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Michael C. Bassik is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. They have contributed extensively within subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Immune cells in cancer

Michael C. Bassik has coauthored frequently with several researchers. The most frequent collaborators include Kaitlyn Spees, David W. Morgens, Josh Tycko, Lacramioara Bintu, and Gaelen T. Hess.

Their publications appear regularly in respected venues. The most frequent publication sources are:

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

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael C. Bassik include:

  • Lipid-droplet-accumulating microglia represent a dysfunctional and proinflammatory state in the aging brain, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • CRISPR screens in cancer spheroids identify 3D growth-specific vulnerabilities, 2020, Nature
  • An expanded universe of cancer targets, 2021, Cell
  • A genome-wide atlas of co-essential modules assigns function to uncharacterized genes, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Systematic discovery of recombinases for efficient integration of large DNA sequences into the human genome, 2022, Nature Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Genome-Scale CRISPR-Mediated Control of Gene Repression and Activation

    Luke A. Gilbert;Max A. Horlbeck;Britt Adamson;Jacqueline E. Villalta

  • The CoQ oxidoreductase FSP1 acts parallel to GPX4 to inhibit ferroptosis.

    Kirill Bersuker;Joseph M. Hendricks;Zhipeng Li;Leslie Magtanong

  • Distinct BH3 domains either sensitize or activate mitochondrial apoptosis, serving as prototype cancer therapeutics.

    Anthony Letai;Michael C. Bassik;Loren D. Walensky;Mia D. Sorcinelli

  • JNK1-Mediated Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 Regulates Starvation-Induced Autophagy

    Yongjie Wei;Sophie Pattingre;Sangita Sinha;Michael Bassik;Michael Bassik

  • Exercise-induced BCL2-regulated autophagy is required for muscle glucose homeostasis

    Congcong He;Michael C. Bassik;Michael C. Bassik;Viviana Moresi;Kai Sun;Kai Sun

  • Lipid-droplet-accumulating microglia represent a dysfunctional and proinflammatory state in the aging brain

    Julia Marschallinger;Julia Marschallinger;Tal Iram;Macy Zardeneta;Song E. Lee

  • CMTM6 maintains the expression of PD-L1 and regulates anti-tumour immunity

    Marian L Burr;Marian L Burr;Marian L Burr;Christina E Sparbier;Yih-Chih Chan;James C Williamson

  • Proapoptotic BAX and BAK Modulate the Unfolded Protein Response by a Direct Interaction with IRE1α

    Claudio Hetz;Paula Bernasconi;Jill Fisher;Ann-Hwee Lee

  • Proapoptotic BAX and BAK regulate the type 1 inositol trisphosphate receptor and calcium leak from the endoplasmic reticulum

    Scott A. Oakes;Luca Scorrano;Joseph T. Opferman;Michael C. Bassik

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Synergistic drug combinations for cancer identified in a CRISPR screen for pairwise genetic interactions

    Kyuho Han;Edwin E Jeng;Gaelen T Hess;David W Morgens

  • Directed evolution using dCas9-targeted somatic hypermutation in mammalian cells

    Gaelen T Hess;Laure Frésard;Kyuho Han;Cameron H Lee

  • A Systematic Mammalian Genetic Interaction Map Reveals Pathways Underlying Ricin Susceptibility

    Michael C. Bassik;Martin Kampmann;Robert Jan Lebbink;Shuyi Wang

  • Systematic comparison of CRISPR/Cas9 and RNAi screens for essential genes

    David W Morgens;Richard M Deans;Amy Li;Michael C Bassik

  • DNA vector chemistry: The covalent attachment of signal peptides to plasmid DNA

    Magdolna G. Sebestyén;James J. Ludtke;Michael C. Bassik;Guofeng Zhang

  • Phosphorylation of BCL-2 regulates ER Ca2+ homeostasis and apoptosis

    Michael C Bassik;Luca Scorrano;Scott A Oakes;Tullio Pozzan

  • Genome-scale measurement of off-target activity using Cas9 toxicity in high-throughput screens

    David W. Morgens;Michael Wainberg;Evan A. Boyle;Oana Ursu

  • CD22 blockade restores homeostatic microglial phagocytosis in ageing brains

    John V. Pluvinage;Michael S. Haney;Benjamin A. H. Smith;Jerry Sun

  • Lipid droplet accumulating microglia represent a dysfunctional and pro-inflammatory state in the aging brain

    Julia Marschallinger;Julia Marschallinger;Tal Iram;Macy Zardeneta;Song E. Lee

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Kampmann
Martin Kampmann University of California, San Francisco
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Carolyn R. Bertozzi Stanford University
Anshul Kundaje
Anshul Kundaje Stanford University
Peter K. Jackson
Peter K. Jackson Stanford University
Ludmila Vodickova
Ludmila Vodickova Charles University
Pavel Vodicka
Pavel Vodicka Czech Academy of Sciences
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
William J. Greenleaf
William J. Greenleaf Stanford University

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