Elena Kuzmin, Concordia University

Research

Cancer Genomics Crispr Functional Genomics Genetic Networks Genetics Triple Negative Breast Cancer Crc

Latest papers

PARPAL: PARalog Protein redistribution using Abundance and Localization in yeast database.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025 · senior author
Single-cell imaging of protein dynamics of paralogs reveals sources of gene retention.
iScience · 2025 · senior author
Benchmarking macaque brain gene expression for horizontal and vertical translation.
Science advances · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Focused ultrasound mediated CRISPR-Cas9 cardiac gene editing to reverse familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,189,576
Multigroup-shared Tabletop Ultracentrifuge
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$129,643
Systematic analysis of mitochondrial carrier functional redundancy using complex genetic interaction analysis
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$1,500

All 9 grants and awards

15 publications.

01

PARPAL: PARalog Protein redistribution using Abundance and Localization in yeast database.

Greco BM, Zapata G, Dandage R, Papkov M, Pereira V, Lefebvre F, Bourque G, Parts L, Kuzmin E

G3 (Bethesda, Md.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf148 PMID: 40580499

02

Single-cell imaging of protein dynamics of paralogs reveals sources of gene retention.

Dandage R, Papkov M, Greco BM, Pereira V, Fishman D, Friesen H, Wang K, Styles EB, Kraus O, Grys B, Zapata G, Lefebvre F, Bourque G, Boone C, Andrews BJ, Parts L, Kuzmin E

iScience2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112771 PMID: 40585364

03

Benchmarking macaque brain gene expression for horizontal and vertical translation.

Luppi AI, Liu ZQ, Hansen JY, Cofre R, Niu M, Kuzmin E, Froudist-Walsh S, Palomero-Gallagher N, Misic B

Science advances2025

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads6967 PMID: 40020056

04

Dynamics of karyotype evolution.

Kuzmin E, Baker TM, Van Loo P, Glass L

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)2024First author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0206011 PMID: 38717409

05

Evolution of chromosome-arm aberrations in breast cancer through genetic network rewiring.

Kuzmin E, Baker TM, Lesluyes T, Monlong J, Abe KT, Coelho PP, Schwartz M, Del Corpo J, Zou D, Morin G, Pacis A, Yang Y, Martinez C, Barber J, Kuasne H, Li R, Bourgey M, Fortier AM, Davison PG, Omeroglu A, Guiot MC, Morris Q, Kleinman CL, Huang S, Gingras AC, Ragoussis J, Bourque G, Van Loo P, Park M

Cell reports2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113988 PMID: 38517886

06

Trans-regulatory variant network contributes to missing heritability.

Pereira V, Kuzmin E

Cell genomics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100470 PMID: 38216282

07

Single-cell imaging of protein dynamics of paralogs reveals mechanisms of gene retention.

Dandage R, Papkov M, Greco BM, Fishman D, Friesen H, Wang K, Styles E, Kraus O, Grys B, Boone C, Andrews B, Parts L, Kuzmin E

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.23.568466 PMID: 38045359

08

Correspondence between gene expression and neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain.

Hansen JY, Markello RD, Tuominen L, Nørgaard M, Kuzmin E, Palomero-Gallagher N, Dagher A, Misic B

NeuroImage2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119671 PMID: 36209794

09

Endosomal LC3C-pathway selectively targets plasma membrane cargo for autophagic degradation.

Coelho PP, Hesketh GG, Pedersen A, Kuzmin E, Fortier AN, Bell ES, Ratcliffe CDH, Gingras AC, Park M

Nature communications2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31465-3 PMID: 35780247

10

Retention of duplicated genes in evolution.

Kuzmin E, Taylor JS, Boone C

Trends in genetics : TIG2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2021.06.016 PMID: 34294428

Focused ultrasound mediated CRISPR-Cas9 cardiac gene editing to reverse familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Helfield, Brandon

Keywords: Acoustics; Base Editor; Cardiovascular Disease; Contrast Echo; Crispr; Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Focused Ultrasound; Gene Delivery; Image-Guided Therapy; Microbubbles

$1,189,576

Multigroup-shared Tabletop Ultracentrifuge

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zerges, William

Keywords: biological membranes; chloroplast; extracellular vesicles; organelle; plants; subcellular fractionation; ultracentrifugation; yeast

$129,643

Systematic analysis of mitochondrial carrier functional redundancy using complex genetic interaction analysis

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR-ICRH Travel Awards - General pool

Principal investigators: Greco, Brittany

Keywords: Mitochondrial Membrane

$1,500

Genetic Network Rewiring Between Distantly Related Eukaryotic Organisms

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR-ICRH Travel Awards - General pool

Principal investigators: Pereira, Vanessa

Keywords: Budding Yeast; Caenorhabditis Elegans; Fission Yeast; Nematode; Saccharomyces Cerevisiae; Schizosaccharomyces Pombe

$1,500

Mapping genetic networks of large copy number variants in cancer

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kuzmin, Elena

Keywords: Cancer Genomics; Crispr; Functional Genomics; Genetic Networks; Genetics; Triple Negative Breast Cancer

$983,026

Complex genetic interaction network rewiring and dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Kuzmin, Elena

$12,500

Complex genetic interaction network rewiring and dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kuzmin, Elena

$93,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2020Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Kuzmin, Elena

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Training Program in Synthetic Biology Applications (SynBioApps)

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Whiteway, Malcolm

$1,650,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Donnelly Centre
Oncology
Biology
Human Genetics
Department of Molecular Genetics
Montreal Neurological Institute
Molecular Genetics
Other

Co-authors at Concordia University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Charles Boone

Donnelly Centre

6 shared papers, latest 2025

Morag Park

Oncology

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Morag Park

Oncology

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Guillaume Bourque

Human Genetics

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Anne-Claude Gingras

Department of Molecular Genetics

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Brenda Andrews

Molecular Genetics

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Bratislav Misic

Montreal Neurological Institute

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Christopher Moraes

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Lauri Tuominen

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Quaid Morris

Donnelly Centre

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sidong Huang

Biochemistry

1 shared papers, latest 2024

ATILLA Omeroglu

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Alain Dagher

Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Jason Moffat

Genetics and Genome Biology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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