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Molecular Biology

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Citations
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World Ranking
168
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Australia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

John S. Mattick is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a significant number of publications, with a primary focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and Plant Science.

The research topics most frequently addressed by Mattick include:

  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics

Mattick has published extensively in various venues, with a concentration in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mattick include:

  • Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations, 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Quantitative profiling of pseudouridylation dynamics in native RNAs with nanopore sequencing, 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • Structural venomics reveals evolution of a complex venom by duplication and diversification of an ancient peptide-encoding gene, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Integrative analyses of the RNA modification machinery reveal tissue- and cancer-specific signatures, 2020, Genome Biology
  • Exploring the epitranscriptome by native RNA sequencing, 2022, RNA

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Mattick's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Eva Maria Novoa
  • Oguzhan Begik
  • Huanle Liu
  • Martin A. Smith
  • Tim R. Mercer

John S. Mattick has been recognized by scientific academies, holding fellowships such as:

  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (2015)
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2008)

Best Publications

  • Long non-coding RNAs: insights into functions

    Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;John S. Mattick

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • 'Touchdown' PCR to circumvent spurious priming during gene amplification

    R.H. Don;P. T. Cox;B.J. Wainwright;K. Baker

  • Non-coding RNA

    John S. Mattick;Igor V. Makunin

  • Extracellular DNA Required for Bacterial Biofilm Formation

    Cynthia Beth Whitchurch;Tim Tolker-Nielsen;Paula C Ragas;John S Mattick

  • Ultraconserved Elements in the Human Genome

    Gill Bejerano;Michael Pheasant;Igor Makunin;Stuart Stephen

  • Antisense Transcription in the Mammalian Transcriptome

    S. Katayama;Y. Tomaru;T. Kasukawa;K. Waki

  • Structure and function of long noncoding RNAs in epigenetic regulation

    Tim R Mercer;John S Mattick

  • The rise of regulatory RNA.

    Kevin V. Morris;John S. Mattick

  • Specific expression of long noncoding RNAs in the mouse brain

    Tim R. Mercer;Marcel E. Dinger;Susan M. Sunkin;Mark F. Mehler

  • Non‐coding RNAs: regulators of disease

    Ryan J Taft;Ken C Pang;Timothy R Mercer;Marcel Dinger

  • Non-coding RNAs: the architects of eukaryotic complexity

    John S Mattick

  • RNA regulation: a new genetics?

    John S. Mattick

  • Long noncoding RNAs in mouse embryonic stem cell pluripotency and differentiation

    Marcel E. Dinger;Paulo P. Amaral;Tim R. Mercer;Ken C. Pang;Ken C. Pang

  • The relationship between non-protein-coding DNA and eukaryotic complexity.

    Ryan J. Taft;Michael Pheasant;John S. Mattick

  • The Human Mitochondrial Transcriptome

    Tim R. Mercer;Shane Neph;Marcel E. Dinger;Joanna Crawford

  • The Genetic Signatures of Noncoding RNAs

    John S. Mattick

  • Long noncoding RNAs and the genetics of cancer

    S W Cheetham;F Gruhl;J S Mattick;M E Dinger;M E Dinger

  • Somatic retrotransposition alters the genetic landscape of the human brain

    J. Kenneth Baillie;Mark W. Barnett;Kyle R. Upton;Daniel J. Gerhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel E. Dinger
Marcel E. Dinger University of Sydney
Tim R. Mercer
Tim R. Mercer Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Ryan J. Taft
Ryan J. Taft Illumina (United States)
Cynthia B. Whitchurch
Cynthia B. Whitchurch University of Technology Sydney
Martin A. Smith
Martin A. Smith Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
Lars K. Nielsen
Lars K. Nielsen University of Queensland

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