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Sherif Elela

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ProfessorFMSS Département de microbiologie et infectiologieUniversité de Sherbrooke

Sherif Elela

Professor

FMSS Département de microbiologie et infectiologie

Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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80 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 48 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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172

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6,122

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Research

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Splicing nutrient sensing Intron non-coding RNA snoRNA RNA processing Translation Ribosome

Latest papers

A ribosomal pseudouridine drives an oncogenic translation program
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026 · senior author
snoFlake: A network model for snoRNA–RBP complexes reveals SNORD22 as a U5 snRNP-associated splicing regulator
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
A starvation-remodeled pre-mRNA structure controls U1 recruitment and nutrient-stress adaptation in yeast
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026 · senior author

All 172 publications

From the 150 most recent of 172 publications.

A ribosomal pseudouridine drives an oncogenic translation program

Laurence Faucher‐Giguère, Baudouin S de Préval, Michelle S. Scott, Sherif Abou Elela

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18854581

snoFlake: A network model for snoRNA–RBP complexes reveals SNORD22 as a U5 snRNP-associated splicing regulator

Kristina Sungeun Song, M Cyr, Laurence Faucher-Giguère, Bernice Yeo, Vivian Kaiyan Seow, Gabrielle Deschamps-Francoeur, Sherif Abou Elela, Michelle S Scott

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.02.716167

A starvation-remodeled pre-mRNA structure controls U1 recruitment and nutrient-stress adaptation in yeast

Jasmine Tsang, Julie Parenteau, Federico Fuchs Wightman, Kristina Sungeun Song, Michelle S. Scott, Silvi Rouskin, Sherif Abou Elela

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.64898/2026.08.06.743327

A ribosomal pseudouridine drives an oncogenic translation program

Laurence Faucher‐Giguère, Baudouin S de Préval, Michelle S. Scott, Sherif Abou Elela

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18854582

Cells resist starvation through a nutrient stress splice switch.

Parenteau J, Tsang J, Downs SR, Zhou D, Scott MS, Pleiss JA, Abou Elela S

Nucleic acids research20254 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf525 PMID: 40550515

SnoBIRD: a tool to identify C/D box snoRNAs and refine their annotation across all eukaryotes.

Fafard-Couture É, Boulanger C, Faucher-Giguère L, Sinagoga V, Berthoumieux M, Hedjam J, Marcel V, Durand S, Bayfield MA, Bachand F, Abou Elela S, Jacques PÉ, Scott MS

Nucleic acids research20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf708 PMID: 40737086

Small nucleolar RNAs: the hidden precursors of cancer ribosomes.

Laurence Faucher‐Giguère, Baudouin S de Préval, Andrew Rivera, Michelle S. Scott, Sherif Abou Elela

PubMed20253 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0376 PMID: 40045787

Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

Mihailo Mirkovic, Jordan McCarthy, Anne C. Meinema, Julie Parenteau, Sung Sik Lee, Sherif Abou Elela, Yves Barral

eLife20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.104530 PMID: 41165159

Transcription factors induce differential splicing of duplicated ribosomal protein genes during meiosis.

Petibon C, Catala M, Morales D, Panchapakesan SS, Unrau PJ, Abou Elela S

Nucleic acids research20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1321 PMID: 39817510

Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

Mihailo Mirkovic, Jordan McCarthy, Anne C. Meinema, Julie Parenteau, Sung Sik Lee, Sherif Abou Elela, Yves Barral

eLife20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.7554/elife.104530.2

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Sherif Elela

Research

Latest papers

A ribosomal pseudouridine drives an oncogenic translation program

snoFlake: A network model for snoRNA–RBP complexes reveals SNORD22 as a U5 snRNP-associated splicing regulator

A starvation-remodeled pre-mRNA structure controls U1 recruitment and nutrient-stress adaptation in yeast

A ribosomal pseudouridine drives an oncogenic translation program

Cells resist starvation through a nutrient stress splice switch.

SnoBIRD: a tool to identify C/D box snoRNAs and refine their annotation across all eukaryotes.

Small nucleolar RNAs: the hidden precursors of cancer ribosomes.

Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

Transcription factors induce differential splicing of duplicated ribosomal protein genes during meiosis.

Dissociation of the nuclear basket triggers chromosome loss in aging yeast

Frequent collaborators

Sherif Abou Elela

Benoît Chabot

Raymund Wellinger

Éric Paquet

Michelle Scott

Jean-Philippe Brosseau

Karine Tremblay

Jean-Pierre Perreault

Mark Bayfield

Masad Damha

Pierre-Étienne Jacques

Peter Unrau

Karine Choquet

Antonio Conconi

Simon Boudreault

Jonathan Perreault

Guy Lemay

Jiuyong Xie

Martin Bisaillon

Jean-François Beaulieu

François Bachand