Benjamin J. Blencowe

University of Toronto — Canada

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA Research and Splicing(179), RNA modifications and cancer(114), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(100), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics(30), RNA regulation and disease(26)

Publications243 total

tRNA-overlapping long non-coding RNA loci repress codon-biased genes
Cell Reports·2025Open Access
No evidence that human GIGYF2 interacts with GRB10: implications for human disease
Life Science Alliance·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A highly conserved neuronal microexon in DAAM1 controls actin dynamics, RHOA/ROCK signaling, and memory formation
Nature Communications·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
No evidence that human GIGYF2 interacts with growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 (GRB10): implication for human disease
2025Open Access
CDC40 suppression induces CDCA5 splicing defects and anti-proliferative effects in lung cancer cells
Scientific Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
C2H2-zinc-finger transcription factors bind RNA and function in diverse post-transcriptional regulatory processes
Molecular Cell·2024· 40 cited
Recruitment of the m6A/m6Am demethylase FTO to target RNAs by the telomeric zinc finger protein ZBTB48
Genome biology·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Matrix stiffness-dependent regulation of immunomodulatory genes in human MSCs is associated with the lncRNA CYTOR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
High-throughput sensitive screening of small molecule modulators of microexon alternative splicing using dual Nano and Firefly luciferase reporters
Nature Communications·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Spatial proteomic mapping of human nuclear bodies reveals new functional insights into RNA regulation
2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Efficient, specific, and combinatorial control of endogenous exon splicing with dCasRx-RBM25
Molecular Cell·2024· 22 cited
Author Reply to Peer Reviews of Recruitment of the m6A/Am demethylase FTO to target RNAs by the telomeric zinc finger protein ZBTB48
2024
Correction: An activator of G protein-coupled receptor and MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling inhibits HIV-1 replication by altering viral RNA processing
PLoS Pathogens·2024Open Access
Identifying human pre-mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation factors by genome-wide CRISPR screens using a dual fluorescence readthrough reporter
Nucleic Acids Research·2024· 20 citedOpen Access
Recruitment of the m <sup>6</sup> A/Am demethylase FTO to target RNAs by the telomeric zinc finger protein ZBTB48
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Systematic analysis of alternative exon-dependent interactome remodeling reveals multitasking functions of gene regulatory factors
Molecular Cell·2023· 21 cited
Publisher Correction: Arg-tRNA synthetase links inflammatory metabolism to RNA splicing and nuclear trafficking via SRRM2
Nature Cell Biology·2023Open Access
Arg-tRNA synthetase links inflammatory metabolism to RNA splicing and nuclear trafficking via SRRM2
Nature Cell Biology·2023· 35 cited
RNA-binding proteins that lack canonical RNA-binding domains are rarely sequence-specific
Scientific Reports·2023· 48 citedOpen Access
Global detection of human variants and isoforms by deep proteome sequencing
Nature Biotechnology·2023· 189 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Qun Pan(17), Brendan J. Frey(12), Manuel Irimia(12), Timothy R. Hughes(9), Quaid Morris(8), Dave O’Hanlon(7), Ofer Shai(5), Xinchen Wang(5), Robert J. Weatheritt(5), Jeffrey L. Wrana(5), Ulrich Braunschweig(5), Leo J. Lee(4), Serge Gueroussov(4), Babak Alipanahi(4), Kevin Ha(4), Arneet L. Saltzman(4), Jonathan D. Ellis(3), Daniel H. Geschwind(3), Debashish Ray(3), Nuno L. Barbosa‐Morais(3)