Serafin U. Colmenares

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Serafin U. Colmenares is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Serafin U. Colmenares has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 1 paper in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Serafin U. Colmenares's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Serafin U. Colmenares is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Serafin U. Colmenares collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and France. Serafin U. Colmenares's co-authors include Gary H. Karpen, Aniek Janssen, Danesh Moazed, Sylvain V. Costes, André Verdel, Steven P. Gygi, Scott A. Gerber, Mohammad Reza Motamedi, Irene Chiolo and Aris Polyzos and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Serafin U. Colmenares

15 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome
    2018 320 citations Aniek Janssen, Serafin U. Colmenares et al. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Serafin U. Colmenares United States 11 1.4k 565 137 119 71 16 1.6k
Manuela Portoso France 8 1.5k 1.0× 274 0.5× 226 1.6× 129 1.1× 43 0.6× 8 1.6k
Son C. Nguyen United States 20 1.2k 0.8× 336 0.6× 88 0.6× 205 1.7× 51 0.7× 36 1.3k
Elissa P. Lei United States 21 1.8k 1.2× 530 0.9× 106 0.8× 194 1.6× 64 0.9× 43 1.9k
С. Г. Георгиева Russia 21 1.7k 1.2× 359 0.6× 79 0.6× 181 1.5× 83 1.2× 128 1.8k
Douglas Roberts United States 12 1.5k 1.1× 244 0.4× 105 0.8× 120 1.0× 37 0.5× 12 1.6k
Robin van Schendel Netherlands 17 1.3k 0.9× 309 0.5× 131 1.0× 190 1.6× 80 1.1× 29 1.4k
Emmanuelle Martini France 16 1.7k 1.2× 311 0.6× 157 1.1× 213 1.8× 142 2.0× 25 1.8k
Aditya K. Sengupta Germany 7 1.9k 1.3× 355 0.6× 170 1.2× 321 2.7× 38 0.5× 8 2.0k
Boris A. Leibovitch United States 14 1.1k 0.8× 416 0.7× 116 0.8× 164 1.4× 31 0.4× 21 1.2k
Beth Elliott United States 9 962 0.7× 235 0.4× 130 0.9× 190 1.6× 55 0.8× 10 1.1k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Colmenares, Serafin U., et al.. (2025). Expanding the HP1a-binding consensus and molecular grammar for heterochromatin assembly. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(19). 1 indexed citations
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Colmenares, Serafin U., et al.. (2025). Hierarchical interactions between nucleolar and heterochromatin condensates are mediated by a dual-affinity protein. Nature Cell Biology. 27(12). 2102–2115.
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McIntyre, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Prevalent Fast Evolution of Genes Involved in Heterochromatin Functions. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(9). 1 indexed citations
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Schendel, Robin van, et al.. (2024). Double-strand breaks in facultative heterochromatin require specific movements and chromatin changes for efficient repair. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8984–8984. 2 indexed citations
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Lambooij, Jan-Paul, et al.. (2024). DNA double-strand break movement in heterochromatin depends on the histone acetyltransferase dGcn5. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(19). 11753–11767. 2 indexed citations
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Colmenares, Serafin U., et al.. (2020). Innovation of heterochromatin functions drives rapid evolution of essential ZAD-ZNF genes in Drosophila. eLife. 9. 24 indexed citations
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Lee, Yuh Chwen G., et al.. (2019). Rapid Evolution of Gained Essential Developmental Functions of a Young Gene via Interactions with Other Essential Genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36(10). 2212–2226. 19 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Serafin U. Colmenares, Timothy J. Lee, & Gary H. Karpen. (2018). Timely double-strand break repair and pathway choice in pericentromeric heterochromatin depend on the histone demethylase dKDM4A. Genes & Development. 33(1-2). 103–115. 40 indexed citations
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Janssen, Aniek, Serafin U. Colmenares, & Gary H. Karpen. (2018). Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 34(1). 265–288. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Colmenares, Serafin U., et al.. (2017). Drosophila Histone Demethylase KDM4A Has Enzymatic and Non-enzymatic Roles in Controlling Heterochromatin Integrity. Developmental Cell. 42(2). 156–169.e5. 37 indexed citations
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Colmenares, Serafin U., et al.. (2016). The composition and organization of Drosophila heterochromatin are heterogeneous and dynamic. eLife. 5. 53 indexed citations
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Chiolo, Irene, Aki Minoda, Serafin U. Colmenares, et al.. (2011). Double-Strand Breaks in Heterochromatin Move Outside of a Dynamic HP1a Domain to Complete Recombinational Repair. Cell. 144(5). 732–744. 415 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiguo, Serafin U. Colmenares, & Gary H. Karpen. (2011). Assembly of Drosophila Centromeric Nucleosomes Requires CID Dimerization. Molecular Cell. 45(2). 263–269. 46 indexed citations
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Colmenares, Serafin U., Shane M. Buker, Marc Bühler, Mensur Dlakić, & Danesh Moazed. (2007). Coupling of Double-Stranded RNA Synthesis and siRNA Generation in Fission Yeast RNAi. Molecular Cell. 27(3). 449–461. 124 indexed citations
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Moazed, Danesh, Marc Bühler, Shane M. Buker, et al.. (2006). Studies on the Mechanism of RNAi-dependent Heterochromatin Assembly. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 71(0). 461–471. 31 indexed citations
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Motamedi, Mohammad Reza, André Verdel, Serafin U. Colmenares, et al.. (2004). Two RNAi Complexes, RITS and RDRC, Physically Interact and Localize to Noncoding Centromeric RNAs. Cell. 119(6). 789–802. 438 indexed citations

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