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D-Index
78
Citations
21241
World Ranking
1706
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Russia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Russia Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Mikhail S. Gelfand is affiliated with the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in the Russian Federation. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study for their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover a range of topics such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

The main research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

Mikhail S. Gelfand has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Some recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Order and stochasticity in the folding of individual Drosophila genomes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Genome-Wide Transcription Start Site Mapping and Promoter Assignments to a Sigma Factor in the Human Enteropathogen Clostridioides difficile, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Towards practical applications in quantum computational biology, 2021, Nature Computational Science
  • Draft genome sequences of Hirudo medicinalis and salivary transcriptome of three closely related medicinal leeches, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Single-cell Hi-C data analysis: safety in numbers, 2021, Briefings in Bioinformatics

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PeerJ
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurology
  • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Collaborations have been established with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Maria N. Tutukina
  • Aleksandra A. Galitsyna
  • Kerry O. Cleveland
  • Ekaterina E. Khrameeva
  • Sergey V. Ulianov

In addition to journal publications, Mikhail S. Gelfand has contributed to the book Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2021.

Recognition for their scientific contribution includes membership in the Academia Europaea since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Experimental Determination and System Level Analysis of Essential Genes in Escherichia coli MG1655

    S. Y. Gerdes;M. D. Scholle;J. W. Campbell;G. Balázsi

  • Frequent alternative splicing of human genes.

    Andrey A. Mironov;James Wildon Fickett;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Comparative Genomics of the Vitamin B12 Metabolism and Regulation in Prokaryotes

    Dmitry A. Rodionov;Alexey G. Vitreschak;Andrey A. Mironov;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Comparative Genomics of Thiamin Biosynthesis in Procaryotes NEW GENES AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS

    Dmitry A. Rodionov;Alexey G. Vitreschak;Andrey A. Mironov;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Gene recognition via spliced sequence alignment

    Mikhail S. Gelfand;Andrey A. Mironov;Pavel A. Pevzner

  • Riboswitches: the oldest mechanism for the regulation of gene expression?

    Alexey G Vitreschak;Dimitry A Rodionov;Andrey A Mironov;Mikhail S Gelfand

  • Regulation of riboflavin biosynthesis and transport genes in bacteria by transcriptional and translational attenuation

    Alexey G. Vitreschak;Dmitry A. Rodionov;Andrey A. Mironov;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Active chromatin and transcription play a key role in chromosome partitioning into topologically associating domains

    Sergey V. Ulianov;Ekaterina E. Khrameeva;Alexey A. Gavrilov;Ilya M. Flyamer

  • Comparative genomics of bacterial zinc regulons: Enhanced ion transport, pathogenesis, and rearrangement of ribosomal proteins

    Ekaterina M. Panina;Andrey A. Mironov;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Dissimilatory Metabolism of Nitrogen Oxides in Bacteria: Comparative Reconstruction of Transcriptional Networks

    Dmitry A Rodionov;Inna L Dubchak;Adam P Arkin;Eric J Alm

  • Comparative and functional genomic analysis of prokaryotic nickel and cobalt uptake transporters: evidence for a novel group of ATP-binding cassette transporters.

    Dmitry A. Rodionov;Peter Hebbeln;Mikhail S. Gelfand;Thomas Eitinger

  • A Novel Class of Modular Transporters for Vitamins in Prokaryotes

    Dmitry A. Rodionov;Dmitry A. Rodionov;Peter Hebbeln;Aymerick Eudes;Josy ter Beek

  • Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks

    Kira S. Makarova;Marina V. Omelchenko;Elena K. Gaidamakova;Vera Y. Matrosova

  • Comparative genomic analyses of nickel, cobalt and vitamin B12 utilization.

    Yan Zhang;Dmitry A Rodionov;Dmitry A Rodionov;Mikhail S Gelfand;Mikhail S Gelfand;Vadim N Gladyshev

  • Increase of functional diversity by alternative splicing.

    Evgenia V. Kriventseva;Ina Koch;Rolf Apweiler;Martin Vingron

  • A conserved RNA structure element involved in the regulation of bacterial riboflavin synthesis genes.

    Mikhail S Gelfand;Andrey A Mironov;Jurges Jomantas;Yuri I Kozlov

  • Prediction of transcription regulatory sites in Archaea by a comparative genomic approach

    M. S. Gelfand;E. V. Koonin;A. A. Mironov

  • Nuclear lamina integrity is required for proper spatial organization of chromatin in Drosophila

    Sergey V. Ulianov;Sergey V. Ulianov;Semen A. Doronin;Ekaterina E. Khrameeva;Ekaterina E. Khrameeva;Pavel I. Kos

  • Combining diverse evidence for gene recognition in completely sequenced bacterial genomes.

    Dmitrij Frishman;Andrey A. Mironov;Hans-Werner Mewes;Mikhail S. Gelfand

  • Regulation of the vitamin B12 metabolism and transport in bacteria by a conserved RNA structural element.

    Alexey G. Vitreschak;Dmitry A. Rodionov;Andrey A. Mironov;Mikhail S. Gelfand

Frequent Co-Authors

Dmitry A. Rodionov
Dmitry A. Rodionov Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Inna Dubchak
Inna Dubchak Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Adam P. Arkin
Adam P. Arkin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sergey V. Razin
Sergey V. Razin Russian Academy of Sciences
Andrei L. Osterman
Andrei L. Osterman Discovery Institute
Philipp Khaitovich
Philipp Khaitovich Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dmitrij Frishman
Dmitrij Frishman Technical University of Munich

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