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Zvi Livneh publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zvi Livneh sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Zvi Livneh D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zvi Livneh is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed to fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, and Oncology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, DNA repair mechanisms, biosensors and analytical detection, RNA modifications and cancer, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and RNA research and splicing.

Livneh has been published in various scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EClinicalMedicine
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Livneh include:

  • Multi-center nationwide comparison of seven serology assays reveals a SARS-CoV-2 non-responding seronegative subpopulation, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Recurrent deletions in clonal hematopoiesis are driven by microhomology-mediated end joining, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Improved sensitivity, safety, and rapidity of COVID-19 tests by replacing viral storage solution with lysis buffer, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • TENT4A Non-Canonical Poly(A) Polymerase Regulates DNA-Damage Tolerance via Multiple Pathways That Are Mutated in Endometrial Cancer, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Effective bubble-based testing for SARS-CoV-2 using swab-pooling, 2022, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent collaborators associated with Livneh's work include:

  • Yuval Cohen
  • Ella Mendelson
  • Nicholas E. Geacintov
  • Michal Tepperberg Oikawa
  • Oran Erster

Best Publications

  • The Y-Family of DNA Polymerases

    Haruo Ohmori;Errol C. Friedberg;Robert P.P. Fuchs;Myron F. Goodman

  • The mutagenesis protein UmuC is a DNA polymerase activated by UmuD', RecA, and SSB and is specialized for translesion replication.

    Nina Bacher Reuven;Gali Arad;Ayelet Maor-Shoshani;Zvi Livneh

  • Two-polymerase mechanisms dictate error-free and error-prone translesion DNA synthesis in mammals

    Sigal Shachar;Omer Ziv;Sharon Avkin;Sheera Adar

  • DNA Repair Activity for Oxidative Damage and Risk of Lung Cancer

    Tamar Paz-Elizur;Meir Krupsky;Sara Blumenstein;Dalia Elinger

  • DNA molecule provides a computing machine with both data and fuel

    Yaakov Benenson;Rivka Adar;Tamar Paz-Elizur;Zvi Livneh

  • DNA repair of oxidative DNA damage in human carcinogenesis: Potential application for cancer risk assessment and prevention

    Tamar Paz-Elizur;Ziv Sevilya;Yael Leitner-Dagan;Dalia Elinger

  • Quantitative Analysis of Translesion DNA Synthesis across a Benzo[a]pyrene-Guanine Adduct in Mammalian Cells THE ROLE OF DNA POLYMERASE κ

    Sharon Avkin;Moshe Goldsmith;Susana Velasco-Miguel;Susana Velasco-Miguel;Nicholas Geacintov

  • Multiple two-polymerase mechanisms in mammalian translesion DNA synthesis

    Zvi Livneh;Omer Ziv;Sigal Shachar

  • Direct involvement of p53 in the base excision repair pathway of the DNA repair machinery

    Hagai Offer;Roland Wolkowicz;Devorah Matas;Sara Blumenstein

  • The mutagenesis proteins UmuD' and UmuC prevent lethal frameshifts while increasing base substitution mutations.

    Nina Bacher Reuven;Guy Tomer;Zvi Livneh

  • p53 and p21 regulate error-prone DNA repair to yield a lower mutation load.

    Sharon Avkin;Ziv Sevilya;Leanne Toube;Nicholas Geacintov

  • DNA Damage Control by Novel DNA Polymerases: Translesion Replication and Mutagenesis

    Zvi Livneh

  • PCNA Ubiquitination Is Important, But Not Essential for Translesion DNA Synthesis in Mammalian Cells

    Ayal Hendel;Peter H. L. Krijger;Noam Diamant;Zohar Goren

  • DNA polymerase ζ cooperates with polymerases κ and ι in translesion DNA synthesis across pyrimidine photodimers in cells from XPV patients

    Omer Ziv;Nicholas Geacintov;Satoshi Nakajima;Akira Yasui

  • Quantitative measurement of translesion replication in human cells: Evidence for bypass of abasic sites by a replicative DNA polymerase

    Sharon Avkin;Sheera Adar;Gil Blander;Zvi Livneh

  • Replication of Damaged DNA and the Molecular Mechanism of Ultraviolet Light Mutagenesis

    Zvi Livneh;Orna Cohen-Fix;Rami Skaliter;Tamar Elizur

  • Highly mutagenic replication by DNA polymerase V (UmuC) provides a mechanistic basis for SOS untargeted mutagenesis

    Ayelet Maor-Shoshani;Nina Bacher Reuven;Guy Tomer;Zvi Livneh

  • Multi-center nationwide comparison of seven serology assays reveals a SARS-CoV-2 non-responding seronegative subpopulation.

    Kfir Oved;Liraz Olmer;Yonat Shemer-Avni;Tamar Wolf

  • DNA damage bypass operates in the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle and exhibits differential mutagenicity

    Noam Diamant;Ayal Hendel;Ilan Vered;Thomas Carell

  • Development of an enzymatic DNA repair assay for molecular epidemiology studies: distribution of OGG activity in healthy individuals.

    Tamar Paz-Elizur;Dalia Elinger;Yael Leitner-Dagan;Sara Blumenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas E. Geacintov
Nicholas E. Geacintov New York University
Thomas Carell
Thomas Carell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ella Mendelson
Ella Mendelson Tel Aviv University
Gad Rennert
Gad Rennert Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Michal Mandelboim
Michal Mandelboim Sheba Medical Center
Errol C. Friedberg
Errol C. Friedberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis
Vassilis G. Gorgoulis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Myron F. Goodman
Myron F. Goodman University of Southern California
Vikas Gupta
Vikas Gupta Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Julian E. Sale
Julian E. Sale MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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