Ben Sabari

Assistant Professor at UTSW studying nuclear organization by transcriptional condensates

[Ben Sabari @bsabari]

I am excited to share the latest paper from my lab where we leverage the selection bias of condensate-promoting oncofusions to uncover molecular rules governing condensate specificity and function. https://t.co/AQlErs3lni.

[Molecular Cell @MolecularCell]

RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription https://t.co/WQOG6zr9Xi

[Huaiying Zhang @lab_zhang]

Like every time, I had fun reading this foundational phase separation paper from the Rosen lab

[Ben Sabari @bsabari]

Congratulations to former grad student @Heankel_ on being selected as a 2026 Jane Coffin Childs Fellow! https://t.co/1f38J3zft7

[Eric N. Olson @Transactivator]

"Find Your Way" - Olson strikes inspiring chords in musical keynote at Graduate School commencement - Center Times Plus, UT Southwestern https://t.co/UchJjr8Z6Y via @@utswnews

[Liling Wan @LilingWanLab]

Excited to share that our preprint 'RNA reinforces condensate nucleation on chromatin to amplify oncogenic transcription' is now online @MolecularCell https://t.co/3EHJdic0q4 @PennMedCSO @PennCancer @PennEpiInst

[Bede Portz @YSPTSPS]

https://t.co/eUpIXQ0Htx

[Jonathan Henninger @jehenninger]

Excited to share the first pre-print from our lab!!

Check it out here! https://t.co/N72qCF2V4c

We found that many RNA-binding proteins understood to regulate RNA processing can also function like transcription factors and cofactors to directly regulate transcription.

[Krishna Shrinivas @shrinivaslab]

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) flit between diverse shapes and interact in fuzzy ensembles whose collective properties shape function.

Q: Can we rationally design emergent properties of IDPs?

Our newest preprint takes a stab at this 🧵
https://t.co/dnUBz9dkas

[Anita Đonlić @anita_donlic]

Thrilled to see our Deep-Phase paper now online in @CellCellPress!🎉 The final version expands Deep-Phase across labeling modalities, adds dual-condensate imaging to dissect pathway specificity, and shows greater robustness to batch effects than classical image-analysis methods.

[Yunsun Nam @YunsunNam]

Excited to share our latest work!
The oncogenic m5C writer NSUN2 achieves substrate specificity by recognizing RNA structure and conformational dynamics. RNA folding shapes methylation! Congratulations to the team! Thanks to our colleagues @UTSWMedCenter
https://t.co/7lCU6c48AR

[John P. Leonard, MD @JohnPLeonardMD]

Lung cancer updates from @JSabari of @nyulangone @Perlmutter_CC new data #ASCO26 @Aiims1742 @nyugrossman

[Danfeng Cai @DanfengCai]

Your cells may be thriving but your abstract still needs submitting 🧬📷 Condensate enthusiasts!
@StevenBoeynaems
and I are co-chairing the minisymposium "Emerging functions of biomolecular condensates". Deadline for talks: June 9 #CellBio2026 #ASCB
https://t.co/m3yiOQsaYg

[Keiichi Ito @itok10918]

Congrats to the whole team!
I'm happy that the endogenous epitope tag knock-in cell line I made helped (a tiny bit) of this work.

[Peter Ly @PeterLyLab]

Proud milestone for our lab. Congrats to our first two graduate students, Lizz Maurais, PhD, and Justin Engel, PhD! @UTSWGradSchool

We also celebrated Lizz’s last day as she moves on to an exciting new adventure @biogen. Good luck Lizz!

[Krishna Shrinivas @shrinivaslab]

Our work made the cover! (and my very first cover) Congrats to co-authors (@RyanKrue @BrennerGroup1) as well as Ramanna Shrinivas for cover art and @NatComputSci for editing/cover design.

[Ben Sabari @bsabari]

Congratulations Dr. @mikayla_eppert !

[Ben Sabari @bsabari]

@PeterLyLab @CellCellPress Congrats, Peter!

[Peter Ly @PeterLyLab]

Excited to share our latest paper, out today @CellCellPress. We found that large pieces of the human genome can transfer between cells upon direct contact, endowing recipient cells with heritable phenotypic changes. (1/7)

https://t.co/SbshGhofN0

[Jayant Gadrey @JayantYGadrey6]

Beyond thrilled to share our (w/ @HannahUckelmann & @BrunettiLab) Spotlight article in @BloodPortfolio !!🤩NPM1-mutant AML is the most common subset of AML worldwide. For ~20 years since defining this subset, researchers wondered: how does a mainly cytoplasmic protein drive leukemia causing gene expression programs? What does this mean for treating these patients? We NOW have answers!

@Armstrong_dfci @Goodell_Lab

@rosslevinemd @Daver_Leukemia @jayastuMD @LeukDocJZ @beatalleukemia @DrGauravNarula @nvpatkar @AML_Hub @oncodaily @OncoAlert

https://t.co/cNjnxk02AS

[Lu Lab_Columbia @LuLaboratory]

Please spread the word and register. Great event for sharing science and building collaboration for NYC epigenetic labs!