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48
Citations
16052
World Ranking
18198
National Ranking
7434

Overview

Zissimos Mourelatos is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering. Their research topics notably include Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design, RNA modifications and cancer, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms.

They have authored several papers published in various scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • The University of Pennsylvania glioblastoma (UPenn-GBM) cohort: advanced MRI, clinical, genomics, & radiomics, 2022, Scientific Data
  • A sequential calibration and validation framework for model uncertainty quantification and reduction, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • R2-RRT*: Reliability-Based Robust Mission Planning of Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicle Under Uncertain Terrain Environment, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • TERA-Seq: true end-to-end sequencing of native RNA molecules for transcriptome characterization, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Efficient Reliability-Based Path Planning of Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicles Through the Coupling of Surrogate Modeling and RRT*, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Zhen Hu, with 16 coauthored papers
  • David Gorsich, with 10 coauthored papers
  • Chen Jiang, with 7 coauthored papers
  • Yixuan Liu, with 6 coauthored papers
  • Monica Majcher, with 5 coauthored papers

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Mechanical Design (6 publications)
  • SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility (3 publications)
  • Nucleic Acids Research (2 publications)
  • Nature Medicine (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • miRNPs: a novel class of ribonucleoproteins containing numerous microRNAs

    Zissimos Mourelatos;Josée Dostie;Sergey Paushkin;Anup Sharma

  • A combined computational-experimental approach predicts human microRNA targets

    Marianthi Kiriakidou;Peter T. Nelson;Andrei Kouranov;Petko Fitziev

  • Microarray-based, high-throughput gene expression profiling of microRNAs

    Peter T Nelson;Don A Baldwin;L Marie Scearce;J Carl Oberholtzer

  • An mRNA m7G cap binding-like motif within human Ago2 represses translation.

    Marianthi Kiriakidou;Grace S. Tan;Styliani Lamprinaki;Mariangels De Planell-Saguer

  • A human, ATP-independent, RISC assembly machine fueled by pre-miRNA

    Elisavet Maniataki;Zissimos Mourelatos

  • Numerous microRNPs in neuronal cells containing novel microRNAs

    Josée Dostie;Zissimos Mourelatos;Michael Yang;Anup Sharma

  • A yeast functional screen predicts new candidate ALS disease genes

    Julien Couthouis;Michael P. Hart;James Shorter;Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez

  • The microRNA World: Small Is Mighty

    Peter Nelson;Marianthi Kiriakidou;Anup Sharma;Elsa Maniataki

  • RAKE and LNA-ISH reveal microRNA expression and localization in archival human brain

    Peter T. Nelson;Don A. Baldwin;Wigard P. Kloosterman;Sakari Kauppinen

  • Evaluating the role of the FUS/TLS-related gene EWSR1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Julien Couthouis;Michael P. Hart;Michael P. Hart;Renske Erion;Oliver D. King

  • Mouse Piwi-interacting RNAs are 2'-O-methylated at their 3' termini.

    Yohei Kirino;Zissimos Mourelatos

  • MicroRNAs: Biogenesis and Molecular Functions

    Xuhang Liu;Kristine Fortin;Zissimos Mourelatos

  • High-Affinity GD2-Specific CAR T Cells Induce Fatal Encephalitis in a Preclinical Neuroblastoma Model.

    Sarah A. Richman;Selene Nunez-Cruz;Babak Moghimi;Lucy Z. Li

  • miRNP:mRNA association in polyribosomes in a human neuronal cell line

    Peter T. Nelson;Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou;Zissimos Mourelatos

  • SMN interacts with a novel family of hnRNP and spliceosomal proteins

    Zissimos Mourelatos;Linda Abel;Jeongsik Yong;Naoyuki Kataoka

  • Arginine methylation of Piwi proteins catalysed by dPRMT5 is required for Ago3 and Aub stability.

    Yohei Kirino;Namwoo Kim;Mariàngels de Planell-Saguer;Eugene Khandros

  • The Golgi apparatus of spinal cord motor neurons in transgenic mice expressing mutant Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase becomes fragmented in early, preclinical stages of the disease

    Z Mourelatos;N K Gonatas;A Stieber;M E Gurney

  • Mili and Miwi target RNA repertoire reveals piRNA biogenesis and function of Miwi in spermiogenesis

    Anastassios Vourekas;Qi Zheng;Panagiotis Alexiou;Manolis Maragkakis

  • Gemin5, a novel WD repeat protein component of the SMN complex that binds Sm proteins

    Amelie K. Gubitz;Zissimos Mourelatos;Zissimos Mourelatos;Linda Abel;Juri Rappsilber

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas K. Gonatas
Nicholas K. Gonatas University of Pennsylvania
Peter T. Nelson
Peter T. Nelson University of Kentucky
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou University Of Thessaly
Gideon Dreyfuss
Gideon Dreyfuss University of Pennsylvania
Juri Rappsilber
Juri Rappsilber Technical University of Berlin
Steven Galetta
Steven Galetta New York University Langone Medical Center
David M. Barrett
David M. Barrett Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Stephan A. Grupp
Stephan A. Grupp Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Brian D. Gregory
Brian D. Gregory University of Pennsylvania

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