Bas van Steensel

31.9k citations

131 papers · 22.1k indexed · 14 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Aging top 0.1%
Molecular Biology top 0.05%
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- RNA Research and Splicing
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Nuclear Structure and Function
- DNA Repair Mechanisms

Papers in

Molecular Biology 124
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 100
- RNA Research and Splicing 55
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 25
- Nuclear Structure and Function 22
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 20
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 18
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 11
Aging 2

Co-authors: Titia de Lange Agata Smogorzewska Mario Amendola Eva K. Brinkman Elzo de Wit Tao Chen Steven Henikoff Ludo Pagie
Journals: Cell (12 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (7 papers)Nature Genetics (7 papers)Genome Research (7 papers)Molecular Cell (6 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Bas van Steensel

128 papers receiving 21.9k citations

Hit Papers

14 papers align trajectories log scale

Nonlinear control of transcription through enhancer–promoter interactions 2022 · 231 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Nature
2017 Cell
2017 Cell
2014 Nucleic Acids Research
2013 Cell
2013 Cell
2010 Cell
2010 Molecular Cell
2008 Nature
2006 Nature Genetics
2000 Molecular and Cellular Biology
1998 Cell
1997 Nature
1995 Science

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1	Extrusion fountains are restricted by WAPL-dependent cohesin release and CTCF barriers Nucleic Acids Research ·Ning Qing Liu, Mikhail Magnitov, A Efrianto., Tom van Schaik, Hans Teunissen, Bas van Steensel, Elzo de Wit	2025	3
2	Functional maps of a genomic locus reveal confinement of an enhancer by its target gene Science ·M Eder, Sowmyashree Thimmappa, 藤林弘恭, Mikhail Magnitov, Maria Helena Zucon Ramos de Siqueira, Marcel de Haas, Christ Leemans, Jule Streety, Elzo de Wit, Anders S. Hansen, Bas van Steensel	2025	2
3	Machine learning prediction of prime editing efficiency across diverse chromatin contexts Nature Biotechnology ·Nicolas Mathis, Ahmed Allam, András Tálas, Lucas Kissling, Yunlin Cen, Lukas Schmidheini, Arfan Efendi Siregar, Tannaz Rahbari, Zsolt Balázs, Sharan Janjuha, Wun Siu Ng, Desirée Böck, Bas van Steensel, Michael Krauthammer, Gerald Schwank	2024	27
4	Nucleolus and centromere Tyramide Signal Amplification-Seq reveals variable localization of heterochromatin in different cell types Communications Biology ·Pradeep Kumar, Omid Gholamalamdari, Yang Zhang, Liguo Zhang, Anastassiia Vertii, Tom van Schaik, Daan Peric‐Hupkes, Takayo Sasaki, David M. Gilbert, Bas van Steensel, Jian Ma, Paul D. Kaufman, Andrew S. Belmont	2024	4
5	Heritable transcriptional defects from aberrations of nuclear architecture Nature ·Stamatis Papathanasiou, Alana Kirby, Shiwei Liu, Gregory J. Brunette, Lenín Alfonso Morales, Etai Jacob, Lanting Li, A I Sleptsova, Bas van Steensel, Jason D. Buenrostro, Cheng‐Zhong Zhang, David Pellman	2023	42
6	Dynamic chromosomal interactions and control of heterochromatin positioning by Ki‐67 EMBO Reports ·Tom van Schaik, Stefano Giustino Manzo, Elwell Stephen Otis, Ning Qing Liu, Hans Teunissen, Elzo de Wit, David M. Gilbert, Bas van Steensel	2022	12
7	Lamina-associated domains: Tethers and looseners Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·Stefano Giustino Manzo, 藤林弘恭, Bas van Steensel	2022	41
8	m6A methylation potentiates cytosolic dsDNA recognition in a sequence-specific manner Open Biology ·Antonio Tarroc Blanco, Sander Engels, Anja J. de Jong, Katka Franke, Timo K. van den Berg, Muhammet F. Gülen, Andrea Ablasser, Edith M. Janssen, Bas van Steensel, Monika C. Wolkers	2021	11
9	Cell cycle dynamics of lamina‐associated DNA EMBO Reports ·Tom van Schaik, Zhu Jiubin, Daan Peric‐Hupkes, Patrick H. N. Celie, Bas van Steensel	2020	77
10	Massive reshaping of genome–nuclear lamina interactions during oncogene-induced senescence Genome Research ·Christelle Lenain, Carolyn A. de Graaf, Ludo Pagie, Nils L. Visser, Marcel de Haas, Sandra S. de Vries, Daniel Peric‐Hupkes, Bas van Steensel, Daniel S. Peeper	2017	65
11	Genome-wide Maps of Nuclear Lamina Interactions in Single Human Cells Cell ·Jop Kind, Ludo Pagie, Sandra S. de Vries, Leila Nahidiazar, Siddharth S. Dey, Magda Bienko, Ye Zhan, Bryan R. Lajoie, Carolyn A. de Graaf, Mario Amendola, Geoffrey Fudenberg, Maxim Imakaev, Leonid A. Mirny, Kees Jalink, Job Dekker, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Bas van Steensel	2015	332
12	Systematic Protein Location Mapping Reveals Five Principal Chromatin Types in Drosophila Cells Cell ·Guillaume J. Filion, Joke G. van Bemmel, Ulrich Braunschweig, Wendy Talhout, Jop Kind, Lucas D. Ward, Wim Brugman, Inês J. de Castro, Ron Kerkhoven, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Bas van Steensel Hit paper breakdown →	2010	693
13	Histone H1 binding is inhibited by histone variant H3.3 The EMBO Journal ·Ulrich Braunschweig, M. Wijsman, Ludo Pagie, Bas van Steensel	2009	84
14	Bayesian network analysis of targeting interactions in chromatin Genome Research ·Bas van Steensel, Ulrich Braunschweig, Guillaume J. Filion, А.А. Тертычный, Joke G. van Bemmel, Trey Ideker	2009	46
15	Chromatin domains in higher eukaryotes: insights from genome-wide mapping studies Chromosoma ·Elzo de Wit, Bas van Steensel	2008	48
16	Hotspots of transcription factor colocalization in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Celine Moorman, 徳秀吉田, Junbai Wang, Elzo de Wit, Wendy Talhout, Lucas D. Ward, Frauke Greil, Xiang‐Jun Lu, Kevin P. White, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Bas van Steensel	2006	152
17	Nuclear organization of active and inactive chromatin domains uncovered by chromosome conformation capture–on-chip (4C) Nature Genetics ·Marieke Simonis, Petra Klous, Erik Splinter, Yuri M. Moshkin, Rob Willemsen, Elzo de Wit, Bas van Steensel, Wouter de Laat Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1020
18	Genomewide analysis of Drosophila GAGA factor target genes reveals context-dependent DNA binding. The Plant Journal ·Bas van Steensel, Jeffrey J. Delrow, Harmen J. Bussemaker	2003	7
19	Genomic binding by the Drosophila Myc, Max, Mad/Mnt transcription factor network Genes & Development ·Amir Orian, Bas van Steensel, Jeffrey J. Delrow, Harmen J. Bussemaker, Ling Li, Tomoyuki Sawado, Eleanor Williams, Lenora W. M. Loo, Shaun M. Cowley, Cynthia Yost, Sarah B. Pierce, Bruce A. Edgar, Susan M. Parkhurst, Robert N. Eisenman	2003	334
20	Binding of corticosteroid receptors to rat hippocampus nuclear matrix FEBS Letters ·Bas van Steensel, Aernout D. van Haarst, E. R. de Kloet, Roel van Driel	1991	20

About Bas van Steensel

Bas van Steensel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging, Behavioral Neuroscience, Plant Science and Genetics, having authored 131 papers that have together received 22.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (100 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (55 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (22 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (20 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (18 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (991 citations), Molecular Biology (19.4k citations), Physiology (3.5k citations), Plant Science (4.2k citations) and Genetics (2.7k citations). Bas van Steensel has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Titia de Lange, Agata Smogorzewska, Mario Amendola, Eva K. Brinkman, Elzo de Wit, Tao Chen, Steven Henikoff, Ludo Pagie, Andrew S. Belmont and Wendy Talhout. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Genetics, Genome Research and Molecular Cell.

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