2026 Juan Ausió: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	63	2875	2724	100	95	257	16440

Overview

Juan Ausió is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on Molecular Biology and Genetics, with additional work in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cancer Research.

Their main examined topics include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer, RNA modifications and cancer, Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and DNA Repair Mechanisms.

Juan Ausió has authored several notable papers, including:

MeCP2: The Genetic Driver of Rett Syndrome Epigenetics (2021, Frontiers in Genetics)
Histone H4 variant, H4G, drives ribosomal RNA transcription and breast cancer cell proliferation by loosening nucleolar chromatin structure (2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology)
The Role of MeCP2 in Regulating Synaptic Plasticity in the Context of Stress and Depression (2022, Cells)
Doxorubicin induces large-scale and differential H2A and H2B redistribution in live cells (2020, PLoS ONE)
Deciphering the Enigma of the Histone H2A.Z-1/H2A.Z-2 Isoforms: Novel Insights and Remaining Questions (2020, Cells)

Their frequent co-authors include Katrina Good, Ladan Kalani, Bo-Hyun Kim, José M. Eirín-López, and Jeffrey Shabanowitz. These collaborations contribute to the breadth of their research output across several scientific disciplines.

Juan Ausió's publications often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cells, Human Molecular Genetics, and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

Best Publications

Protein identification using sequential ion/ion reactions and tandem mass spectrometry

Joshua J. Coon;Beatrix Ueberheide;John E. P. Syka;Deanna D. Dryhurst

551
Citations
Modulation of Chromatin Folding by Histone Acetylation

Marta Garcia-Ramirez;Corinne Rocchini;Juan Ausio

450
Citations
Use of selectively trypsinized nucleosome core particles to analyze the role of the histone “tails” in the stabilization of the nucleosome

Juan Ausio;Feng Dong;K.E. van Holde

432
Citations
A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants

Paul B Talbert;Kami Ahmad;Geneviève Almouzni;Juan Ausió

379
Citations
Role of the histone "tails" in the folding of oligonucleosomes depleted of histone H1.

M. Garcia-Ramirez;Feng Dong;J. Ausio

315
Citations
Homogeneous reconstituted oligonucleosomes, evidence for salt-dependent folding in the absence of histone H1.

Jeffrey C. Hansen;Juan Ausio;Valerie H. Stanik;K. E. Van Holde

298
Citations
Histone hyperacetylation: its effects on nucleosome conformation and stability.

Juan Ausio;K. E. Van Holde

291
Citations
Chromatin States in Mouse Sperm Correlate with Embryonic and Adult Regulatory Landscapes

Yoon Hee Jung;Michael E.G. Sauria;Xiaowen Lyu;Manjinder S. Cheema

285
Citations
New insights into the nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin family of nuclear chaperones.

Lindsay J. Frehlick;José María Eirín-López;Juan Ausió

245
Citations
Histone ubiquitination: a tagging tail unfolds?

Laure J.M. Jason;Susan C. Moore;John D. Lewis;George Lindsey

236
Citations
A walk though vertebrate and invertebrate protamines.

John D Lewis;Yue Song;Miriam E de Jong;Sabira M Bagha

233
Citations
Characterization of the stability and folding of H2A.Z chromatin particles: implications for transcriptional activation.

D. Wade Abbott;Vessela S. Ivanova;Xiaoying Wang;William M. Bonner

233
Citations
Histone variants—the structure behind the function

Juan Ausió

230
Citations
Acetylation Increases the α-Helical Content of the Histone Tails of the Nucleosome *

Xiaoying Wang;Susan C. Moore;Mario Laszckzak;Juan Ausió

217
Citations
Persistent Interactions of Core Histone Tails with Nucleosomal DNA following Acetylation and Transcription Factor Binding

Vesco Mutskov;Delphine Gerber;Dimitri Angelov;Juan Ausio

192
Citations
Histone variant H2ABbd confers lower stability to the nucleosome.

Thierry Gautier;D Wade Abbott;Annie Molla;Andre Verdel

185
Citations
The anthracycline antibiotics: antitumor drugs that alter chromatin structure

Azra Rabbani;Ron M. Finn;Juan Ausió

182
Citations
H2A.Z and H3.3 histone variants affect nucleosome structure: biochemical and biophysical studies.

Amit Thakar;Pooja Gupta;Toyotaka Ishibashi;Ron Finn

162
Citations
Nucleosome core particle stability and conformational change. Effect of temperature, particle and NaCl concentrations, and crosslinking of histone H3 sulfhydryl groups

Juan Ausio;Dalia Seger;Henryk Eisenberg

156
Citations
Advances in Spermatozoal Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Barrie G. M. Jamieson;Juan Ausió;Jean-Lou Justine

142
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Manel Esteller Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute

John B. Vincent Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

K. E. Van Holde Oregon State University

Christoph H. Borchers McGill University

Martin Hirst University of British Columbia

Michael J. Hendzel University of Alberta

Donald F. Hunt University of Virginia

James H. Eubanks University Health Network

William M. Bonner National Institutes of Health

Stefan Dimitrov Grenoble Alpes University

External Links

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