: regulatory sequence analysis tools 20th anniversary.

    Nga Thi Thuy Nguyen;Bruno Contreras-Moreira;Jaime Abraham Castro-Mondragón;Jaime Abraham Castro-Mondragón;Walter Santana-Garcia

  • Statistical analysis of yeast genomic downstream sequences reveals putative polyadenylation signals

    Jacques van Helden;Marcel.lí del Olmo;José E. Pérez-Ortín

  • Transcription factor regulation can be accurately predicted from the presence of target gene signatures in microarray gene expression data

    Ahmed Essaghir;Federica Toffalini;Anders Kallin;Laurent Knoops

Frequent Co-Authors

Shoshana J. Wodak
Shoshana J. Wodak Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Denis Thieffry
Denis Thieffry École Normale Supérieure
David Gilbert
David Gilbert Brunel University London
Julio Collado-Vides
Julio Collado-Vides National Autonomous University of Mexico
Etienne Decroly
Etienne Decroly Aix-Marseille University
Bruno André
Bruno André Université Libre de Bruxelles
Benedict Paten
Benedict Paten University of California, Santa Cruz
Stein Aerts
Stein Aerts KU Leuven

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