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Overview

Thomas Preiss is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant specialization in molecular biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA methylation
  • Heat shock proteins research

They have several recent publications that highlight their contributions to understanding RNA biology and its implications in cancer and cellular mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "Prediction of m6A and m5C at single-molecule resolution reveals a transcriptome-wide co-occurrence of RNA modifications," 2024, published in Nature Communications
  • "RNA-binding proteins in cardiovascular biology and disease: the beat goes on," 2024, published in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Epigenetic inactivation of the 5-methylcytosine RNA methyltransferase NSUN7 is associated with clinical outcome and therapeutic vulnerability in liver cancer," 2023, published in Molecular Cancer
  • "Multiple links between 5-methylcytosine content of mRNA and translation," 2020, published in BMC Biology
  • "Selective Translation Complex Profiling Reveals Staged Initiation and Co-translational Assembly of Initiation Factor Complexes," 2020, published in Molecular Cell

Thomas Preiss collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Nikolay E. Shirokikh, Marco Guarnacci, Eduardo Eyras, Ulrike Schümann, and Attila Horváth, reflecting a collaborative research environment and interdisciplinary work.

Their research is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Visualized Experiments, Cancer Research, BMC Biology, and Molecular Cell. The presence of multiple publications in bioRxiv shows engagement with pre-publication research dissemination.

Best Publications

  • Insights into RNA Biology from an Atlas of Mammalian mRNA-Binding Proteins

    Alfredo Castello;Bernd Fischer;Katrin Eichelbaum;Rastislav Horos

  • A brave new world of RNA-binding proteins

    Matthias W. Hentze;Alfredo Castello;Thomas Schwarzl;Thomas Preiss

  • Widespread occurrence of 5-methylcytosine in human coding and non-coding RNA

    Jeffrey E. Squires;Hardip R. Patel;Marco Nousch;Tennille Sibbritt

  • MicroRNAs control translation initiation by inhibiting eukaryotic initiation factor 4E/cap and poly(A) tail function

    David T. Humphreys;Belinda J. Westman;David I. K. Martin;Thomas Preiss

  • Circular RNAs: splicing's enigma variations

    Matthias W Hentze;Thomas Preiss

  • Dual function of the messenger RNA cap structure in poly(A)-tail-promoted translation in yeast

    Thomas Preiss;Matthias W. Hentze

  • Starting the protein synthesis machine: eukaryotic translation initiation.

    Thomas Preiss;Matthias W. Hentze

  • G-quadruplexes regulate Epstein-Barr virus–encoded nuclear antigen 1 mRNA translation

    Pierre Murat;Jie Zhong;Lea Lekieffre;Nathan P Cowieson

  • Metabolic Enzymes Enjoying New Partnerships as RNA-Binding Proteins

    Alfredo Castello;Matthias W. Hentze;Thomas Preiss

  • Picornavirus IRESes and the poly(A) tail jointly promote cap-independent translation in a mammalian cell-free system.

    Giovanna Bergamini;Thomas Preiss;Matthias W. Hentze

  • RNA-binding proteins in Mendelian disease

    Alfredo Castello;Bernd Fischer;Matthias W. Hentze;Thomas Preiss

  • Neuronal MicroRNA Deregulation in Response to Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β

    Nicole Schonrock;Yazi D. Ke;David Humphreys;Matthias Staufenbiel

  • Genome-wide characterization of the routes to pluripotency

    Samer M.I. Hussein;Mira C. Puri;Peter D. Tonge;Marco Benevento

  • miR-380-5p represses p53 to control cellular survival and is associated with poor outcome in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma

    Alexander Swarbrick;Alexander Swarbrick;Susan L Woods;Susan L Woods;Alexander Shaw;Alexander Shaw;Alexander Shaw;Asha Balakrishnan

  • Translation driven by an eIF4G core domain in vivo.

    Ennio De Gregorio;Thomas Preiss;Matthias W. Hentze

  • A Network of Multiple Regulatory Layers Shapes Gene Expression in Fission Yeast

    Daniel H Lackner;Traude Helene Beilharz;Traude Helene Beilharz;Samuel Marguerat;Juan Mata

  • Dynamics of ribosome scanning and recycling revealed by translation complex profiling

    Stuart K. Archer;Stuart K. Archer;Nikolay E. Shirokikh;Traude H. Beilharz;Thomas Preiss;Thomas Preiss

  • Yeast 18S rRNA Dimethylase Dim1p: a Quality Control Mechanism in Ribosome Synthesis?

    Denis L. J. Lafontaine;Thomas Preiss;David Tollervey

  • Transcriptome-Wide Mapping of RNA 5-Methylcytosine in Arabidopsis mRNAs and Noncoding RNAs

    Rakesh David;Alice Burgess;Brian Parker;Brian Parker;Jun Li

  • From factors to mechanisms: translation and translational control in eukaryotes.

    Thomas Preiss;Matthias W Hentze

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias W. Hentze
Matthias W. Hentze European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Robert N. Lightowlers
Robert N. Lightowlers Newcastle University
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne
Catherine M. Suter
Catherine M. Suter University of New South Wales
Andras Nagy
Andras Nagy Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Sean M. Grimmond
Sean M. Grimmond University of Melbourne
Nicole Cloonan
Nicole Cloonan QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
David I. K. Martin
David I. K. Martin UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Jeong-Sun Seo
Jeong-Sun Seo Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

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