Venugopalan Nair | Icahn School of Medicine

Biography

Research Topics

Adipose, Blood, Cell Biology, Chromatin, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Gene Expressions, Molecular Biology, Muscle Cells, Parkinson's Disease, RNA

Research

Physical Activity Genomics, Epigenomics/transcriptomics Site (PAGES): Identify the molecular responses that mediate the effects of exercise in humans.

Epigenetic Characterization and Observation (ECHO): Find epigenetic markers in blood that identify previous exposures and time of exposure to materials that could be associated with threat exposures.

Publications

74

Publications

Selected Publications

Integrated single-cell multiome analysis reveals muscle fiber-type gene regulatory circuitry modulated by endurance exercise. Aliza B. Rubenstein, Gregory R. Smith, Zidong Zhang, Xi Chen, Toby L. Chambers, Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, Natalia Mendelev, Wan Sze Cheng, Michel Zamojski, Mary Anne S. Amper, Venugopalan D. Nair, Andrew R. Marderstein, Stephen B. Montgomery, Olga G. Troyanskaya, Elena Zaslavsky, Todd Trappe, Scott Trappe, Stuart C. Sealfon. Genome Research

Comprehensive guide for epigenetics and transcriptomics data quality control. Arianna Comendul, Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, Colby T. Ford, Pankaj Agarwal, Elena Zaslavsky, German Nudelman, Manoj Hariharan, Aliza Rubenstein, Hanna Pincas, Venugopalan D. Nair, Adam M. Michaleas, Philip D. Fremont-Smith, Darrell O. Ricke, Stuart C. Sealfon, Christopher W. Woods, Kajal T. Claypool, Rafael Jaimes. STAR Protocols

Exercise alters molecular profiles of inflammation and substrate metabolism in human white adipose tissue. Maria F. Pino, Pieter Dijkstra, Katie L. Whytock, Cheehoon Ahn, Gongxin Yu, James A. Sanford, Josh Hansen, Chelsea Hutchinson, Marina Gritsenko, Paul Piehowski, Joshua N. Adkins, Elvis A. Carnero, Stuart Sealfon, Elena Zaslavsky, Venugopalan Nair, Steve R. Smith, Lauren M. Sparks. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

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Office Locations

Annenberg Building Floor 14 Room 72

1468 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10029

212-241-5809

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1468 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10029

212-241-1155

Industry Relationships

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Nair during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

GNOMX Corp

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Nair during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Equity (Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)

GNOMX Corp

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.