Dr. Remy Thomas

Senior Research Associate

Translational Oncology Research Center

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute

Emailremthomas@hbku.edu.qa

Biography

Dr Remy Thomas holds a Masters in Biomedical Sciences from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. In 2006, she was awarded a Ph.D. in Cancer Genetics from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India. Her doctoral work focused on the clinical relevance of tumor suppressor genes in human brain tumors with a particular focus on the retinoblastoma gene. During her PhD, she successfully published in national and international journals and received various awards at international conferences. Following her PhD, she undertook the positionn of Lecturer in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for (under)graduate students in Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Subsequently, she held Research Associate positions at the University of Miami, USA and at the Weill Cornell Medicine College, Qatar. Dr Remy Thomas joined Dr. Julie Decock’s team in 2015 and is involved in several projects related to the role of the cancer immune environment in breast cancer prognosis and treatment.

Selected Publications

Mégarbané A, Al-Ali R, Choucair N, Lek M, Wang E, Ladjimi M, Rose CM, Hobeika R, Macary Y, Temanni R, Jithesh PV, Chouchane A, Sastry KS, Thomas R, Tomei S, Liu W, Marincola FM, MacArthur D, Chouchane L (2016).

Temple-Baraitser Syndrome and Zimmermann-Laband Syndrome: one clinical entity? BMC Med Genet.10;17(1):42
2016
Guennoun A, Kazantzis M, Thomas R, Wabitsch M, Tews D, Konduru SS, Abdelkarim M, Zilberfarb V, Strosberg AD, Chouchane L (2015).

Comprehensive molecular characterization of human adipocytes reveals a transient brown phenotype. J Transl Med. 13(1):135.
2015
Pujari R, Hunte R, Thomas R, van der Weyden L, Rauch D, Ratner L, Nyborg JK, Ramos JC, Takai Y, Shembade N (2015).

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) tax requires CADM1/ TSLC1 for inactivation of the NF-kB inhibitor A20 and constitutive NF-kB signaling. PLoS Pathog. 11(3):e1004721. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004721.
2015
Antony HPP Dayalan, Remy Thomas, Mathivanan Jothi, Rohini Keshava, Mohan L. Gope, Rajalakshmi Gope (2006).

The tumor suppressor gene retinoblastoma (RB1) in human vestibular schwannomas. Annals of Neurosciences 13: 113-124.
2006
Antony HPP Dayalan, Mathivanan Jothi, Rohini Keshava, Remy Thomas, Mohan L. Gope, Subbakrishna K. Doddaballapur, Sampath Somanna, Shanti S Praharaj, Chandramouli B. Ashwathnarayanarao and Rajalakshmi Gope (2006).

Age dependent phosphorylation and deregulation of p53 in human vestibular schwannomas. Mol Carcinog. 45: 38-46.
2006
R Thomas, PD Antony Herold Prabhu, J Mathivanan, Rohini, D Sivakumar, P.N Jayakumar, B Indira Devi, S Satish, KVR Sastry and R Gope (2005).

Altered structure and expression of RB1 gene and increased phosphorylation of pRb in human vestibular schwannomas. Mol Cell Biochem. 271: 113-121
2005

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Dr. Remy Thomas

Biography

Selected Publications

Mégarbané A, Al-Ali R, Choucair N, Lek M, Wang E, Ladjimi M, Rose CM, Hobeika R, Macary Y, Temanni R, Jithesh PV, Chouchane A, Sastry KS, Thomas R, Tomei S, Liu W, Marincola FM, MacArthur D, Chouchane L (2016).

Guennoun A, Kazantzis M, Thomas R, Wabitsch M, Tews D, Konduru SS, Abdelkarim M, Zilberfarb V, Strosberg AD, Chouchane L (2015).

Pujari R, Hunte R, Thomas R, van der Weyden L, Rauch D, Ratner L, Nyborg JK, Ramos JC, Takai Y, Shembade N (2015).

Antony HPP Dayalan, Remy Thomas, Mathivanan Jothi, Rohini Keshava, Mohan L. Gope, Rajalakshmi Gope (2006).

Antony HPP Dayalan, Mathivanan Jothi, Rohini Keshava, Remy Thomas, Mohan L. Gope, Subbakrishna K. Doddaballapur, Sampath Somanna, Shanti S Praharaj, Chandramouli B. Ashwathnarayanarao and Rajalakshmi Gope (2006).

R Thomas, PD Antony Herold Prabhu, J Mathivanan, Rohini, D Sivakumar, P.N Jayakumar, B Indira Devi, S Satish, KVR Sastry and R Gope (2005).