Ofra Yanuka

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ofra Yanuka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ofra Yanuka has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ofra Yanuka's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Ofra Yanuka is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (10 papers). Ofra Yanuka collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Switzerland. Ofra Yanuka's co-authors include Nissim Benvenisty, Maya Schuldiner, Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor, Amir Eden, Douglas A. Melton, Rachel Eiges, Michal Amit, Hermona Soreq, Neta Lavon and Tamar Golan‐Lev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ofra Yanuka

31 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Embryoid Bodies Comprising the Three Embryonic Germ Layers

2000 1.1k citations Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor, Maya Schuldiner et al. profile →
Effects of eight growth factors on the differentiation of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells

2000 853 citations Maya Schuldiner, Ofra Yanuka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ofra Yanuka Israel	22	3.6k	1.0k	847	727	405	34	4.2k
Kenji Osafune Japan	29	4.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	930 1.1×	677 0.9×	307 0.8×	81	5.7k
Takashi Aoi Japan	18	4.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	729 0.9×	463 0.6×	400 1.0×	48	5.5k
Kaomei Guan Germany	39	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	701 0.8×	498 0.7×	445 1.1×	91	5.2k
Takumi Era Japan	35	3.0k 0.8×	829 0.8×	330 0.4×	482 0.7×	591 1.5×	91	4.4k
Ren‐He Xu United States	28	3.3k 0.9×	875 0.8×	717 0.8×	362 0.5×	777 1.9×	60	4.2k
Boris Greber Germany	37	4.2k 1.1×	812 0.8×	806 1.0×	450 0.6×	268 0.7×	78	5.0k
Paul J. Tesar United States	32	5.3k 1.5×	626 0.6×	577 0.7×	668 0.9×	385 1.0×	65	6.2k
Holm Zaehres Germany	31	4.3k 1.2×	731 0.7×	655 0.8×	429 0.6×	418 1.0×	62	5.2k
Noemi Fusaki Japan	24	3.2k 0.9×	484 0.5×	436 0.5×	469 0.6×	270 0.7×	39	4.0k
Knut Woltjen Japan	32	5.3k 1.5×	821 0.8×	692 0.8×	915 1.3×	303 0.7×	69	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ofra Yanuka

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Nissenbaum, J., et al.. (2025). Genome‐Wide Screening in Haploid Stem Cells Reveals Synthetic Lethality Targeting MLH1 and TP53 Deficient Tumours. Cell Proliferation. 58(11). e13788–e13788.

Nissenbaum, J., Tamar Golan‐Lev, Benjamin Reubinoff, et al.. (2024). Predicting tumour resistance to paclitaxel and carboplatin utilising genome‐wide screening in haploid human embryonic stem cells. Cell Proliferation. 58(3). e13771–e13771. 1 indexed citations

Golan‐Lev, Tamar, Ofra Yanuka, Oren Ram, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide screening reveals essential roles for HOX genes and imprinted genes during caudal neurogenesis of human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 19(11). 1598–1619.

Vershkov, Dan, Atilgan Yilmaz, Ofra Yanuka, Anders Lade Nielsen, & Nissim Benvenisty. (2022). Genome-wide screening for genes involved in the epigenetic basis of fragile X syndrome. Stem Cell Reports. 17(5). 1048–1058. 7 indexed citations

Bar, Shiran, Dan Vershkov, Atilgan Yilmaz, et al.. (2021). Identifying regulators of parental imprinting by CRISPR/Cas9 screening in haploid human embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6718–6718. 13 indexed citations

Sagi, Ido, Michael V. Zuccaro, Tamar Golan‐Lev, et al.. (2019). Distinct Imprinting Signatures and Biased Differentiation of Human Androgenetic and Parthenogenetic Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 25(3). 419–432.e9. 26 indexed citations

Weissbein, Uri, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide Screen for Culture Adaptation and Tumorigenicity-Related Genes in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. iScience. 11. 398–408. 7 indexed citations

Hecht, Merav, Amalia Tabib, Tamar Kahan, et al.. (2017). Epigenetic mechanism of FMR1 inactivation in Fragile X syndrome. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 61(3-4-5). 285–292. 13 indexed citations

Sagi, Ido, Gloryn Chia, Tamar Golan‐Lev, et al.. (2016). Derivation and differentiation of haploid human embryonic stem cells. Nature. 532(7597). 107–111. 117 indexed citations

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Halevy, Tomer, et al.. (2016). Molecular Characterization of Down Syndrome Embryonic Stem Cells Reveals a Role for RUNX1 in Neural Differentiation. Stem Cell Reports. 7(4). 777–786. 25 indexed citations

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Park, Chul‐Yong, Tomer Halevy, Dongjin R. Lee, et al.. (2015). Reversion of FMR1 Methylation and Silencing by Editing the Triplet Repeats in Fragile X iPSC-Derived Neurons. Cell Reports. 13(2). 234–241. 133 indexed citations

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Nejman, Deborah, Merav Hecht, Shari Orlanski, et al.. (2014). Aberrant DNA Methylation in ES Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96090–e96090. 12 indexed citations

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Stelzer, Yonatan, Ido Sagi, Ofra Yanuka, Rachel Eiges, & Nissim Benvenisty. (2014). The noncoding RNA IPW regulates the imprinted DLK1-DIO3 locus in an induced pluripotent stem cell model of Prader-Willi syndrome. Nature Genetics. 46(6). 551–557. 124 indexed citations

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Ben‐David, Uri, Tamar Golan‐Lev, Payal Arora, et al.. (2013). Selective Elimination of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by an Oleate Synthesis Inhibitor Discovered in a High-Throughput Screen. Cell stem cell. 12(2). 167–179. 250 indexed citations

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Yanuka, Ofra, et al.. (2013). Human Pluripotent Stem Cells with Distinct X Inactivation Status Show Molecular and Cellular Differences Controlled by the X-Linked ELK-1 Gene. Cell Reports. 4(2). 262–270. 21 indexed citations

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Dvash, Tamar, Yoav Mayshar, Henia Darr, et al.. (2004). Temporal gene expression during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and embryoid bodies. Human Reproduction. 19(12). 2875–2883. 107 indexed citations

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Lavon, Neta, Ofra Yanuka, & Nissim Benvenisty. (2004). Differentiation and isolation of hepatic-like cells from human embryonic stem cells. Differentiation. 72(5). 230–238. 186 indexed citations

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Schuldiner, Maya, Rachel Eiges, Amir Eden, et al.. (2001). Induced neuronal differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Brain Research. 913(2). 201–205. 306 indexed citations

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Eiges, Rachel, Maya Schuldiner, Micha Drukker, et al.. (2001). Establishment of human embryonic stem cell-transfected clones carrying a marker for undifferentiated cells. Current Biology. 11(7). 514–518. 274 indexed citations

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Ben‐Porath, Ittai, Ofra Yanuka, & Nissim Benvenisty. (1999). The Tmp Gene, Encoding a Membrane Protein, Is a c-Myc Target with a Tumorigenic Activity. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(5). 3529–3539. 35 indexed citations

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