Benjamin Davies

Employment

• Francis Crick Institute
  2022 - Present
• genOway SA Scientific Consultant
  2005 - 2007
• Murinus GmbH Scientific Director
  2003 - 2004
• Charite Universitaetsmedizin Postdoc
  1999 - 2002
• University of Edinburgh Postdoc
  1998 - 1998
• University of Oxford

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (62)

• Kcnv2 E151X Mouse Captures Hallmarks of KCNV2‐Associated Retinal Dystrophy
  Nermina Xhaferri, Sumit Biswas, Benjamin Davies

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  • Moritz Lindner
  Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/ceo.70163
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• Overcoming the challenges of genome-editing essential genes
  STAR Protocols 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2026.104672
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• Loop extrusion by cohesin plays a role in enhancer-activated gene expression early in differentiation
  Nature Communications 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73049-5
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• The Structured RNA-binding Domains and Condensation Capacity of FUS Shape its RNA-binding Landscape and Function
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.12.699057
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• Humanized Kcnv2 E151X Mouse Captures Hallmarks of KCNV2-Associated Retinal Dystrophy
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.05.697593
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• An improved vitrification protocol for the fast and safe storage of mouse oocytes
  Biology of Reproduction 2025 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioaf215
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• The ERCC6L2-MRI-KU complex coordinates NHEJ at staggered DNA double-strand breaks
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.28.691009
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• Naturally sterile Mus spretus hybrids are suitable for the generation of pseudopregnant embryo transfer recipients
  Lab Animal 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41684-024-01393-4
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• Increasing Knockin Efficiency in Mouse Zygotes by Transient Hypothermia
  The CRISPR Journal 2024 DOI: 10.1089/crispr.2023.0077
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• Characterization of meiotic recombination intermediates through gene knockouts in founder hybrid mice
  Genome Research 2023 DOI: 10.1101/gr.278024.123
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• Tissue‐Specific Roles for the Slit–Robo Pathway During Heart, Caval Vein, and Diaphragm Development
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2022 DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023348
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• Base editing and prime editing in laboratory animals
  Laboratory Animals 2022 DOI: 10.1177/0023677221993895
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• Altering the Binding Properties of PRDM9 Partially Restores Fertility across the Species Boundary
  Molecular Biology and Evolution 2021 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab269
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• Phenotype of a transient neonatal diabetes point mutation (SUR1-R1183W) in mice [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
  2021 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15529.2
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• Replacement of surgical vasectomy through the use of wild-type sterile hybrids
  Lab Animal 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41684-020-00692-w
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• The Configuration of RPA, RAD51, and DMC1 Binding in Meiosis Reveals the Nature of Critical Recombination Intermediates
  Molecular Cell 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.06.015
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• Phenotype of a transient neonatal diabetes point mutation (SUR1-R1183W) in mice
  Wellcome Open Research 2020 DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15529.1
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• The technical risks of human gene editing
  Human Reproduction 2019 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dez162
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• A high-resolution map of non-crossover events reveals impacts of genetic diversity on mammalian meiotic recombination
  Nature Communications 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11675-y
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• Factors influencing meiotic recombination revealed by whole-genome sequencing of single sperm
  Anjali Gupta Hinch, Gang Zhang, Philipp Becker +5 more
  Science 2019 DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8861
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