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Alvaro Monteiro

@accidentalgenet.bsky.social
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Molecular Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Cancer predisposition

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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 13h
Very happy to get this work out after many years in the making. Wonderful team effort from ENIGMA consortium members! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Large-scale integration of functional assay data for the resolution of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants of uncertain significance
Carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants are at a significantly elevated risk for several cancers. Widespread germline genetic testing has led …
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Thales Nepomuceno @tcnepomuceno.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Drinks after a very productive poster session. @accidentalgenet.bsky.social #cshmeeting #PARPfamily
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Thales Nepomuceno @tcnepomuceno.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Had a great week at the PARP Family & ADP-ribosylation meeting at Cold Spring Harbor—insightful discussions, inspiring science, and valuable connections. Heading home energized and ready to turn new ideas into action.
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Happy to be back at @cshlnews.bsky.social for another fantastic meeting
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Eagerly waiting for inclusion of PARP inhibitors' side effects predictions😁
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Friday 13. Today is a great day to donate to @wikipedia.org I did, now it is your turn. Keep knowledge free!
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very glad to be part of this important discussion on the continuum of risk - with an awesome team! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Very happy to report that our paper on the functional analysis of missense variants in the PALB2 WD40 domain is out! doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Happy to have contributed to one more step towards resolving Variants of Uncertain Significance in Cancer. ACMG/AMP guidelines for PALB2 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Kissil Lab @kissillab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Congratulations to the team on all their hard work on developing this first of its kind model! @andreaventura.bsky.social @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @wtklab.bsky.social @kytsailab.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
My corner of the Universe circa 1996 (New York City)
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The feeling when you realize your instruments are not up to par with your superpowers!
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
My corner of the universe circa 1992 (Rio de Janeiro)
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Very excited to be in Chicago at the CureBRCA meeting to discuss issues important for BRCA carriers and prostate cancer!
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Smh, when you think things can’t get much worse… Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/b...
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Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up
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Elizabeth Atkinson @egatkinson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I'm delighted to be part of this symposium, put on by University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and led by @bpasaniuc.bsky.social and @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social. See you in a few weeks! upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
A reminder: on BlueSky you need to repost in order to amplify, not simply 'like'.
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
It was great to contribute to this Transcriptome-wide associations study (TWAS) identifying genes associated with testicular cancer! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Recharging…
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Throwback Thursdays: Taking my DNA out for a ride
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
1/4 Since I decided to leave the platform formerly known as twitter, I did not know how to leave behind my posts. So, decided to do Throwback Thursdays and re-post here my old tweeter posts.
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Sounak Sahu @sounaksahu.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Excited to share our latest study in @nature.com We used a humanized-mouse ES cell model to explore the functional consequences of all possible BRCA2 missense variants. We've clinically classified >6,500 variants and >1,200 reported in ClinVar! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Saturation genome editing-based clinical classification of BRCA2 variants - Nature
CRISPR–Cas9-based saturation genome editing in a humanized mouse embryonic stem cell line was used for comprehensive functional characterization of single nucleotide variants in a region of BRCA2, and...
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Dana-Farber’s Breast Oncology Center @dfcibreastonc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Dr. Judy Garber shared the OlympiA Phase 3 trial results in today's #SABCS24 General Session. #olaparib #BRCA1 #BRCA2 #BreastCancer
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sorry I will miss it! If you are in San Antonio - highly recommend! Antonis Antoniou in San Antonio - with this alliteration who would miss it?
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Finally had some time to make some nice bentos! Trying to avoid slow death by cafeteria food!
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Thales Nepomuceno @tcnepomuceno.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Good day for a fundraiser!
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Totally glued to Gregory Radick’s phenomenal book - after his fantastic talk at ASHG
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Thales Nepomuceno @tcnepomuceno.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Check out our latest paper on the role of SART1 as a modulator of PARP1 function. Samuele Lodovichi led this study at @accidentalgenet.bsky.social lab. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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SART1 modulates poly-(ADP-ribose) chain accumulation and PARP1 chromatin localization
Molecular biology; Cell biology; Omics
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our latest is out! Proposes a new category of risk for BRCA1/2 variants: Reduced Penetrance Pathogenic Variants (RPPVs). rdcu.be/dYWmp
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Reduced penetrance BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants in clinical germline genetic testing
npj Precision Oncology - Reduced penetrance BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants in clinical germline genetic testing
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Look, I am in bluesky!
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Alvaro Monteiro @accidentalgenet.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Why not start with floating chromosomes?
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