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87
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33199
World Ranking
2791
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1439

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Paul A. Khavari is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. They specialize primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

Their research encompasses several main topics: RNA Research and Splicing, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Khavari has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Nature Communications, Cell, and Nature.

Notable recent papers by Khavari include:

  • Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Cell
  • Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to elucidate intercellular tissue dynamics, 2021, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Spatially resolved clonal copy number alterations in benign and malignant tissue, 2022, Nature
  • SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 spike variants bind human ACE2 with increased affinity, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Khavari include Weili Miao, Douglas F. Porter, Robin M. Meyers, Andrew L. Ji, and Margaret Guo.

Khavari's work intersects diverse topics related to both fundamental molecular mechanisms and applied biomedical research, particularly in cancer biology and infectious disease.

Among honors, Khavari has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2014 and is also a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • An improved ATAC-seq protocol reduces background and enables interrogation of frozen tissues

    M Ryan Corces;Alexandro E Trevino;Emily G Hamilton;Peyton G Greenside

  • The functions and unique features of long intergenic non-coding RNA.

    Julia D Ransohoff;Yuning Wei;Paul A Khavari;Paul A Khavari

  • Purification and biochemical heterogeneity of the mammalian SWI-SNF complex.

    Weidong Wang;Jacques Côté;Yutong Xue;Sharleen Zhou

  • HiChIP: efficient and sensitive analysis of protein-directed genome architecture.

    Maxwell R Mumbach;Adam J Rubin;Ryan A Flynn;Chao Dai

  • Control of somatic tissue differentiation by the long non-coding RNA TINCR

    Markus Kretz;Zurab Siprashvili;Ci Chu;Dan E. Webster

  • Nucleosome disruption and enhancement of activator binding by a human SW1/SNF complex

    Hyockman Kwon;Anthony N. Imbalzano;Paul A. Khavari;Robert E. Kingston

  • Conjugation of arginine oligomers to cyclosporin A facilitates topical delivery and inhibition of inflammation

    Jonathan B. Rothbard;Sarah Garlington;Qun Lin;Thorsten Kirschberg

  • The retinoblastoma protein and BRG1 form a complex and cooperate to induce cell cycle arrest

    Joshua L. Dunaief;Bruce E. Strober;Sushovan Guha;Paul A. Khavari

  • Advances in skin grafting and treatment of cutaneous wounds.

    Bryan K. Sun;Zurab Siprashvili;Paul A. Khavari;Paul A. Khavari

  • BRG1 contains a conserved domain of the SWI2/SNF2 family necessary for normal mitotic growth and transcription

    Paul A. Khavari;Craig L. Peterson;John W. Tamkun;Dirk B. Mendel

  • Multimodal Analysis of Composition and Spatial Architecture in Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

    Andrew L. Ji;Adam J. Rubin;Kim Thrane;Sizun Jiang

  • NF-kappaB blockade and oncogenic Ras trigger invasive human epidermal neoplasia.

    Maya Dajee;Mirella Lazarov;Jennifer Y. Zhang;Ti Cai

  • Integrating single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to elucidate intercellular tissue dynamics

    Sophia K Longo;Margaret G Guo;Andrew L Ji;Paul A Khavari;Paul A Khavari

  • p63 regulates proliferation and differentiation of developmentally mature keratinocytes

    Amy B. Truong;Markus Kretz;Todd W. Ridky;Robin Kimmel

  • Enhancer connectome in primary human cells identifies target genes of disease-associated DNA elements

    Maxwell R Mumbach;Ansuman T Satpathy;Evan A Boyle;Chao Dai

  • Alterations in NF-κB function in transgenic epithelial tissue demonstrate a growth inhibitory role for NF-κB

    Cornelia S. Seitz;Qun Lin;Helen Deng;Paul A. Khavari

  • DNMT1 maintains progenitor function in self-renewing somatic tissue

    George L. Sen;Jason A. Reuter;Daniel E. Webster;Lilly Zhu

  • Suppression of progenitor differentiation requires the long noncoding RNA ANCR

    Markus Kretz;Dan E. Webster;Ross J. Flockhart;Carolyn S. Lee

  • Induction of basal cell carcinoma features in transgenic human skin expressing Sonic Hedgehog

    Hongran Fan;Anthony E. Oro;Matthew P. Scott;Paul A. Khavari;Paul A. Khavari

  • BRAFV600E remodels the melanocyte transcriptome and induces BANCR to regulate melanoma cell migration

    Ross J. Flockhart;Dan E. Webster;Kun Qu;Nicholas Mascarenhas

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Y. Chang
Howard Y. Chang Amgen (United States)
William J. Greenleaf
William J. Greenleaf Stanford University
M. Peter Marinkovich
M. Peter Marinkovich Stanford University
Ansuman T. Satpathy
Ansuman T. Satpathy Stanford University
Anshul Kundaje
Anshul Kundaje Stanford University
Douglas R. Keene
Douglas R. Keene Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland
Gerald R. Crabtree
Gerald R. Crabtree Stanford University
Anthony E. Oro
Anthony E. Oro Stanford University
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Michele P. Calos
Michele P. Calos Stanford University

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