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Michael J. Hendzel

Michael J. Hendzel

University of Alberta
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
22261
World Ranking
4319
National Ranking
146

Michael J. Hendzel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 204 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michael J. Hendzel D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. Hendzel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael J. Hendzel is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology as the dominant subfield. Additional areas of study include biophysics, structural biology, genetics, and oncology.

Their work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Michael J. Hendzel has published in several frequent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other notable journals include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Frontiers in Genetics, Genome, and Cell.

A selection of recent papers demonstrates the areas of study and the publication impact:

  • "Condensed Chromatin Behaves like a Solid on the Mesoscale In Vitro and in Living Cells", 2020, Cell
  • "Polycomb group-mediated histone H2A monoubiquitination in epigenome regulation and nuclear processes", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The solid and liquid states of chromatin", 2021, Epigenetics & Chromatin
  • "The Interchromatin Compartment Participates in the Structural and Functional Organization of the Cell Nucleus", 2020, BioEssays
  • "Matrix metalloproteinase-2 mediates ribosomal RNA transcription by cleaving nucleolar histones", 2021, FEBS Journal

The scientist collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Hilmar Strickfaden, D. Alan Underhill, Ajit Kumar Sharma, Jeffrey C. Hansen, and Marion Cremer.

Best Publications

  • Mitosis-specific phosphorylation of histone H3 initiates primarily within pericentromeric heterochromatin during G2 and spreads in an ordered fashion coincident with mitotic chromosome condensation.

    M J Hendzel;Y Wei;M A Mancini;A Van Hooser

  • PARP inhibition: PARP1 and beyond

    Michèle Rouleau;Anand Patel;Michael J. Hendzel;Scott H. Kaufmann

  • Enzymatic Activity Associated with Class II HDACs Is Dependent on a Multiprotein Complex Containing HDAC3 and SMRT/N-CoR

    Wolfgang Fischle;Franck Dequiedt;Michael J Hendzel;Matthew G Guenther

  • PARP1-dependent Kinetics of Recruitment of MRE11 and NBS1 Proteins to Multiple DNA Damage Sites

    Jean-François Haince;Darin McDonald;Amélie Rodrigue;Ugo Déry

  • Rapid exchange of histone H1.1 on chromatin in living human cells

    Melody A. Lever;John P. H. Th'ng;Xuejun Sun;Michael J. Hendzel

  • Proteome-wide identification of poly(ADP-ribose) binding proteins and poly(ADP-ribose)-associated protein complexes

    Jean Philippe Gagné;Maxim Isabelle;Ken Sin Lo;Sylvie Bourassa

  • RNF8- and RNF168-dependent degradation of KDM4A/JMJD2A triggers 53BP1 recruitment to DNA damage sites

    Frédérick A Mallette;Frédérick A Mallette;Francesca Mattiroli;Gaofeng Cui;Leah C Young

  • Promyelocytic Leukemia (Pml) Nuclear Bodies Are Protein Structures That Do Not Accumulate RNA

    François-Michel Boisvert;Michael J. Hendzel;David P. Bazett-Jones

  • Increased Ser-10 phosphorylation of histone H3 in mitogen-stimulated and oncogene-transformed mouse fibroblasts.

    D N Chadee;M J Hendzel;C P Tylipski;C D Allis

  • Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) signaling network is modulated by a novel poly(ADP-ribose)-dependent pathway in the early response to DNA-damaging agents.

    Jean François Haince;Sergei Kozlov;Valina L. Dawson;Ted M. Dawson

  • Human HDAC7 Histone Deacetylase Activity Is Associated with HDAC3 in Vivo

    Wolfgang Fischle;Franck Dequiedt;Maryse Fillion;Michael J. Hendzel

  • A NEW FAMILY OF HUMAN HISTONE DEACETYLASES RELATED TO SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE HDA1P

    Wolfgang Fischle;Stephane Emiliani;Michael J. Hendzel;Takahiro Nagase

  • Nucleoplasmic β-actin exists in a dynamic equilibrium between low-mobility polymeric species and rapidly diffusing populations

    Darin McDonald;Gustavo Carrero;Christi Andrin;Gerda de Vries

  • BMI1-mediated histone ubiquitylation promotes DNA double-strand break repair

    Ismail Hassan Ismail;Christi Andrin;Darin McDonald;Michael J. Hendzel

  • ATM-dependent DNA Damage-independent Mitotic Phosphorylation of H2AX in Normally Growing Mammalian Cells

    Kirk J. McManus;Michael J. Hendzel

  • The C-terminal domain is the primary determinant of histone H1 binding to chromatin in vivo.

    Michael J. Hendzel;Melody A. Lever;Ellen Crawford;John P.H. Th'ng

  • Using FRAP and mathematical modeling to determine the in vivo kinetics of nuclear proteins.

    Gustavo Carrero;Darin McDonald;Ellen Crawford;Gerda de Vries

  • H1 family histones in the nucleus. Control of binding and localization by the C-terminal domain.

    John P.H. Th'ng;Rohyun Sung;Ming Ye;Michael J. Hendzel

  • Regulation of global acetylation in mitosis through loss of histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases from chromatin.

    Michael J. Kruhlak;Michael J. Hendzel;Wolfgang Fischle;Nicholas R. Bertos

  • Reduced mobility of the alternate splicing factor (ASF) through the nucleoplasm and steady state speckle compartments.

    Michael J. Kruhlak;Melody A. Lever;Wolfgang Fischle;Eric Verdin

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy G. Poirier
Guy G. Poirier Université Laval
David P. Bazett-Jones
David P. Bazett-Jones University of Calgary
Michael J. Kruhlak
Michael J. Kruhlak National Institutes of Health
Jean-Yves Masson
Jean-Yves Masson Université Laval
Wolfgang Fischle
Wolfgang Fischle King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Eric Verdin
Eric Verdin Buck Institute for Research on Aging
James R. Davie
James R. Davie University of Manitoba
Michael Weinfeld
Michael Weinfeld University of Alberta
Juan Ausió
Juan Ausió University of Victoria
Jeffrey C. Hansen
Jeffrey C. Hansen Colorado State University

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