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Genetics

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National Ranking
7

Molecular Biology

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83
Citations
30141
World Ranking
894
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nissim Benvenisty is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Genetics, Ophthalmology, Cancer Research, and Cell Biology, contributing to a broad understanding of molecular mechanisms underpinning human biology and disease.

The main topics of Benvenisty's work encompass pluripotent stem cells research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, ocular oncology and treatments, retinal development and disorders, as well as genetic syndromes and imprinting. These themes illustrate a concentration on stem cell biology with emphasis on genetic and epigenetic factors affecting development, disease, and therapeutic potential.

Benvenisty has authored multiple research articles published in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • ISSCR standards for the use of human stem cells in basic research (2023, Stem Cell Reports)
  • The consequences of recurrent genetic and epigenetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells (2022, Cell Stem Cell)
  • Mapping Gene Circuits Essential for Germ Layer Differentiation via Loss-of-Function Screens in Haploid Human Embryonic Stem Cells (2020, Cell Stem Cell)
  • Cancer-Related Mutations Identified in Primed Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2020, Cell Stem Cell)
  • The Tumorigenic Potential of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2022, Stem Cells Translational Medicine)

The most frequent publication venues for Benvenisty's work are Stem Cell Reports, Cell Stem Cell, Cell Proliferation, Stem Cells Translational Medicine, and Nature Protocols. This reflects an emphasis on stem cell biology and related translational research in prominent journals within the field.

Frequent collaborators include Tamar Golan-Lev, Elyad Lezmi, Atilgan Yilmaz, Dan Vershkov, and Ofra Yanuka. These coauthors have partnered extensively with Benvenisty on multiple studies, indicating a consistent collaborative network within the stem cell and molecular biology research community.

In recognition of their contributions, Benvenisty was elected as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into embryoid bodies compromising the three embryonic germ layers.

    Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor;Maya Schuldiner;Dorit Karsenti;Amir Eden

  • Effects of eight growth factors on the differentiation of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells

    Maya Schuldiner;Ofra Yanuka;Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor;Douglas A. Melton

  • Characterization of human embryonic stem cell lines by the International Stem Cell Initiative

    Oluseun Adewumi;Behrouz Aflatoonian;Lars Ahrlund-Richter;Michal Amit

  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Embryonic Stem Cells Are Distinguished by Gene Expression Signatures

    Mark H. Chin;Mike J. Mason;Wei Xie;Stefano Volinia

  • The tumorigenicity of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells

    Uri Ben-David;Nissim Benvenisty

  • IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS IN HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

    Yoav Mayshar;Uri Ben-David;Neta Lavon;Juan-Carlos Biancotti

  • Characterization of the expression of MHC proteins in human embryonic stem cells

    Micha Drukker;Gil Katz;Achia Urbach;Maya Schuldiner

  • Epigenetic Memory and Preferential Lineage-Specific Differentiation in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Human Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells

    Ori Bar-Nur;Holger A. Russ;Shimon Efrat;Nissim Benvenisty

  • Pluripotent stem cells in disease modelling and drug discovery

    Yishai Avior;Ido Sagi;Nissim Benvenisty

  • Induced neuronal differentiation of human embryonic stem cells

    Maya Schuldiner;Rachel Eiges;Amir Eden;Ofra Yanuka

  • Genomic Imprinting and Physiological Processes in Mammals.

    Valter Tucci;Anthony R. Isles;Gavin Kelsey;Gavin Kelsey;Anne C. Ferguson-Smith

  • The tumorigenicity of human embryonic stem cells.

    Barak Blum;Nissim Benvenisty

  • Screening ethnically diverse human embryonic stem cells identifies a chromosome 20 minimal amplicon conferring growth advantage

    Katherine Amps;Peter W. Andrews;George Anyfantis;Lyle Armstrong

  • Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Differentiated Derivatives Are Less Susceptible to Immune Rejection Than Adult Cells

    Micha Drukker;Helena Katchman;Gil Katz;Smadar Even Tov Friedman

  • Human pluripotent stem cells recurrently acquire and expand dominant negative P53 mutations

    Florian T. Merkle;Sulagna Ghosh;Nolan Kamitaki;Jana Mitchell

  • Developmental programming of CpG island methylation profiles in the human genome

    Ravid Straussman;Deborah Nejman;Douglas Roberts;Israel Steinfeld

  • Differential modeling of Fragile X syndrome by human embryonic stem cells and induced-pluripotent stem cells

    Achia Urbach;Ori Bar-Nur;George Q. Daley;George Q. Daley;Nissim Benvenisty

  • Hallmarks of pluripotency

    Alejandro De Los Angeles;Francesco Ferrari;Ruibin Xi;Ruibin Xi;Yuko Fujiwara

  • Establishment of human embryonic stem cell-transfected clones carrying a marker for undifferentiated cells.

    Rachel Eiges;Maya Schuldiner;Micha Drukker;Ofra Yanuka

  • Overexpression of NANOG in human ES cells enables feeder-free growth while inducing primitive ectoderm features

    Henia Darr;Yoav Mayshar;Nissim Benvenisty

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter W. Andrews
Peter W. Andrews University of Sheffield
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dieter Egli
Dieter Egli Columbia University
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto
George Q. Daley
George Q. Daley Boston Children's Hospital
Maya Schuldiner
Maya Schuldiner Weizmann Institute of Science
Martin F. Pera
Martin F. Pera Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Benjamin Reubinoff
Benjamin Reubinoff Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Steve Oh
Steve Oh A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Ronald D. G. McKay
Ronald D. G. McKay Lieber Institute for Brain Development

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