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Biology and Biochemistry
Argentina
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
12474
World Ranking
13779
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Marcelo J. Yanovsky is affiliated with Fundación Instituto Leloir in Argentina and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, plant science, infectious diseases, modeling and simulation, and health.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Light effects on plants
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Cancer-related gene regulation

Marcelo J. Yanovsky has published a number of papers in diverse venues. Notable recent works are:

  • Global transcriptome analysis reveals circadian control of splicing events in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Sputnik V vaccine elicits seroconversion and neutralizing capacity to SARS-CoV-2 after a single dose, 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • ASpli: integrative analysis of splicing landscapes through RNA-Seq assays, 2021, Bioinformatics
  • Emergency response for evaluating SARS-CoV-2 immune status, seroprevalence and convalescent plasma in Argentina, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • Prefoldins contribute to maintaining the levels of the spliceosome LSM2-8 complex through Hsp90 in Arabidopsis, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

  • María José de Leone
  • Soledad Perez-Santángelo
  • Estefanía Mancini
  • Ariel Chernomoretz
  • Julieta L. Mateos

The scientist published frequently in several academic journals, with the most publications found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Bioinformatics
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Cell

Marcelo J. Yanovsky was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Molecular basis of seasonal time measurement in Arabidopsis

    Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Steve A. Kay

  • Network discovery pipeline elucidates conserved time-of-day-specific cis-regulatory modules.

    Todd P. Michael;Todd C. Mockler;Todd C. Mockler;Ghislain Breton;Connor McEntee

  • Overlapping and Distinct Roles of PRR7 and PRR9 in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

    Eva M. Farré;Stacey L. Harmer;Frank G. Harmon;Marcelo J. Yanovsky

  • Genome-wide expression analysis in Drosophila reveals genes controlling circadian behavior.

    M. Fernanda Ceriani;John B. Hogenesch;Marcelo Yanovsky;Satchidananda Panda;Satchidananda Panda

  • Critical Role for CCA1 and LHY in Maintaining Circadian Rhythmicity in Arabidopsis

    David Alabadı́;Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Paloma Más;Stacey L. Harmer

  • Living by the calendar: how plants know when to flower.

    Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Steve A. Kay

  • A methyl transferase links the circadian clock to the regulation of alternative splicing

    Sabrina E. Sanchez;Ezequiel Petrillo;Esteban J. Beckwith;Xu Zhang

  • A genomic analysis of the shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis.

    Paul Francis Devlin;Marcelo Javier Yanovsky;Steve A. Kay

  • Dual Role of TOC1 in the Control of Circadian and Photomorphogenic Responses in Arabidopsis

    Paloma Más;David Alabadí;Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Tokitaka Oyama

  • A Role for LKP2 in the Circadian Clock of Arabidopsis

    Thomas F. Schultz;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Marcelo Yanovsky;Masamitsu Wada;Masamitsu Wada

  • Solar Ultraviolet-B Radiation Affects Seedling Emergence, DNA Integrity, Plant Morphology, Growth Rate, and Attractiveness to Herbivore Insects in Datura ferox.

    C. L. Ballare;A. L. Scopel;A. E. Stapleton;M. J. Yanovsky

  • Phytochrome B enhances photosynthesis at the expense of water-use efficiency in Arabidopsis.

    Hernan Esteban Boccalandro;Matias Leandro Rugnone;Javier Edgardo Moreno;Edmundo Leonardo Ploschuk

  • Arabidopsis thaliana life without phytochromes

    Bárbara Strasser;Maximiliano Sánchez-Lamas;Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Jorge J. Casal

  • The Dengue Virus NS5 Protein Intrudes in the Cellular Spliceosome and Modulates Splicing

    Federico A. De Maio;Guillermo Risso;Nestor G. Iglesias;Priya Shah

  • A chloroplast retrograde signal regulates nuclear alternative splicing

    Ezequiel Petrillo;Micaela Amalia Godoy Herz;Armin Fuchs;Dominik Reifer

  • LNK genes integrate light and clock signaling networks at the core of the Arabidopsis oscillator

    Matias Leandro Rugnone;Ana Faigon Soverna;Sabrina Elena Sanchez;Rubén Gustavo Schlaen

  • Phytochrome A, phytochrome B and HY4 are involved in hypocotyl growth responses to natural radiation in Arabidopsis: weak de‐etiolation of the phyA mutant under dense canopies

    M. J. Yanovsky;J. J. Casal;G. C. Whitelam

  • Increased phytochrome B alleviates density effects on tuber yield of field potato crops

    Hernán E. Boccalandro;Edmundo L. Ploschuk;Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Rodolfo A. Sánchez

  • Regulation of gene expression by light.

    Jorge José Casal;Marcelo Javier Yanovsky

  • The VLF loci, polymorphic between ecotypes Landsberg erecta and Columbia, dissect two branches of phytochrome A signal transduction that correspond to very‐low‐fluence and high‐irradiance responses

    Marcelo J. Yanovsky;Jorge J. Casal;Juan P. Luppi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge J. Casal
Jorge J. Casal University of Buenos Aires
Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
Paloma Mas
Paloma Mas Spanish National Research Council
Garry C. Whitelam
Garry C. Whitelam University of Leicester
Alberto R. Kornblihtt
Alberto R. Kornblihtt University of Buenos Aires
David Alabadí
David Alabadí Universitat Politècnica de València
Andrea V. Gamarnik
Andrea V. Gamarnik Fundación Instituto Leloir
John W. S. Brown
John W. S. Brown James Hutton Institute
Christiane Gatz
Christiane Gatz University of Göttingen
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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