Delahny Deivendran
delahnydeivendran.bsky.social
Delahny Deivendran
@delahnydeivendran.bsky.social
Research Associate @ UCSF (Shain Lab)
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Thank you to @bishaltandukar.bsky.social and Pedram Gerami (co-first authors) and the many others who contributed. @delahnydeivendran.bsky.social @sharmaharsh.bsky.social among many others not on Blue Sky
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Proud to share our new paper in Science Advances.

We show that indoor tanning beds cause widespread mutational damage across the skin to increase melanoma risk, especially in body sites that rarely see sunlight.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Melanoma #SkinCancer
Molecular effects of indoor tanning
The skin cells of tanning bed users have distinct mutational features as compared to people who only experience natural sunlight.
www.science.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Special thanks to @bishaltandukar.bsky.social @delahnydeivendran.bsky.social who led the study. Also thanks for funding from: the Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN), NCI, DOD, @melanomaresearch.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I am thrilled to share the latest manuscript from the Shain lab, describing the genetic changes that transform a keratinocyte into cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (and everything in between). www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genetic evolution of keratinocytes to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
Nature Communications - The evolution of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) remains poorly understood. Here, the authors employ multi-omics and multi-scale analyses to explore the genetic...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM