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Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Stephanie Tirman
Washington University in St. Louis
2
Ji‐Eun Seo
Yonsei University
3
Meysam Saeedi
University of Tehran
4
Zhi Zheng
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
5
Daan M. K. van Soest
University of Arizona Cancer Center
6
Daniel Heylmann
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
7
Vineet Kumar Pal
New York State Department of Health
8
Carlotta Alias
University of Brescia
9
Xinzhe Tang
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science
10
O. Nweke Christian
Federal University of Technology Owerri

Papers

1
Publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (2024) [66 citations, W4402745183]
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances|2024
66 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2025) [28 citations, W4407722125]
Nature|2025
28 cit.
3
Evaluating the mutagenicity of N-nitrosodimethylamine in 2D and 3D HepaRG cell cultures using error-corrected next generation sequencing
Archives of Toxicology|2024
25 cit.
4
Stability of volatile organic compound metabolites in urine at various storage temperatures and freeze-thaw cycles for 8 months
Environmental Pollution|2024
8 cit.
5
Comparative DNA damage induced by eight nitrosamines in primary human and macaque hepatocytes
Chemico-Biological Interactions|2025
5 cit.
6
Abstract 5423: A focused shRNA library screening identifies MRPL38 as an oncogenic regulator of lung cancer via regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis
Cancer Research|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Yann Grosse
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer
2
Josef Schlatter
European Commission
3
Zhixiong Shi
Capital Medical University
4
Glenn J. Myatt
Informa (Italy)
5
Benedikt Warth
University of Vienna
6
Serge Maeder
Philip Morris International (Switzerland)
7
Aurélie Berthet
Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne
8
V Karthik
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
9
J. Willem M. Nissink
AstraZeneca (Poland)
10
Marta Venier
Indiana University Bloomington

Papers

1
Guidance on the use of the benchmark dose approach in risk assessment
EFSA Journal|2022
210 cit.
2
Electronic Nicotine-Delivery Systems for Smoking Cessation
New England Journal of Medicine|2024
120 cit.
3
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in North American School Uniforms
Environmental Science & Technology|2022
117 cit.
4
Next-generation biomonitoring of the early-life chemical exposome in neonatal and infant development
Nature Communications|2022
72 cit.
5
The Ins and Outs of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Great Lakes: The Role of Atmospheric Deposition
Environmental Science & Technology|2024
51 cit.
6
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) soil contamination in Lausanne, Switzerland: Combining pollution mapping and human exposure assessment for targeted risk management
Environmental Pollution|2022
39 cit.
7
Current status and future directions for a neurotoxicity hazard assessment framework that integrates in silico approaches
Computational Toxicology|2022
38 cit.
8
Sample preparation strategies for mass spectrometry analysis in human exposome research: Current status and future perspectives
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry|2023
38 cit.
9
Integrated Exposomics/Metabolomics for Rapid Exposure and Effect Analyses
JACS Au|2022
32 cit.
10
Quantifying up to 90 polyphenols simultaneously in human bio-fluids by LC-MS/MS
Analytica Chimica Acta|2022
29 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
F. Peter Guengerich
Vanderbilt University
2
Abderrahim Nemmar
Gulf Medical University
3
Michael B. Kastan
Duke University
4
Yū F. Sasaki
Himeji Dokkyo University
5
Maria Jasin
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
6
Markus Löbrich
Technische Universität Darmstadt
7
Vilhelm A. Bohr
University of Copenhagen
8
Daniel W. Nebert
Hospital Research Foundation
9
Adrian Covaci
University of Antwerp
10
Jiří Bártek
Science for Life Laboratory

Papers

1
Short-Term Effects of Nose-Only Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Glutathione Redox Homeostasis, Cytochrome P450 1A1/2 and Respiratory Enzyme Activities in Mice Tissues
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry|2013
47.3k cit.
2
Single cell gel/comet assay: Guidelines for in vitro and in vivo genetic toxicology testing
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis|2000
4.8k cit.
3
Participation of p53 protein in the cellular response to DNA damage.
PubMed|1991
3.8k cit.
4
DNA damage activates ATM through intermolecular autophosphorylation and dimer dissociation
Nature|2003
3.4k cit.
5
A mammalian cell cycle checkpoint pathway utilizing p53 and GADD45 is defective in ataxia-telangiectasia
Cell|1992
3.1k cit.
6
Interindividual variations in human liver cytochrome P-450 enzymes involved in the oxidation of drugs, carcinogens and toxic chemicals: studies with liver microsomes of 30 Japanese and 30 Caucasians.
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics|1994
2.8k cit.
7
DNA damage response as a candidate anti-cancer barrier in early human tumorigenesis
Nature|2005
2.7k cit.
8
Wild-type p53 is a cell cycle checkpoint determinant following irradiation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1992
1.9k cit.
9
Passage of Inhaled Particles Into the Blood Circulation in Humans
Circulation|2002
1.7k cit.
10
Mitophagy inhibits amyloid-β and tau pathology and reverses cognitive deficits in models of Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Neuroscience|2019
1.7k cit.

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