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  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Yitzhak Pilpel is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Cancer Research, and Food Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics related to RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, evolution and genetic dynamics, RNA modifications and cancer, CRISPR and genetic engineering, gut microbiota and health, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Recent publications by Yitzhak Pilpel include the following:

  • Pan-cancer analyses reveal cancer-type-specific fungal ecologies and bacteriome interactions, 2022, Cell
  • Impact of dietary interventions on pre-diabetic oral and gut microbiome, metabolites and cytokines, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Dynamic changes in tRNA modifications and abundance during T cell activation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolution of resistance to COVID-19 vaccination with dynamic social distancing, 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Manipulation of the human tRNA pool reveals distinct tRNA sets that act in cellular proliferation or cell cycle arrest, 2020, eLife

Their frequent coauthors include Orna Dahan, Gabriela Lobinska, Martin A. Nowak, Omer Asraf, and Eran Segal.

Publications by Yitzhak Pilpel appear predominantly in the venues bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Research Square, Nature Communications, Genetics, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Noise in protein expression scales with natural protein abundance.

    Arren Bar-Even;Johan Paulsson;Johan Paulsson;Narendra Maheshri;Miri Carmi

  • An evolutionarily conserved mechanism for controlling the efficiency of protein translation.

    Tamir Tuller;Asaf Carmi;Kalin Vestsigian;Sivan Navon

  • Identifying regulatory networks by combinatorial analysis of promoter elements

    Yitzhak Pilpel;Priya Sudarsanam;George M. Church

  • Global and local architecture of the mammalian microRNA-transcription factor regulatory network.

    Reut Shalgi;Daniel S Lieber;Moshe Oren;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • Adaptive Prediction of Environmental Changes by Microorganisms

    Amir Mitchell;Gal H. Romano;Bella Groisman;Avihu Yona

  • Determinants of translation efficiency and accuracy.

    Hila Gingold;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • A Dual Program for Translation Regulation in Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation

    Hila Gingold;Disa Tehler;Nanna R. Christoffersen;Morten M. Nielsen

  • p53-independent upregulation of miR-34a during oncogene-induced senescence represses MYC.

    N R Christoffersen;R Shalgi;L B Frankel;E Leucci

  • Chromosomal duplication is a transient evolutionary solution to stress

    Avihu H. Yona;Yair S. Manor;Rebecca H. Herbst;Gal H. Romano

  • Genome-wide natural antisense transcription: coupling its regulation to its different regulatory mechanisms

    Michal Lapidot;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • Axonal transcription factors signal retrogradely in lesioned peripheral nerve

    Keren Ben-Yaakov;Shachar Y Dagan;Yael Segal-Ruder;Ophir Shalem

  • Differentially Regulated Micro-RNAs and Actively Translated Messenger RNA Transcripts by Tumor Suppressor p53 in Colon Cancer

    Yaguang Xi;Reut Shalgi;Oystein Fodstad;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • The olfactory receptor gene superfamily: data mining, classification, and nomenclature.

    Gustavo Glusman;Anita Bahar;Dror Sharon;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • Transcription control reprogramming in genetic backup circuits.

    Ran Kafri;Arren Bar-Even;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • Genetic Redundancy: New Tricks for Old Genes

    Ran Kafri;Michael Springer;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • Transient transcriptional responses to stress are generated by opposing effects of mRNA production and degradation.

    Ophir Shalem;Orna Dahan;Michal Levo;Maria Rodriguez Martinez

  • The regulatory utilization of genetic redundancy through responsive backup circuits

    Ran Kafri;Melissa Levy;Yitzhak Pilpel

  • The variable and conserved interfaces of modeled olfactory receptor proteins.

    Yitzhak Pilpel;Doron Lancet

  • Codon usage of highly expressed genes affects proteome-wide translation efficiency.

    Idan Frumkin;Marc J. Lajoie;Christopher J. Gregg;Gil Hornung

  • Discrimination between Paralogs using Microarray Analysis: Application to the Yap1p and Yap2p Transcriptional Networks

    Barak A. Cohen;Yitzhak Pilpel;Robi D. Mitra;George M. Church

Frequent Co-Authors

Doron Lancet
Doron Lancet Weizmann Institute of Science
Moshe Oren
Moshe Oren Weizmann Institute of Science
Eran Segal
Eran Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
Gwênlyn Glusman
Gwênlyn Glusman Institute for Systems Biology
Jeffrey E. Gerst
Jeffrey E. Gerst Weizmann Institute of Science
Zohar Yakhini
Zohar Yakhini Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Jason D. Buenrostro
Jason D. Buenrostro Harvard University
Mike Fainzilber
Mike Fainzilber Weizmann Institute of Science
Eitan Bibi
Eitan Bibi Weizmann Institute of Science

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