Recent PhD recipient in the Ebrahimkhani Lab. My research focuses on the intersection of stem cell engineering, synthetic biology, and computational biology.

University of Pittsburgh
Joined November 2017
One of hopefully many journeys to come. Big thanks to my mentors @MoEbrahimkhani and @samira_kiani1. Also, thanks to @ryanlegraw for working shoulder to shoulder with me on this for the last few years. Time flies.
1/It’s a pleasure to share with you results of +4 years’ work of my students and collaborations.@CellSystemsCP @CellPressNews "Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Engineering Directs Development and Vascularization of Multilineage Human Liver Organoids" authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
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I AM DOCTOR! 😁 Thank you for your valuable mentorship these last 6 years that has gotten me to this point! @MoEbrahimkhani @samira_kiani1 Thanks to everyone who could make it in person and over Zoom.
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Hematopoiesis never gets old
CD41:GFP at 72 hpf. What are these HSCs doing in the heart? #zebrafish #development #hematopoiesis
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Another amazing organoid advance from @JimWellsLab @CincyChildrens tissue engineering with hPSC-derived ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A great collaboration with @doralidsy and Ziv Bar-joseph lab at @CarnegieMellon . We show how integration of machine learning approaches (TraSig) with synthetic morphogenesis can decode principles governing cellular communication and development. #organoids
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There was a very 2020 apocalyptic vibe on the last confocal session for the year today @IMBatUQ.
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Jeremy Velazquez retweeted
Two very interesting papers on 'synthetic morphogen' systems. GFP was used as a diffusible ligand! science.sciencemag.org/conte… science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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SingleCellNet is now available in Python too! It is Scanpy and AnnData compatible! The pySCN maintains the high performance in the quantitative annotation as the original version in R but with shorter training time. Check it out! github.com/pcahan1/PySingleC… Plz retweet!! @cahanLab
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Jeremy Velazquez retweeted
Sharing another great article that gives a comprehensive overview from start to end of single-cell RNA-seq.
New review on single-cell RNA seq analytical tools by an amazing team @BrianHie @joshpetepeters @snyquist2 @shaleklab BergerLabMIT -- check it out! annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10…
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2. what I like of the ‘organoid field’ is that, if we are honest, we know we are pitched against the most fearful competitor and critic: the embryo who gets it ‘right’ every time
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Would like to have seen metabolics and scATAC-seq with more than 4 biological replicates.
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I can't believe this worked
Prof tip: before you apply for a Pew grant make sure they can’t see that your application file is called Pewpewpew.pdf
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My first 1st author technical paper from my PhD studies! It's been quite the journey. bioRxiv viewer disq.us/t/3om1owl
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Excited to show the project we have been working towards for past few years!
I am glad to share with you our recent preprint : "Synthetic Maturation of Multilineage Human Liver Organoids via Genetically guided engineering " #organoids #multicellular #maturation #geneticengineering #liver #stemcell biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Very glad to have been able to participate in @theNASEM Embryo Model Systems Workshop! A full day of insightful, thought-provoking talks and beautiful science. Excited to dive back into my own work! #EbrahimkhaniLab
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Liver-on-a-chip, the ideal test environment for CRISPR | EurekAlert! Science News eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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