2026 Mihaela Zavolan: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	79	1611	1531	28	27	196	43264

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Mihaela Zavolan is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Additional areas of study include Cancer Research, Physiology, Immunology, and Ecology.

The primary research topics covered by Mihaela Zavolan's work include RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways.

The scientist has published extensively, with contributions appearing prominently in several venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications
RNA
Genome biology

Notable recent papers include:

"CLIP and complementary methods" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
"The neuromuscular junction is a focal point of mTORC1 signaling in sarcopenia" (2020), published in Nature Communications
"Bayesian inference of gene expression states from single-cell RNA-seq data" (2021), published in Nature Biotechnology
"Distinct and additive effects of calorie restriction and rapamycin in aging skeletal muscle" (2022), published in Nature Communications
"Aberrant interaction of FUS with the U1 snRNA provides a molecular mechanism of FUS induced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (2020), published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Nitish Mittal
Dominik Bürri
Anastasiya Börsch
Meriç Ataman
Maria Katsantoni

Mihaela Zavolan has been recognized by election to scientific societies, including membership in the Academia Europaea since 2014 as well as membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

A mammalian microRNA expression atlas based on small RNA library sequencing.

Pablo Landgraf;Mirabela Rusu;Robert Sheridan;Alain Sewer;Alain Sewer

4553
Citations
The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

4200
Citations
Transcriptome-wide Identification of RNA-Binding Protein and MicroRNA Target Sites by PAR-CLIP

Markus Hafner;Markus Landthaler;Lukas Burger;Mohsen Khorshid

3205
Citations
Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

2121
Citations
Identification of Virus-Encoded MicroRNAs

Sébastien Pfeffer;Mihaela Zavolan;Friedrich A. Grässer;Minchen Chien

2072
Citations
A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes

Alexei Aravin;Dimos Gaidatzis;Sébastien Pfeffer;Sébastien Pfeffer;Sébastien Pfeffer;Mariana Lagos-Quintana

1691
Citations
Identification of microRNAs of the herpesvirus family

Sébastien Pfeffer;Alain Sewer;Mariana Lagos-Quintana;Robert Sheridan

1501
Citations
The small RNA profile during Drosophila melanogaster development

Alexei A. Aravin;Mariana Lagos-Quintana;Abdullah Yalcin;Mihaela Zavolan

1257
Citations
MicroRNAs 103 and 107 regulate insulin sensitivity

Mirko Trajkovski;Jean Hausser;Jean Hausser;Jiirgen Soutschek;Bal Bhat

1096
Citations
miR-375 maintains normal pancreatic α- and β-cell mass

Matthew N. Poy;Jean Hausser;Mirko Trajkovski;Matthias Braun

901
Citations
Cell-type-specific signatures of microRNAs on target mRNA expression

Pranidhi Sood;Azra Krek;Mihaela Zavolan;Giuseppe Macino

780
Citations
Decay Rates of Human mRNAs: Correlation With Functional Characteristics and Sequence Attributes

Edward Yang;Erik van Nimwegen;Mihaela Zavolan;Nikolaus Rajewsky

724
Citations
Identification and consequences of miRNA-target interactions--beyond repression of gene expression

Jean Hausser;Mihaela Zavolan

695
Citations
Cellular cofactors affecting hepatitis C virus infection and replication

Glenn Randall;Maryline Panis;Jacob D. Cooper;Timothy L. Tellinghuisen

693
Citations
Quantitative technologies establish a novel microRNA profile of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Valerio Fulci;Sabina Chiaretti;Marina Goldoni;Gianluca Azzalin

631
Citations
MicroRNAs control de novo DNA methylation through regulation of transcriptional repressors in mouse embryonic stem cells

Lasse Sinkkonen;Tabea Hugenschmidt;Philipp Berninger;Dimos Gaidatzis

596
Citations
A quantitative analysis of CLIP methods for identifying binding sites of RNA-binding proteins

Shivendra Kishore;Lukasz Jaskiewicz;Lukas Burger;Jean Hausser

546
Citations
The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

Harukazu Suzuki;Alistair R.R. Forrest;Erik Van Nimwegen;Carsten O. Daub

497
Citations
Molecular characterization of human Argonaute-containing ribonucleoprotein complexes and their bound target mRNAs

Markus Landthaler;Dimos Gaidatzis;Andrea Rothballer;Po Yu Chen

455
Citations
Inference of miRNA targets using evolutionary conservation and pathway analysis

Dimos Gaidatzis;Dimos Gaidatzis;Erik van Nimwegen;Erik van Nimwegen;Jean Hausser;Jean Hausser;Mihaela Zavolan;Mihaela Zavolan

442
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik van Nimwegen University of Basel

Thomas Tuschl Rockefeller University

Markus Landthaler Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Markus Hafner National Institutes of Health

Chris Sander Harvard University

Salvatore Piscuoglio Humanitas University

Walter Keller University of Basel

Jingyue Ju Columbia University

Robert L. Sheridan Harvard University

Luigi Terracciano University Hospital of Basel

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