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Lena K. Afeyan

IIT@MIT · US
Area of research
Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and RNA modifications and cancer.
h-index
12
citations
4,023
works
19
NIH funding
primary concept
Biology
email

Recent publications

Protein codes promote selective subcellular compartmentalization
Science 2025cited by 76position: middledoi
Genetic variation associated with condensate dysregulation in disease
Developmental Cell 2022cited by 100position: middledoi
The transcription factor PAX8 promotes angiogenesis in ovarian cancer through interaction with SOX17
Science Signaling 2022cited by 54position: middledoi
Predicting master transcription factors from pan-cancer expression data
Science Advances 2021cited by 77position: middledoi
Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates
Science 2020cited by 517position: middledoi
MeCP2 links heterochromatin condensates and neurodevelopmental disease
Nature 2020cited by 200position: middledoi
Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates
Nature 2019cited by 710position: middledoi
Mediator Condensates Localize Signaling Factors to Key Cell Identity Genes
Molecular Cell 2019cited by 298position: middledoi
High-resolution specificity profiling and off-target prediction for site-specific DNA recombinases
Nature Communications 2019cited by 45position: middledoi
Transcription Factors Activate Genes through the Phase-Separation Capacity of Their Activation Domains
Cell 2018cited by 1,908position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Alessandra Dall’Agnese · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2018–2022)Tong Ihn Lee · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2018–2025)Nancy M. Hannett · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2018–2022)Richard A. Young · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research5 papers (2018–2022)Alicia V. Zamudio · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research4 papers (2018–2020)Jonathan E. Henninger · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research4 papers (2019–2022)John C. Manteiga · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2019)Dylan J. Taatjes · University of Colorado Boulder3 papers (2018–2019)Eliot L. Coffey · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research3 papers (2018–2020)Brian J. Abraham · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital3 papers (2018–2019)Ozgur Oksuz · NYU Langone Health3 papers (2019–2022)Benjamin R. Sabari · University of Oklahoma3 papers (2018–2019)Ann Boija · Celldex Therapeutics (United States)3 papers (2018–2019)Jurian Schuijers · Utrecht University3 papers (2018–2020)Charles H. Li · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research3 papers (2018–2020)Isaac A. Klein · Celldex Therapeutics (United States)3 papers (2018–2022)Jesse M. Platt · Case Western Reserve University2 papers (2020–2022)Jenna K. Rimel · University of Colorado Boulder2 papers (2018–2019)Jan-Hendrik Spille · University of Illinois Chicago2 papers (2019–2019)Charli B. Fant · University of Colorado Boulder2 papers (2018–2019)