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Golnaz Vahedi

@vahedilab.bsky.social
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Department of Genetics, Institute for Immunology and Immune Health, Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania vahedilab.com www.instagram.com/vahedilaboratory

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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Our new paper in @cp-immunity.bsky.social How does cytokine signaling rewire the 3D genome as T cells choose their fate? We traced the disease-associated Ets1–Fli1 enhancer hub in single cells. Collaboration with the Faryabi lab led by super-starts Atishay and Yeqiao: www.cell.com/immunity/abs...
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Single-allele chromatin tracing reveals cytokine-dependent super-enhancer repositioning in CD4+ T cells
Cytokine cues reshape how chromatin folds to control immune gene activity. Jay et al. show that cytokine signals reposition the Ets1 super-enhancer toward the geometric center of the locus and sustain...
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Cytokine signals reposition Ets1 super-enhancer & sustain Ets1 required for Th differentiation, revealing how noncoding variants at this locus contribute to immune disorders @cp-immunity.bsky.social @upenn.edu www.cell.com/immunity/ful... @vahedilab.bsky.social @atishayjay.bsky.social
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Didn’t get the grad school interview you wanted yet? Turn this year into a launchpad. The Vahedi Lab @Penn is hiring a Research Specialist A/B — an ideal role for undergrads & recent grads aiming for PhD/MD-PhD programs. 🧬 Immunology + genomics. Apply here: lnkd.in/e8uT_hif
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Institute for Immunology and Immune Health (I3H) @i3h-upenn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I3H Deputy Director, Dr. Vahedi (@vahedilab.bsky.social) will be discussing "Multiome Profiling in Human Type 1 Diabetes" at this month's session of the Colton Consortium Virtual Speaker Series (Jan. 20, 11:00am ET). Register to secure your spot: bit.ly/VahediJan20
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Yeqiao Zhou @yeqiaoz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Three new manuscripts from Faryabi and Vahedi labs on chromatin folding, ORCA, oncogene regulation and T1D immunology. Individually great, collectively unstoppable. @faryabi.bsky.social @vahedilab.bsky.social @atishayjay.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4nwfbeu2 tinyurl.com/4zaw5cn7 tinyurl.com/25snbf4j
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OLIVE provides rapid visualization and analysis of chromatin tracing experiments
Zhou et al. develop the optical looping interactive viewing engine (OLIVE), a web-based application for browsing and exploring user-generated and publicly available chromatin tracing datasets.
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Faryabi Lab @UPENN @faryabi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Kudos to Yeqiao Zhou, @atishayjay.bsky.social, and @vahedilab.bsky.social for our new @natcellbio.nature.com study www.nature.com/articles/s41...! By integrating chromatin tracing and polymer modeling, we revealed how lineage-determining TFs shape folding of B-cell lymphoma and T-ALL genomes.
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Lineage-determining transcription factors constrain cohesin to drive multi-enhancer oncogene regulation - Nature Cell Biology
Zhou, Jay et al. report that in mantle cell lymphoma and T cell leukaemia, lineage-determining transcription factors share a mechanism to regulate how multiple enhancers control oncogene expression th...
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Beyond excited to share the collaborative work with @faryabi.bsky.social led by stars Yeqiao Zhou and @atishayjay.bsky.social; Walking along thousands of chromosomes has shown us just how essential it is to measure chromatin fiber geometry to truly understand enhancer biology. tinyurl.com/2st3afwf
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Lineage-determining transcription factors constrain cohesin to drive multi-enhancer oncogene regulation - Nature Cell Biology
Zhou, Jay et al. report that in mantle cell lymphoma and T cell leukaemia, lineage-determining transcription factors share a mechanism to regulate how multiple enhancers control oncogene expression th...
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CAMB Graduate Group @cambupenn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
With co-first author, CAMB Alum, Yeqiao Zhou from her time in the Faryabi Lab (@faryabi.bsky.social)
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Mia Levine @levine-lab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
How to keep in step when your (protein) partner speeds up… Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection. Congrats to whole team! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity
Intragenomic conflict with selfish genetic elements spurs adaptive changes in subunits of essential multiprotein complexes. Whether and how these adaptive changes disrupt interactions within such comp...
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I am very excited to share our collaborative work on multiome profiling of gene expression and chromatin accessibility of more than 1 million immune cells in pancreatic lymph nodes and spleens in human type 1 diabetes in @sciimmunology.bsky.social scim.ag/4o12TOZ
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Joint profiling of gene expression and chromatin accessibility in pancreatic lymph nodes and spleens in human type 1 diabetes
Joint chromatin accessibility and transcriptomic profiling of human and mouse pancreatic lymph nodes uncovers distinct features of CD4 T cells in T1D.
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
In this article, I share my perspective on leveraging AI and single-cell profiling to predict type 1 diabetes. It’s great to see the diverse insights contributed by other experts in the field: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Artificial intelligence in metabolic research - Nature Metabolism
The recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have created both intrigue and apprehension in the world of research. In this Viewpoint, we asked 12 experts in the field of metabolism to share their — differing — opinions on the use of AI in pre-clinical and clinical metabolic research.
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Dr. Amanda Poholek @poholeklab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Thrilled to share my promotion to Associate Professor with tenure at @pitt-immunology.bsky.social! Huge thanks to my incredible lab, collaborators, department, colleagues, family & friends. Science is a team effort, and I'm so proud of our work & excited for what's next! Stay tuned!
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Vahedi Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Specialist A/B to join our dynamic research group studying the mechanisms of immune regulation. Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
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Research Specialist A/B
University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...
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John Ray @jraylab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Excited to finally present the lab's latest work in defining candidate causal genetic variants that drive autoimmune diseases and their effects on primary human T cell expression and function! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic and epigenetic screens in primary human T cells link candidate causal autoimmune variants to T cell networks - Nature Genetics
Massively parallel reporter assay in primary human CD4+ T cells and bulk and single-cell CRISPR-interference screens identify candidate causal variants linked to autoimmune disease risk that modulate ...
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
New preprint in collaboration with the Faryabi lab: Optical Looping Interactive Viewing Engine (OLIVE), a web-based tool designed for high-throughput chromatin tracing data that functions similarly to genome browsers. If you work with these data, give a try: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 New #preprint alert! We're excited to share the latest work from the brilliant Sora Yoon: "Inference of multi-enhancer interactions in T lymphocytes using Hi-Cociety"🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚨 New #preprint alert! We're excited to share our latest work: "Single-Allele Chromatin Tracing Reveals Genomic Clustering of Paralogous Transcription Factors as a Mechanism for Developmental Robustness in T Cells"🔗 tinyurl.com/4ve26tbd
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚨 New #preprint alert! We're excited to share our latest work: "Single-Allele Chromatin Tracing Reveals Genomic Clustering of Paralogous Transcription Factors as a Mechanism for Developmental Robustness in T Cells"🔗 tinyurl.com/4ve26tbd
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sometimes you only need to focus on good news: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
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Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The recorded video of Dr. Golnaz Vahedi seminar entitled Chromatin topology at paralogous transcription factors is now available at “Global Immunotalks” YouTube Channel youtube.com/live/7aw_Qx5... Please ask questions in the Youtube comment section for Golnaz. Hope you enjoy it!
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GLOBAL IMMUNOTALKS: Virtual immunology seminar series
YouTube video by GLOBAL IMMUNOTALKS
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Global Immunotalks @globalimmuno.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Looking forward to our next #globalimmuno talk this Wednesday, May 7th, at 9am PST, noon EST, 4pm GMT by Dr. Golnaz Vahedi. Title: “Chromatin topology at paralogous transcription factors” ZOOM LINK: ucsd.zoom.us/j/91053505061 LIVE ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/@GLOBALIMMUNOTALKS
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Scott Canna @cannalab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It takes a special talent to observe the phenotype of an ETS1 super-enhancer deletion and see into the evolution of paralogous transcription factors. Holy 🤯, @vahedilab.bsky.social!
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Arjun Raj @arjunraj.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Super excited to be launching NimbusImage.com! Cloud-based image analysis to democratize machine learning! Documentation here! docs.nimbusimage.com
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Congrats to Atishay and Carlos for their review article on the epigenetics regulation of T cells: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The epigenetic landscape of fate decisions in T cells - Nature Immunology
Vahedi and colleagues review the mechanisms shaping the epigenetic landscape of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells during development and differentiation.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 13/03/2025
Accuracy of gene regulatory network inference is increased by combining multiome single-cell and atlas-scale bulk data go.nature.com/43YySqO rdcu.be/ebBio
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Inferring gene regulatory networks from single-cell multiome data using atlas-scale external data - Nature Biotechnology
Accuracy of gene regulatory network inference is increased by combining multiome single-cell and atlas-scale bulk data.
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Jon Epstein @jonepstein1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Emily Whitehead and her father on CNN with Jake Tapper speaking to the value of science. She is alive thanks to CAR T therapy developed at Penn and CHOP.
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Anshul Kundaje @anshulkundaje.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Disease diagnostics using machine learning of B cell and T cell receptor sequences www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... TL;DR: BCRs ARE ALL YOU NEED! (Well actually .... keep reading) 1/
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Disease diagnostics using machine learning of B cell and T cell receptor sequences
Clinical diagnosis typically incorporates physical examination, patient history, various laboratory tests, and imaging studies but makes limited use of the human immune system’s own record of antigen ...
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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 13/02/2025
Researchers at Fred Hutch have discovered an overlooked mechanism driving aggressive breast and brain tumors involving genes so ancient — more than 2 billion years old — that they fly under the radar of standard genetic sequencing methods. 1/9 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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E John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is outstanding. All academic scientists should be required to watch this.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 10/02/2025
🏆 Presenting the front page of tomorrow's Inquirer, memorializing the Eagles' second Super Bowl win.
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E John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This will kill science in the US. This is how China wins. Why is this not on the news? Why are people not more upset about this? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant." grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Go Birds!
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Columbia Engineering @columbiaseas.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
In a paper published today in Science Immunology, a research team led by @elhamazizi.bsky.social has identified a specific population of immune cells that play a critical role in the successful treatment of relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML). www.engineering.columbia.edu/about/news/s...
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E John Wherry @ejohnwherry.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Everyone should contact their senators/representatives to advocate for the NIH. Point out things like below. And like the fact that all new drugs have their point origin in NIH-funded research (then developed by Pharma/Biotech). The real impact of NIH has been lost in the noise of political BS
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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
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The American Association of Immunologists @aai.org · 16/01/2025
AAI congratulates the 2025 Class of Distinguished Fellows! These long-term members are honored for their outstanding scientific contributions and service to the #immunology community. See the complete list of 2025 honorees: ow.ly/aiXE50UHGW6.
Congratulations to the 2025 Class of AAI Distinguished Fellows!
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Arjun Raj @arjunraj.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I've said it before, but the most interacted-with part of your paper is the title, followed by the abstract and Fig. 1, then steeply downhill from there. Plan accordingly.
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Tcellogic (Sue Kaech) @tcellogic.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Here is link to Shixin's new paper: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Nutrient-driven histone code determines exhausted CD8+ T cell fates
ACLY-deficient CAR T cells targeting the tumor-associated antigen disialoganglioside GD2 (GD2 CAR T cells) also resisted acquiring TEX-like properties, exhibiting reduced CD39 expression when co-cultu...
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Ed Chuong @edchuong.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I’m excited to share our latest study led by @giuliapasquesi.bsky.social out today in @cellpress.bsky.social , uncovering a new way transposons have been repurposed for human interferon signaling! Read on for a thread on cryptic splice variants, decoy receptors, and viruses (1/N) 👇🧵 #TESky 🧪
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Regulation of human interferon signaling by transposon exonization
Transposable element exonization can yield functional protein isoforms as seen for primate-specific IFNAR2.
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Struan Grant @struangrant.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Re-posting given recent adds go.bsky.app/9asWtuD
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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Golnaz Vahedi @vahedilab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Excited to reconnect to the scientific community again. We are going to need each other's support more than ever in coming months.
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