Benluvankar Varghese, PhD

Indian | Loyolite | Researcher @MedicalOncology @uninaIT | Cancer Epigenetics | Metabolism | Mechanobiology |

[Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre @cruk_nbc]

🔬 Could breast milk help enable earlier breast cancer detection?

Researchers at the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre are contributing to a study exploring this potential.

Read more about the research and how to get involved👉https://t.co/AfAwKhb8Cp

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

New paper: How epigenetic changes may contribute to aging by releasing jumping genes (transposons) that break DNA while reinserting into the genome, causing further epigenetic changes…🧵

[Arun Richard @arunrichardc]

Glad to share our lab's activities and achievements of 2025. We had a great year of science, presentations, publications, and fun! Credit to the amazing lab members. If you're interested in what we do, reach out.

@TheRNAInstitute @CNSE @MadhanG @ualbany
https://t.co/jXcRPwetah

[nature @Nature]

A 60-year old man in Germany became the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after receiving a stem-cell transplant

https://t.co/BPdTGCsTPT

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

New Yorkers! Come to my talk at Rockefeller University on Friday if you're interested in the mechanisms of adaptive genome regulation.

[Arun Richard @arunrichardc]

Our 2nd paper of the week is now live! Happy to be part of this work led by @DGandavadi in @XingWangGroup, with support from Hannah and @aarodg from our group.

Check it out here: https://t.co/7LLD3SVVi2

[PiatkevichLab @PiatkevichL]

Great commentary by @yulonglilab on our two recent papers introducing red genetically encoded biosensors for calcium and potassium imaging!
🔴 FRCaMPi - Enhanced red calcium sensor 🔴 RGEPOs - First-ever red potassium sensors
📖 https://t.co/6598F2iTr7

[Dylan Burnette @MAG2ART]

Fish keratocytes isolated from a fish scale crawling around. Technique: DIC microscopy. #CellBiology.
Another #NikonSmallWorldReject

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Scientist Paul Mischel is championing the importance of odd rings of DNA in tumors—and their promise as targets for cancer therapy.

Learn more: https://t.co/OjFpAIt0aM @NewsfromScience

[Cesar Cobaleda @CJCHCM]

Excellent historical review about DNA methylation https://t.co/dRbNpB0bJH

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

These findings add to the increasing evidence that cancer is not driven solely by DNA mutations.

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[Benluvankar Varghese, PhD @benluvankar]

@arunrichardc @ualbany @CNSE Congratulations!

[Prof. Nikolai Slavov @slavov_n]

Key numbers in cell biology

Having a sense of scale helps to think more rigorously and realistically about biological systems.

[Andrew Holle @ahcells]

Interested in a #postdoc on nuclear #mechanobiology? We have a fully funded position in the @ConfinementLab designed to help you meet your career goals while researching the rapidly growing field of cellular #confinement. Please get in touch for more info!

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

Epigenetic reprogramming as a strategy for treating neurodegeneration 🧠
https://t.co/1JHRre7y7D

[JoVE @JoVEJournal]

📢 Upcoming Webinar - Microlearning Strategies for Cell & Molecular Biology
Learn how to use short videos & quizzes to break complex topics into manageable units, reducing cognitive overload & boosting concept retention.

👉 Choose your region & register: https://t.co/kJyCQHK9iR

[Lucas Pontel @LucPontel]

Check out our latest review in @MolecularCell!
We discuss how formaldehyde, a toxic metabolic by-product, threatens genome stability and disrupts cellular homeostasis.
👏Terrific job by the talented #MartaValverde
@CarrerasIJC
📰👉https://t.co/2YqgFaqYgg
https://t.co/5YmAbhc0sL

[Benluvankar Varghese, PhD @benluvankar]

@arunrichardc @ScienceAdvances @aarodg @MadhanG @BerglundLab @HalvorsenLab @TheRNAInstitute @CNSE @NewsfromScience Congrats!

[Maurizio Callari @mauricallari]

📢Our work just published in @NatureComms @NaturePortfolio!
What is driving #response to #targeted #treatments in HER2+ER+ #breastcancer? How is the tumour ecosystem affected by treatment? Find the answers in our paper 👉 https://t.co/NXmOALfJBX
Key points below 👇

[Benluvankar Varghese, PhD @benluvankar]

@arunrichardc @MadhanG @TheRNAInstitute @ACSPublications Congratulations!