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Renato Paro

Renato Paro

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
66
Citations
17567
World Ranking
2603
National Ranking
42

Renato Paro publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Renato Paro sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 135 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Renato Paro D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Renato Paro sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Renato Paro is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Subfields of particular emphasis include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Immunology, Surgery, and Genetics.

Their research interests extend to key topics such as Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA Research and Splicing, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research.

Among recent publications, Renato Paro has contributed to the following papers:

  • Distinct Transcriptional Responses across Tissue-Resident Macrophages to Short-Term and Long-Term Metabolic Challenge, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Reference Genes for Expression Studies in Human CD8+ Naïve and Effector Memory T Cells under Resting and Activating Conditions, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • dCas9-mediated dysregulation of gene expression in human induced pluripotent stem cells during primitive streak differentiation, 2022, Metabolic Engineering
  • Inducing oncolytic cell death in human cancer cells by the long non-coding RNA let-A, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A long non-coding RNA in the let-7 complex acting as a potent and specific death effector of cancer cells, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include Ueli Grossniklaus, Raffaella Santoro, Anton Wutz, Marco Geigges, and Christoph Hess. Renato Paro's work has appeared in several publication venues, especially bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, Scientific Reports, Metabolic Engineering, and PLoS ONE.

In addition to journal articles, Renato Paro has contributed to book publications. Notably, they authored Introduction to Epigenetics, published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Renato Paro has been recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic Regulation of Cellular Memory by the Polycomb and Trithorax Group Proteins

    Leonie Ringrose;Renato Paro

  • Analysis of chromatin structure by in vivo formaldehyde cross-linking

    Valerio Orlando;Helen Strutt;Renato Paro

  • Genome-Wide RNAi Analysis of Growth and Viability in Drosophila Cells

    Michael Boutros;Amy A. Kiger;Susan Armknecht;Susan Armknecht;Kim Kerr;Kim Kerr

  • The Polycomb protein shares a homologous domain with a heterochromatin-associated protein of Drosophila.

    Renato Paro;David S. Hogness

  • Polycomb/Trithorax response elements and epigenetic memory of cell identity.

    Leonie Ringrose;Renato Paro

  • Imprinting a determined state into the chromatin of Drosophila

    Renato Paro

  • Polycomb and polyhomeotic are constituents of a multimeric protein complex in chromatin of Drosophila melanogaster.

    A. Franke;M. Decamillis;D. Zink;Niansheng Cheng

  • Mapping polycomb-repressed domains in the bithorax complex using in vivo formaldehyde cross-linked chromatin

    Valerio Orlando;Renato Paro

  • Silencing chromatin: comparing modes and mechanisms.

    Christian Beisel;Renato Paro;Renato Paro

  • The Drosophila Fab-7 Chromosomal Element Conveys Epigenetic Inheritance during Mitosis and Meiosis

    Giacomo Cavalli;Renato Paro

  • Homo- and heterodimerization of APP family members promotes intercellular adhesion.

    Peter Soba;Simone Eggert;Katja Wagner;Hanswalter Zentgraf

  • In vivo binding pattern of a trans-regulator of homoeotic genes in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Barbara Zink;Renato Paro

  • Genome-Wide Prediction of Polycomb/Trithorax Response Elements in Drosophila melanogaster

    Leonie Ringrose;Marc Rehmsmeier;Jean-Maurice Dura;Renato Paro

  • Intergenic transcription through a Polycomb group response element counteracts silencing

    Sabine Schmitt;Matthias Prestel;Renato Paro

  • Epigenetic inheritance of active chromatin after removal of the main transactivator.

    Giacomo Cavalli;Renato Paro

  • Analysis of the functional role of the Polycomb chromo domain in Drosophila melanogaster.

    S Messmer;A Franke;R Paro

  • Transcriptional Silencing by Polycomb-Group Proteins

    Ueli Grossniklaus;Renato Paro

  • Co-localization of Polycomb protein and GAGA factor on regulatory elements responsible for the maintenance of homeotic gene expression

    Helen Strutt;Giacomo Cavalli;Renato Paro

  • Drosophila Polycomb-group regulated chromatin inhibits the accessibility of a trans-activator to its target DNA.

    D. Zink;R. Paro

  • Distinct roles of Hand2 in initiating polarity and posterior Shh expression during the onset of mouse limb bud development.

    Antonella Galli;Dimitri Robay;Marco Osterwalder;Xiaozhong Bao

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Boutros
Michael Boutros German Cancer Research Center
Victor V. Solovyev
Victor V. Solovyev Royal Holloway University of London
Giacomo Cavalli
Giacomo Cavalli University of Montpellier
Stefan A. Haas
Stefan A. Haas Max Planck Society
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Konrad Beyreuther
Konrad Beyreuther Heidelberg University
M. Azim Surani
M. Azim Surani University of Cambridge
Martin Vingron
Martin Vingron Max Planck Society
Bernhard Horsthemke
Bernhard Horsthemke University of Duisburg-Essen

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