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Director of Molecular Neuroscience and Neuro-Oncology Research / Associate Professor
John Brown University
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Dr. Nikos Tapinos directs Molecular Neuroscience and Neuro-Oncology Research, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of gliomas. His work spans diverse areas, including epigenetics, DNA methylation, RNA splicing, and radiopharmaceutical chemistry. Recent investigations have explored the role of Chi3l1 as a modulator of glioma stem cell states, identifying it as a potential therapeutic target in glioblastoma. Tapinos's research also investigates lipid-based nanoparticles for cancer chemoimmunotherapy and the synergistic effects of EZH2 and HDAC inhibitors in promoting apoptosis across multiple tumor types. His work extends to understanding miRNA-mediated loss of m6A and its impact on translation in glioblastoma, as well as the efficacy of imipridone-based combination therapies in treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
His primary research interests involve glioma diagnosis and treatment.
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- h-index: 23
- Publications: 105
- Citations: 1,838
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- Multiomic profiling of hypoxic glioblastoma stem cells reveals expansion of subpopulations with distinct epigenetic and CNV profiles (2025) DOI
- Review of microRNA detection workflows from liquid biopsy for disease diagnostics (2025) DOI
- Machine learning on multiple epigenetic features reveals H3K27Ac as a driver of gene expression prediction across patients with glioblastoma (2024) DOI
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