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Tavis L. Mendez

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Assay:DNA methylation· 5 Organism:human· 5 Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Varun Bhamidipati DwarakaiD· 5 shared Natàlia Carreras-GalloiD· 4 shared Ryan C. SmithiD· 4 shared Jessica Ann Lasky-SuiD· 2 shared Kevin M. MendeziD· 2 shared Kirsten SealeiD· 2 shared Qingwen CheniD· 2 shared Sofina BegumiD· 2 shared

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Fasting Status and Epigenetic Clock Stability: Implications for Aging Research

Kirsten Seale, Varun Bhamidipati Dwaraka, Ilinca M. Giosan, Tavis L. Mendez, Ryan Smith

This study evaluates how epigenetic clocks respond to fasting and refeeding, finding that some clocks show significant shifts while others remain stable, highlighting the importance of immune cell composition and study design.

bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

The Impact of a Natural Ingredients based Intervention Targeting the Nine Hallmarks of Aging on DNA methylation

Natàlia Carreras-Gallo, Rita Dargham, Shealee P. Thorpe, Steve Warren, Tavis L. Mendez, Ryan C. Smith, Greg Macpherson, Varun Bhamidipati Dwaraka

This study evaluates a natural ingredients intervention's impact on DNA methylation, showing reduced biological age and improved health metrics in participants over 12 months.

bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2024 · PreprintGenomics

Creation and Validation of the First Infinium DNA Methylation Array for the Human Imprintome

Natàlia Carreras-Gallo, Varun Bhamidipati Dwaraka, Dereje D. Jima, David A. Skaar, Tavis L. Mendez, Antonio Planchart, Wanding Zhou, Randy L. Jirtle, Ryan C. Smith, Cathrine Hoyo

The paper develops a custom Infinium DNA methylation array for the human imprintome and validates its performance against WGBS and EPIC arrays.

Epigenetics Communications · Jul 10, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics

OMICmAge: An integrative multi-omics approach to quantify biological age with electronic medical records

Qingwen Chen, Varun Bhamidipati Dwaraka, Natàlia Carreras-Gallo, Kevin M. Mendez, Yulu Chen, Sofina Begum, Priyadarshini Kachroo, Nicole Prince, Hannah Went, Tavis L. Mendez, Aaron Lin, Logan Turner, Mahdi Moqri, Su H. Chu, Rachel S. Kelly, , Jessica Ann Lasky-Su

The paper develops OMICmAge, a multi-omics biomarker of biological age, and shows it outperforms existing markers in predicting chronic diseases and mortality.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2023 · PreprintBioinformatics

A meta-analysis of immune cell fractions at high resolution reveals novel associations with common phenotypes and health outcomes

Qi Luo, Varun Bhamidipati Dwaraka, Qingwen Chen, Huige Tong, Tianyu Zhu, Kirsten Seale, Joseph M. Raffaele, Shijie Zheng, Tavis L. Mendez, Yulu Chen, Natàlia Carreras-Gallo, Sofina Begum, Kevin M. Mendez, Sarah Amandine Caroline Voisin, Nir Eynon, , Andrew Erich Teschendorff

This paper uses DNA methylation data to analyze immune cell fractions across 25,629 blood samples, identifying associations with age, sex, health outcomes, and lifestyle factors.

Genome Medicine · Jul 31, 2023Peer-reviewedBioinformatics