Alisa gave a talk 'A unified network systems approach uncovers a core novel program underlying T follicular helper cell differentiation' at CSI Symposium

Alisa Omelchenko

Jishnu wins recognition as student body (BGSA) awarded Mentor of the Year across the School of Medicine in 30th Graduate Student Research Symposium

Jishnu Das

We officially have a Pilot in the lab. Swapnil Keshari becomes a FAA part 61 Private Pilot.

Swapnil Keshari

Jane Siwek gave a talk at the 30th Annual School of Medicine Graduate Student Research Symposium on "Sliding Window INteraction Grammar (SWING): a generalized interaction language model for peptide and protein interactions"

Jane Siwek

Hanxi Xiao was the runner up for Stephen L Phillips Best Reserch Paper Award for her Nature methods paper SLIDE across School of Medicine in 30th SOM GSRS.

Hanxi Xiao

Alisa participated in the St. Jude Biohackation and her team won 'Most Technically Impressive' award.

Alisa Omelchenko

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani presented study Uncovering Novel Cellular Programs Underlying Bifurcating Human B Cell States as a poster at the IGVF Annual meeting in Durham NC.

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani

Swapnil received BGSA's Travel Grant Award, for his peresentation in IGVF Conference in Durham!

Swapnil Keshari

Swapnil Keshari wins Elevator Pitch at the 23rd Department of Immunology Retreat

Swapnil Keshari

Prabal gave a talk 'Leveraging HIVs Evolutionary Choices at the CD4 Interface in Designing Broadly Neutralizing Immunotherapies ' at the annual Department of Immunology retreat at Oglebey, WV

Prabal Chhibbar

Akanksha Sachan was awarded the 2025 Kalman/AFAR Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging

Akanksha Sachan

Alisa gave a talk 'A unified network systems approach uncovers a core novel program underlying T follicular helper cell differentiation' at ISMB 2025

Alisa Omelchenko

Javad successfully defends his thesis titled "Interpretable Machine Learning and Protein NetworkBased Approaches for Biological Discovery from MultiOmic Datasets". Congratulations Dr. Javad

Javad Rahimikollu

The study (Uncovering Novel Cellular Programs Underlying Bifurcating Human B Cells), led by Zarifeh Heidari Rarani, was selected for an oral presentation at the ISMB/ECCB 2025 Conference in Liverpool, United Kingdom

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani

The study (Uncovering Novel Cellular Programs Underlying Bifurcating Human B Cell States) led by Zarifeh Heidari Rarani, was selected for an oral presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor (CSH) Systems Immunology Conference.

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani

Akanksha Sachan recieved "Best Poster Award" for Aging Research Day

Akanksha Sachan

Alisa Omelchenko won 'Best Abstract' and gave a talk at the School of Medicine Graduate Research Symposium.

Alisa Omelchenko

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani presented study Uncovering Novel Cellular Programs Underlying Bifurcating Human B Cell States as a poster at the Annual Department of Immunology Scientific Retreat.

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani

The study led by Zarifeh Heidari Rarani (Uncovering Novel Cellular Programs Underlying Bifurcating Human B Cell States), was presented as a poster at the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium annual meeting.

Zarifeh Heidari Rarani

Alisa Omelchenko won Best Talk at the CPCB Retreat for Sliding Window Interaction Grammar (SWING) - a Generalized Interaction Language Model for Protein and Peptide Interactions'

Alisa Omelchenko

Jane Siwek gave a talk at ISMB 2024 on "Sliding Window INteraction Grammar (SWING): a generalized interaction language model for peptide and protein interactions"

Jane Siwek

Jishnu presented our work at Senior Vice Chancellor?s Research Seminar Series 2024 on, 'From Bench to Bedside via Bytes: Using Machine Learning to Study the Immune System'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at Emory University ? Seminar 2024 on, 'Using machine learning and network systems approaches to uncover genetic and molecular determinants of immunological disorders'

Jishnu Das

Alisa Omelchenko gave a talk at GLBio 'SWING (Sliding Window INteraction Grammar) - a generalizable interaction-language model for protein interactions across biological contexts'

Alisa Omelchenko

Jishnu presented our work at 'Systems and Engineering Immunology Keystone 2024' on, 'Sliding Window Interaction Grammar (SWING) - a Generalized Interaction Language Model for Decoding Biological Interactions'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at Pitt HuGen ? Seminar 2024 on, 'Using machine learning and network systems approaches to uncover genetic and molecular determinants of immunological disorders'

Jishnu Das

Swapnil Keshari received an award from NCWIT for mentoring high school student

Swapnil Keshari

Prabal gave a talk 'Uncovering cell-type-specific immunomodulatory variants and associated molecular phenotypes in infectious disease using structurally-resolved protein networks ' at the annual School of Medicine Graduate Student Symposium

Prabal Chhibbar

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2023 on, 'Cell-type-specific biomarkers of systemic sclerosis disease severity capture cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic circuits'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2023 on, 'Elucidating humoral profiles associated with Schistosomiasis pathogenesis using interpretable machine learning'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2023 on, 'Significant latent factor interaction discovery and exploration across biological domains'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at FASEB Autoimmunity 2023 on, 'Multi-dimensional integration of protein interactomes with genomic and molecular data discover distinct RA endotypes'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Systems Immunology Meeting 2023 on, 'Multi-dimensional integration of protein interactomes with genomic and molecular data discovers distinct RA endotypes'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Systems Immunology Meeting 2023 on, 'Uncovering immunomodulatory molecular phenotypes in infectious disease using networks'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2022 on, 'Essential Regression: A generalizable framework for inferring causal latent factors from multi-omic datasets'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2022 on, 'Antibodies targeting conserved non-canonical antigens and endemic coronaviruses associate with favorable outcomes in severe COVID-19'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2022 on, 'A network-based approach to identify expression modules underlying rejection in pediatric liver transplantation'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at the Banff-CST Joint Transplant and Pathology Summit titled 'Machine learning in clinical decision making in transplant biology'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave a talk at International Workshop on Scleroderma 2022 in Boston.

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at ISMB 2022 on the topic 'A network-based approach to identify expression modules underlying rejection in pediatric liver transplantation'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave a talk at the 2021 Cold Spring Harbor Systems Immunology Meeting on 'CausER ? a general approach to uncover latent causal factors from multi-omic datasets'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave a talk at the 2021 Cold Spring Harbor Networks Meeting on 'Network-based multi-omic integration unveils novel molecular programs underlying T follicular helper cell differentiation in immunological disorders'

Jishnu Das

Jishnu gave an invited talk at the University of Iowa College of Medicine Seminar Series 2021 on 'Using machine learning and network systems approaches to uncover molecular phenotypes underlying pathophysiology of immune disorders'

Jishnu Das

The lab is now open! We look forward to exciting science in the future!

Jishnu Das