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154
Citations
75099
World Ranking
121
National Ranking
62

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Edwin Grant Conklin Medal, Society for Developmental Biology
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Michael S. Levine is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology.

The scientist's body of work covers a range of topics related to genomics, gene regulation, and chromatin dynamics. Key research themes include:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Their recent published papers demonstrate active engagement with transcription dynamics, enhancer-promoter communication, and chromosomal organization in developmental contexts. Notable recent publications include:

  • Genome organization controls transcriptional dynamics during development (2022, Science)
  • Transcriptional coupling of distant regulatory genes in living embryos (2022, Nature)
  • Enhancer-promoter communication: hubs or loops? (2020, Current Opinion in Genetics & Development)
  • Independence of chromatin conformation and gene regulation during Drosophila dorsoventral patterning (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Chromosome-level organization of the regulatory genome in the Drosophila nervous system (2023, Cell)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • João Raimundo
  • Xinyang Bing
  • Evan M. Cofer
  • Chandra L. Theesfeld
  • Olga G. Troyanskaya

The primary publication venues for Michael S. Levine demonstrate a focus on disseminating research through both traditional peer-reviewed journals and preprint platforms. The most frequent venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • eLife
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recognition in the scientific community is marked by election to prestigious organizations. Michael S. Levine was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis : insights into chordate and vertebrate origins

    Paramvir Dehal;Yutaka Satou;Robert K. Campbell;Jarrod Chapman

  • Transcription regulation and animal diversity

    Michael Levine;Robert Tjian

  • A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

    W. McGinnis;M. S. Levine;M. S. Levine;E. Hafen;E. Hafen;A. Kuroiwa

  • A call for transparent reporting to optimize the predictive value of preclinical research

    Story C. Landis;Susan G. Amara;Khusru Asadullah;Chris P. Austin

  • Parkin-deficient Mice Exhibit Nigrostriatal Deficits but Not Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons

    Matthew S. Goldberg;Sheila M. Fleming;James J. Palacino;Carlos Cepeda

  • Immunological method for mapping genes on Drosophila polytene chromosomes

    Pennina R. Langer-Safer;Michael Levine;David C. Ward

  • Gene regulatory networks for development

    Michael Steven Levine;Eric H. Davidson

  • RNA polymerase stalling at developmental control genes in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo.

    Julia Zeitlinger;Alexander Stark;Manolis Kellis;Joung Woo Hong

  • Exploiting transcription factor binding site clustering to identify cis-regulatory modules involved in pattern formation in the Drosophila genome

    Benjamin P. Berman;Yutaka Nibu;Barret D. Pfeiffer;Pavel Tomancak

  • Full-Length Human Mutant Huntingtin with a Stable Polyglutamine Repeat Can Elicit Progressive and Selective Neuropathogenesis in BACHD Mice

    Michelle Gray;Dyna I. Shirasaki;Carlos Cepeda;Véronique M. André

  • Enhancer control of transcriptional bursting

    Takashi Fukaya;Bomyi Lim;Michael Levine

  • Inactivation of Hdh in the brain and testis results in progressive neurodegeneration and sterility in mice.

    Ioannis Dragatsis;Michael S. Levine;Scott Zeitlin;Scott Zeitlin

  • Neuromodulatory actions of dopamine in the neostriatum are dependent upon the excitatory amino acid receptor subtypes activated

    C Cepeda;N A Buchwald;M S Levine

  • Dif, a dorsal-related gene that mediates an immune response in Drosophila

    Ip Yt;Reach M;Engstrom Y;Kadalayil L

  • Transcriptional Enhancers in Animal Development and Evolution

    Michael Steven Levine

  • Regulation of even-skipped stripe 2 in the Drosophila embryo.

    Stephen Small;Adrienne Blair;Michael Levine

  • Characterization and localization of the even-skipped protein of Drosophila.

    M. Frasch;T. Hoey;C. Rushlow;H. Doyle

  • Divergent homeo box proteins recognize similar DNA sequences in Drosophila.

    Timothy Hoey;Michael Steven Levine

  • Transcriptional repression of eukaryotic promoters.

    Michael Levine;James L. Manley

  • The graded distribution of the dorsal morphogen is initiated by selective nuclear transport in Drosophila

    Christine A. Rushlow;Kyuhyung Han;James L. Manley;Michael Steven Levine

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Cepeda
Carlos Cepeda University of California, Los Angeles
Nathaniel A. Buchwald
Nathaniel A. Buchwald University of California, Los Angeles
Véronique M. André
Véronique M. André UCB Pharma (Belgium)
Robin S. Fisher
Robin S. Fisher University of California, Los Angeles
Gary W. Mathern
Gary W. Mathern University of California, Los Angeles
Harry V. Vinters
Harry V. Vinters University of California, Los Angeles
Marie-Françoise Chesselet
Marie-Françoise Chesselet University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Christopher S. Colwell
Christopher S. Colwell University of California, Los Angeles

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