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D-Index
80
Citations
36833
World Ranking
1556
National Ranking
199

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jürg Bähler is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Aging, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Cancer Research.

The main research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Among the recent scholarly articles associated with Jürg Bähler are:

  • "The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine," 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Fission stories: using PomBase to understand Schizosaccharomyces pombe biology," 2022, published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "De Novo and Bi-allelic Pathogenic Variants in NARS1 Cause Neurodevelopmental Delay Due to Toxic Gain-of-Function and Partial Loss-of-Function Effects," 2020, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Fission stories: Using PomBase to understand Schizosaccharomyces pombe biology," 2021, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Pyphe, a python toolbox for assessing microbial growth and cell viability in high-throughput colony screens," 2020, published in eLife

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • eLife
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Communications

Jürg Bähler has collaborated extensively with several researchers, often co-authoring papers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Rodríguez-López
  • Stephan Kamrad
  • Markus Ralser
  • StJohn Townsend
  • Michał Małecki

Jürg Bähler has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting professional acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The Gene Ontology Resource: 20 years and still GOing strong

    S. Carbon;E. Douglass;N. Dunn;B. Good

  • The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine

    Seth Carbon;Eric Douglass;Benjamin M Good

  • Heterologous modules for efficient and versatile PCR-based gene targeting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Jürg Bähler;Jian-Qiu Wu;Mark S. Longtine;Nirav G. Shah

  • Dynamic repertoire of a eukaryotic transcriptome surveyed at single-nucleotide resolution

    Brian T. Wilhelm;Brian T. Wilhelm;Samuel Marguerat;Samuel Marguerat;Stephen Watt;Stephen Watt;Falk Schubert;Falk Schubert

  • Tuning gene expression to changing environments: from rapid responses to evolutionary adaptation.

    Luis López-Maury;Samuel Marguerat;Jürg Bähler

  • GLOBAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSES OF FISSION YEAST TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS

    Dongrong Chen;W. Mark Toone;Juan Mata;Rachel Lyne

  • The BioGRID Interaction Database: 2008 update

    Bobby-Joe Breitkreutz;Chris Stark;Teresa Reguly;Lorrie Boucher

  • Transient structural variations have strong effects on quantitative traits and reproductive isolation in fission yeast.

    Daniel C. Jeffares;Clemency Jolly;Mimoza Hoti;Doug Speed

  • Gene ontology annotations and resources

    Blake Ja;Dolan M;Drabkin H

  • Methylation of histone H4 lysine 20 controls recruitment of Crb2 to sites of DNA damage.

    Steven L. Sanders;Manuela Portoso;Juan Mata;Jürg Bähler

  • RNA-seq: from technology to biology.

    Samuel Marguerat;Jürg Bähler

  • Quantitative Analysis of Fission Yeast Transcriptomes and Proteomes in Proliferating and Quiescent Cells

    Samuel Marguerat;M Alexander Schmidt;Sandra Codlin;Wei-Wei Chen

  • Periodic gene expression program of the fission yeast cell cycle

    Gabriella Rustici;Juan Mata;Katja Kivinen;Pietro Lió

  • The transcriptional program of meiosis and sporulation in fission yeast.

    Juan Mata;Rachel Lyne;Gavin Burns;Jürg Bähler

  • Arginine methylation at histone H3R2 controls deposition of H3K4 trimethylation

    Antonis Kirmizis;Helena Santos-Rosa;Christopher J. Penkett;Michael A. Singer

  • Rapidly regulated genes are intron poor

    Daniel C. Jeffares;Christopher J. Penkett;Christopher J. Penkett;Jürg Bähler;Jürg Bähler

  • Role of Polo Kinase and Mid1p in Determining the Site of Cell Division in Fission Yeast

    Jürg Bähler;Alexander B. Steever;Sally Wheatley;Yu-li Wang

  • PomBase: a comprehensive online resource for fission yeast

    Valerie Wood;Midori A. Harris;Mark D. McDowall;Kim Rutherford

  • Post-transcriptional control of gene expression : a genome-wide perspective

    Juan Mata;Samuel Marguerat;Jürg Bähler

  • Pom1p, a fission yeast protein kinase that provides positional information for both polarized growth and cytokinesis

    Jürg Bähler;John R. Pringle

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Ralser
Markus Ralser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Stephen G. Oliver
Stephen G. Oliver University of Cambridge
Nic Jones
Nic Jones University of Manchester
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
John R. Pringle
John R. Pringle Stanford University
Kathleen L. Gould
Kathleen L. Gould Vanderbilt University
Alvis Brazma
Alvis Brazma European Bioinformatics Institute
Robin C. Allshire
Robin C. Allshire University of Edinburgh
Fred Winston
Fred Winston Harvard University
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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