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D-Index
152
Citations
106601
World Ranking
78
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Stephen P. Jackson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

The main subfields in which they have published include Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology. Their work addresses several specific topics such as DNA Repair Mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for Stephen P. Jackson include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Nature Cell Biology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • John C. Thomas (12 joint publications)
  • Simon Lam (11 joint publications)
  • Christopher J. Carnie (10 joint publications)
  • Vipul Gupta (8 joint publications)
  • Guido Zagnoli-Vieira (7 joint publications)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen P. Jackson are:

  • "Combinatorial CRISPR screen identifies fitness effects of gene paralogues," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Interfaces between cellular responses to DNA damage and cancer immunotherapy," 2021, Genes & Development
  • "Revolutionizing DNA repair research and cancer therapy with CRISPR-Cas screens," 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Myocardial Fibrosis in Heart Failure: Anti-Fibrotic Therapies and the Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Drug Trials," 2020, Cardiology and Therapy
  • "Knockout or inhibition of USP30 protects dopaminergic neurons in a Parkinson's disease mouse model," 2023, Nature Communications

Stephen P. Jackson was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Targeting the DNA repair defect in BRCA mutant cells as a therapeutic strategy

    Hannah Farmer;Nuala McCabe;Christopher J. Lord;Andrew N. J. Tutt;Andrew N. J. Tutt

  • The DNA-damage response in human biology and disease

    Stephen P. Jackson;Jiri Bartek

  • DNA double-strand breaks: signaling, repair and the cancer connection.

    Kum Kum Khanna;Stephen P. Jackson

  • A DNA damage checkpoint response in telomere-initiated senescence

    Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna;Philip M. Reaper;Lorena Clay-Farrace;Heike Fiegler

  • ATM, ATR, and DNA-PK: The Trinity at the Heart of the DNA Damage Response.

    Andrew N. Blackford;Andrew N. Blackford;Andrew N. Blackford;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Human CtIP promotes DNA end resection

    Alessandro A. Sartori;Claudia Lukas;Julia Coates;Martin Mistrik

  • Conserved modes of recruitment of ATM, ATR and DNA-PKcs to sites of DNA damage.

    Jacob Falck;Julia Coates;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Sensing and repairing DNA double-strand breaks.

    Stephen P. Jackson

  • The DNA-dependent protein kinase: Requirement for DNA ends and association with Ku antigen

    Tanya M. Gottlieb;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Identification and characterization of a novel and specific inhibitor of the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated kinase ATM.

    Ian Hickson;Yan Zhao;Caroline J. Richardson;Sharon J. Green

  • MDC1 Directly Binds Phosphorylated Histone H2AX to Regulate Cellular Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks

    Manuel Stucki;Julie A. Clapperton;Duaa Mohammad;Michael B. Yaffe

  • ATM- and cell cycle-dependent regulation of ATR in response to DNA double-strand breaks

    Ali Jazayeri;Jacob Falck;Claudia Lukas;Jiri Bartek

  • Dynamics of DNA damage response proteins at DNA breaks: a focus on protein modifications

    Sophie E. Polo;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Regulation of p53 in response to DNA damage

    Nicholas D Lakin;Stephen P Jackson

  • The DNA-dependent protein kinase

    Graeme C.M. Smith;Stephen P. Jackson

  • The Mre11 complex: at the crossroads of dna repair and checkpoint signalling.

    Damien D'Amours;Stephen P. Jackson

  • O-glycosylation of eukaryotic transcription factors: Implications for mechanisms of transcriptional regulation

    Stephen P. Jackson;Robert Tjian

  • Defective DNA-dependent protein kinase activity is linked to V(D)J recombination and DNA repair defects associated with the murine scid mutation

    Tracy Blunt;Nicholas J Finnie;Guillermo E Taccioli;Guillermo E Taccioli;Graeme C.M Smith

  • Orchestration of the DNA-Damage Response by the RNF8 Ubiquitin Ligase

    Nadine K. Kolas;J. Ross Chapman;Shinichiro Nakada;Jarkko Ylanko;Jarkko Ylanko

  • A pathway of double-strand break rejoining dependent upon ATM, Artemis, and proteins locating to gamma-H2AX foci.

    Enriqueta Riballo;Martin Kühne;Nicole Rief;Aidan Doherty

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen D. Bell
Stephen D. Bell Indiana University
Daniel Durocher
Daniel Durocher Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute
Penny A. Jeggo
Penny A. Jeggo University of Sussex
Scott A. Armstrong
Scott A. Armstrong Harvard University
Robert J. White
Robert J. White University of York
Alan Ashworth
Alan Ashworth University of California, San Francisco
David Torrents
David Torrents Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Aidan J. Doherty
Aidan J. Doherty University of Sussex
Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna
Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna University of Cambridge

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