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Molecular Biology
Sweden
2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
138
Citations
94198
World Ranking
136
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Jiri Bartek is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has an extensive research portfolio focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in medicine. Their publication record consists of 168 works in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside 81 contributions related to medicine.

The scientist's main areas of research include molecular biology, oncology, cell biology, epidemiology, and cancer research. Their work addresses specific topics such as DNA repair mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, genomics and chromatin dynamics, cancer-related molecular pathways, CRISPR and genetic engineering, RNA research and splicing, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Jiri Bartek has published regularly in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Nature Communications (9 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • Cell Death and Differentiation (6 publications)
  • Molecular Cell (4 publications)
  • Cancer Research (4 publications)

Among recent papers, notable titles include:

  • "Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023", published in 2023 in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "The ubiquitin-dependent ATPase p97 removes cytotoxic trapped PARP1 from chromatin", published in 2022 in Nature Cell Biology
  • "AMBRA1 regulates cyclin D to guard S-phase entry and genomic integrity", published in 2021 in Nature
  • "p53 at the crossroad of DNA replication and ribosome biogenesis stress pathways", published in 2022 in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Induction of APOBEC3 Exacerbates DNA Replication Stress and Chromosomal Instability in Early Breast and Lung Cancer Evolution", published in 2021 in Cancer Discovery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jiri Bartek include:

  • Apolinar Maya-Mendoza
  • Martin Mistrík
  • Panagiotis Galanos
  • Dimitris C. Kanellis
  • Zdeněk Hodný

Best Publications

  • The DNA-damage response in human biology and disease

    Stephen P. Jackson;Jiri Bartek

  • Cell-cycle checkpoints and cancer

    Michael B. Kastan;Jiri Bartek

  • DNA damage response as a candidate anti-cancer barrier in early human tumorigenesis

    Jirina Bartkova;Zuzana Horejsí;Karen Koed;Alwin Krämer

  • The causes and consequences of genetic heterogeneity in cancer evolution.

    Rebecca A. Burrell;Nicholas McGranahan;Nicholas McGranahan;Jiri Bartek;Charles Swanton

  • Oncogene-induced senescence is part of the tumorigenesis barrier imposed by DNA damage checkpoints

    Jirina Bartkova;Nousin Rezaei;Michalis Liontos;Panagiotis Karakaidos

  • An oncogene-induced DNA damage model for cancer development.

    Thanos D. Halazonetis;Vassilis G. Gorgoulis;Jiri Bartek

  • Chk1 and Chk2 kinases in checkpoint control and cancer.

    Jiri Bartek;Jiri Lukas

  • Human CtIP promotes DNA end resection

    Alessandro A. Sartori;Claudia Lukas;Julia Coates;Martin Mistrik

  • The ATM-Chk2-Cdc25A checkpoint pathway guards against radioresistant DNA synthesis.

    Jacob Falck;Niels Mailand;Randi G. Syljuåsen;Jiri Bartek

  • Increased expression of mutant forms of p53 oncogene in primary lung cancer.

    R Iggo;K Gatter;J Bartek;D Lane

  • ATM- and cell cycle-dependent regulation of ATR in response to DNA double-strand breaks

    Ali Jazayeri;Jacob Falck;Claudia Lukas;Jiri Bartek

  • RNF8 Ubiquitylates Histones at DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Promotes Assembly of Repair Proteins

    Niels Mailand;Simon Bekker-Jensen;Helene Faustrup;Fredrik Melander

  • Retinoblastoma-protein-dependent cell-cycle inhibition by the tumour suppressor p16

    Jiri Lukas;David Parry;Louise Aagaard;David J. Mann

  • 53BP1 loss rescues BRCA1 deficiency and is associated with triple-negative and BRCA-mutated breast cancers

    Peter Bouwman;Amal Mahmoud Aly;Jose M. Escandell;Mark Pieterse

  • RNF168 Binds and Amplifies Ubiquitin Conjugates on Damaged Chromosomes to Allow Accumulation of Repair Proteins

    Carsten Doil;Niels Mailand;Simon Bekker-Jensen;Patrice Menard

  • Rapid destruction of human Cdc25A in response to DNA damage.

    Niels Mailand;Jacob Falck;Claudia Lukas;Randi G. Syljuåsen

  • Checking on DNA damage in S phase

    Jiri Bartek;Claudia Lukas;Jiri Lukas

  • DNA damage checkpoints: from initiation to recovery or adaptation.

    Jiri Bartek;Jiri Lukas

  • Amplification and Overexpression of Cyclin D1 in Breast Cancer Detected by Immunohistochemical Staining

    Cheryl Gillett;Vera Fantl;Rosalind Smith;Charlotte Fisher

  • Oncogene-induced senescence is part of the tumorigenesis barrier imposed by DNA damage

    Jirina Bartkova;Nousin Rezaei;Michalis Liontos;Panagiotis Karakaidos

Frequent Co-Authors

Jirina Bartkova
Jirina Bartkova Karolinska Institute
Jiri Lukas
Jiri Lukas University of Copenhagen
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Claudia Lukas
Claudia Lukas University of Copenhagen
Carl Blomqvist
Carl Blomqvist University of Helsinki
Heli Nevanlinna
Heli Nevanlinna University of Helsinki
Niels Mailand
Niels Mailand University of Copenhagen
Thanos D. Halazonetis
Thanos D. Halazonetis University of Geneva
Kristiina Aittomäki
Kristiina Aittomäki University of Helsinki
Simon Bekker-Jensen
Simon Bekker-Jensen University of Copenhagen

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