Benjamin Nanes, M.D., Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor School Graduate School Department Dermatology | Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics Graduate Programs Cell and Molecular Biology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Benjamin Nanes, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in general dermatology, skin cancer, and inherited skin disorders. Dr. Nanes earned his medical degree and a doctorate in biochemistry, cell, and developmental biology at Emory University. He completed a residency in dermatology at UT Southwestern. Certified by the American Board of Dermatology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020. Dr. Nanes' research focuses on the molecular basis of skin architecture and remodeling during wound healing. His work is supported by the Dermatology Foundation and the Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types. He is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology and the Society for Investigative Dermatology. Education Other Post Graduate Training Emory University (2016) Medical School Emory University School of Medicine (2016) Internship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2017), Internal Medicine Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020), Dermatology Research Interest Epidermal remodeling during wound healing Molecular basis of skin architecture Publications Universal consensus 3D segmentation of cells from 2D segmented stacks Zhou FY, Marin Z, Yapp C, Zou Q, Nanes BA, Daetwyler S, Jamieson AR, Islam MT, Jenkins E, Gihana GM, Lin J, Borges HM, Chang BJ, Weems A, Morrison SJ, Sorger PK, Fiolka R, Dean KM, Danuser G Nature methods 2025 Nov 22 2386-2399 Shifts in keratin isoform expression activate motility signals during wound healing Nanes BA, Bhatt K, Azarova E, Rajendran D, Munawar S, Isogai T, Dean KM, Danuser G Developmental cell 2024 Oct 59 2759-2771.e11 Discoidin domain receptor 2 regulates aberrant mesenchymal lineage cell fate and matrix organization Pagani CA, Bancroft AC, Tower RJ, Livingston N, Sun Y, Hong JY, Kent RN, Strong AL, Nunez JH, Medrano JM, Patel N, Nanes BA, Dean KM, Li Z, Ge C, Baker BM, James AW, Weiss SJ, Franceschi RT, Levi B Science Advances 2022 Dec 8 Increasing the field-of-view in oblique plane microscopy via optical tiling Chen B, Chang BJ, Zhou FY, Daetwyler S, Sapoznik E, Nanes BA, Terrazas I, Gihana GM, Castro LP, Chan IS, Conacci-Sorrel M, Dean KM, Millett-Sikkin A, York AG, Fiolka R Biomedical Optics Express 2022 Nov 13 5616-5627 Androgenetic alopecia in COVID-19: Compared to what? Nanes BA Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2020 Dec 83 e451 Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa with clinical features of pyoderma gangrenosum Pineider J, Weon J, West L, Nanes B, Vandergriff T, Mauskar MM JAAD Case Reports 2020 Dec 6 1291-1293 Verrucous pilar cysts infected with beta human papillomavirus Nanes BA, Laknezhad S, Chamseddin B, Doorbar J, Mir A, Hosler GA, Wang RC Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2020 Apr 47 381-386 Robust measurement of clinical improvement in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus Nanes BA, Zhu JL, Chong BF Lupus Science and Medicine 2020 Jan 7 AR P120-catenin regulates VE-cadherin endocytosis and degradation induced by the Kaposi sarcoma- Associated ubiquitin ligase K5 Nanes BA, Grimsley-Myers CM, Cadwell CM, Robinson BS, Lowery AM, Vincentd PA, Mosunjac M, Früh K, Kowalczyk AP Molecular biology of the cell 2017 Jan 28 30-40 Slide set: Reproducible image analysis and batch processing with ImageJ Nanes BA BioTechniques 2015 Nov 59 269-278 Results 1-10 of 13 1 2 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Dermatology (2017) American Society for Cell Biology (2021) Society for Investigative Dermatology (2012)
