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Alisha Kardian

@alishakardian.bsky.social

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6th year PhD candidate in the Mack lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital studying the developmental origins of pediatric brain cancer.

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Team at @bcmhouston.bsky.social, @stjuderesearch.bsky.social et al reveals driver of the third most common pediatric #brainTumor. #ependymoma B Deneen, @alishakardian.bsky.social S. Mack @bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social #BCMGradSchool #BCMCancerCenter #TexasChildrens www.bcm.edu/news/zr-fusi...

ZR fusion protein sways normal brain cell development toward cancer growth

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital and collaborating institutions...

Alisha Kardian @alishakardian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

My main PhD work was just published in Nature! We studied the developmental risk factors for a pediatric brain tumor called ependymoma. The subtype we study is driven by the ZFTA-RELA fusion oncoprotein, a potent but ependymoma-specific cancer driver. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dominant clones leverage developmental epigenomic states to drive ependymoma - Nature

Single-nucleus chromatin and RNA sequencing identifies epigenetic chromatin domains that confer vulnerability to paediatric brain tumours such as ependymomas, providing insight into the development of...

Alisha Kardian @alishakardian.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Having fun and learning lots at #CSHL2024BRAIN! So many cool talks!