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Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais

Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
42
Citations
9856
World Ranking
3002
National Ranking
5

Overview

Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Physiology, Cancer Research, and Oncology. Their work involves a variety of topics including RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Gene expression and cancer classification, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Their recent publications include:

  • IgE to epitopes of Ara h 2 enhance the diagnostic accuracy of Ara h 2-specific IgE (2020, Allergy)
  • Allosteric Antagonist Modulation of TRPV2 by Piperlongumine Impairs Glioblastoma Progression (2021, ACS Central Science)
  • The splicing factor XAB2 interacts with ERCC1-XPF and XPG for R-loop processing (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Expression of receptor activator of NFkB (RANK) drives stemness and resistance to therapy in ER+HER2- breast cancer (2020, Oncotarget)
  • voyAGEr, a free web interface for the analysis of age-related gene expression alterations in human tissues (2023, eLife)

Frequent coauthors of Barbosa-Morais include:

  • Mariana Ascensão-Ferreira
  • Nuno Saraiva-Agostinho
  • Rita Martins-Silva
  • Marta Bica
  • Neuza S. Sousa

Their publications are often found in well-established venues, most commonly:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • RNA
  • eLife
  • Allergy
  • ACS Central Science

Best Publications

  • The Evolutionary Landscape of Alternative Splicing in Vertebrate Species

    Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Manuel Irimia;Qun Pan;Hui Y. Xiong

  • MicroRNA expression profiling of human breast cancer identifies new markers of tumor subtype

    Cherie Blenkiron;Leonard D Goldstein;Natalie P Thorne;Inmaculada Spiteri

  • Widespread intron retention in mammals functionally tunes transcriptomes

    Ulrich Braunschweig;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Qun Pan;Emil N. Nachman

  • High-resolution aCGH and expression profiling identifies a novel genomic subtype of ER negative breast cancer.

    Suet F Chin;Andrew E Teschendorff;John C Marioni;Yanzhong Wang

  • MBNL proteins repress ES-cell-specific alternative splicing and reprogramming

    Hong Han;Manuel Irimia;P. Joel Ross;Hoon Ki Sung

  • Species-specific transcription in mice carrying human chromosome 21.

    Michael D. Wilson;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Dominic Schmidt;Caitlin M. Conboy

  • A gene-expression signature to predict survival in breast cancer across independent data sets

    A Naderi;A E Teschendorff;N I Barbosa-Morais;N I Barbosa-Morais;Sarah Pinder

  • New androgen receptor genomic targets show an interaction with the ETS1 transcription factor.

    Charles E Massie;Boris Adryan;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Andy G. Lynch

  • ASD: a bioinformatics resource on alternative splicing

    Stefan Stamm;Jean-Jack M. Riethoven;Vincent Le Texier;Chellappa Gopalakrishnan

  • A re-annotation pipeline for Illumina BeadArrays: improving the interpretation of gene expression data

    Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Mark J. Dunning;Shamith A. Samarajiwa;Jeremy F. J. Darot

  • Tissue-specific splicing factor gene expression signatures

    Ana Rita Grosso;Anita Q. Gomes;Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Sandra Caldeira

  • PTBP1-Mediated Alternative Splicing Regulates the Inflammatory Secretome and the Pro-tumorigenic Effects of Senescent Cells.

    Athena Georgilis;Sabrina Klotz;Christopher J. Hanley;Nicolas Herranz

  • Light-entrained and brain-tuned circadian circuits regulate ILC3s and gut homeostasis

    Cristina Godinho-Silva;Rita G. Domingues;Miguel Rendas;Bruno Raposo

  • SIK2 is a centrosome kinase required for bipolar mitotic spindle formation that provides a potential target for therapy in ovarian cancer.

    Ahmed Ashour Ahmed;Ahmed Ashour Ahmed;Zhen Lu;Nicholas B. Jennings;Dariush Etemadmoghadam

  • Alternative splicing: the pledge, the turn, and the prestige : The key role of alternative splicing in human biological systems.

    L. M. Gallego-Paez;M. C. Bordone;A. C. Leote;N. Saraiva-Agostinho

  • Statistical issues in the analysis of Illumina data

    Mark J Dunning;Nuno L Barbosa-Morais;Andy G Lynch;Simon Tavaré

  • Using array-comparative genomic hybridization to define molecular portraits of primary breast cancers

    S F Chin;Yanzhong Wang;N P Thorne;A E Teschendorff

  • Over-elongation of centrioles in cancer promotes centriole amplification and chromosome missegregation

    Gaëlle Marteil;Adan Guerrero;Adan Guerrero;André F. Vieira;Bernardo P. de Almeida;Bernardo P. de Almeida

  • Association of ESR1 gene tagging SNPs with breast cancer risk

    Alison M. Dunning;Catherine S. Healey;Caroline Baynes;Ana Teresa Maia

  • Systematic genome-wide annotation of spliceosomal proteins reveals differential gene family expansion

    Nuno L. Barbosa-Morais;Maria Carmo-Fonseca;Samuel Aparício

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Carlos Caldas
Carlos Caldas University of Cambridge
Benjamin J. Blencowe
Benjamin J. Blencowe University of Toronto
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
James D. Brenton
James D. Brenton University of Cambridge
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes University of Cambridge
Maria Carmo-Fonseca
Maria Carmo-Fonseca University of Lisbon
Nicholas Coleman
Nicholas Coleman University of Cambridge
Andrew E. Teschendorff
Andrew E. Teschendorff University College London
Duncan T. Odom
Duncan T. Odom University of Cambridge

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