What's Poppin'?

October, 2024
Published 'Interpretable machine learning uncovers epithelial transcriptional rewiring and a role for Gelsolin in COPD' in 'The Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight'
October, 2024
Contributed to 'Spatial microniches of IL-2 combine with IL-10 to drive lung migratory TH2 cells in response to inhaled allergen' in 'Nature Immunology'
October, 2024
Contributed to 'High-dimensional profiling of immune responses to kidney transplant reveals heterogeneous T helper 1 and B cell effectors associated with rejection' in 'American Journal of Transplantation'
September, 2024
Contributed to 'Tim-3 Is Required for Regulatory T Cell?Mediated Promotion of T Cell Exhaustion and Viral Persistence during Chronic Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection' in 'Journal of Immunology'
September, 2024
Published 'Deep humoral profiling coupled to interpretable machine learning unveils diagnostic markers and pathophysiology of schistosomiasis' in 'Science Translational Medicine'
August, 2024
Contributed to 'Regulatory T Cell Insufficiency in Autoimmune Diabetes Is Driven by Selective Loss of Neuropilin-1 on Intraislet Regulatory T Cells' in 'Journal of Immunology'
August, 2024
Contributed to 'Aberrant mitochondrial DNA synthesis in macrophages exacerbates inflammation and atherosclerosis' in 'Nature Communications'
July, 2024
Contributed to 'The RNA binding protein Arid5a drives IL-17-dependent autoantibody-induced glomerulonephritis' in 'Journal of Experimental Medicine'
June, 2024
Contributed to 'Mapping the Evolutionary Space of SARS-CoV-2 Variants to Anticipate Emergence of Subvariants Resistant to COVID-19 Therapeutics' in 'PLoS Computational Biology'
May, 2024
Contributed to 'Transcriptomic and Proteomic Characterization of the Immune Response to Elective Spinal Reconstructive Surgery: Impact of Aging and Comparison with Traumatic Injury Response' in 'Journal of the American College of Surgeons'
May, 2024
Contributed to 'Temporal dynamics and genomic programming of plasma cell fates' in 'Nature Immunology'
May, 2024
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'
May, 2024
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'
April, 2024
NIAID U01 Flu Systems Vaccinology R01 (Role: MPI, PIs: Singh, Alcorn, Das)' funded. This grant focuses on developing advanced vaccination strategies for influenza.
April, 2024
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'
March, 2024
Published 'Population-level comparisons of gene regulatory networks modeled on high-throughput single-cell transcriptomics data' in 'Nature Computational Science'
February, 2024
Published 'SLIDE: Significant Latent factor Interaction Discovery and Exploration across biological domains' in 'Nature Methods'
February, 2024
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'
February, 2024
Swapnil Keshari received and award from NCWIT for mentoring high school student
December, 2023
Published 'From bench to bedside via bytes: multi-omic immunoprofiling and integration using machine learning and network approaches' in 'Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics'
December, 2023
Contributed to 'PRMT blockade induces defective DNA replication stress response and synergizes with PARP inhibition' in 'Cell Reports Medicine'
November, 2023
Contributed to 'SARS-CoV2 mRNA vaccines induce greater complement activation and decreased viremia and Nef antibodies in men with HIV-1' in 'The Journal of Infectious Diseases'
October, 2023
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'
October, 2023
Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2023 on, 'Elucidating humoral profiles associated with Schistosomiasis pathogenesis using interpretable machine learning'
October, 2023
Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2023 on, 'Significant latent factor interaction discovery and exploration across biological domains'
August, 2023
Published 'Cell Type-Specific Biomarkers of Systemic Sclerosis Disease Severity Capture Cell-Intrinsic and Cell-Extrinsic Circuits' in 'Arthritis & Rheumatology'
August, 2023
Contributed to 'Stability and heterogeneity in the antimicrobiota reactivity of human milk-derived immunoglobulin A' in 'The Journal of Experimental Medicine'
August, 2023
NHLBI R01 Grant for Adenine Nucleotide Translocase in COPD (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant supports research into the mechanisms of adenine nucleotide translocase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
July, 2023
Contributed to 'The gut protist Tritrichomonas arnold restrains virus-mediated loss of oral tolerance by modulating dietary antigen-presenting dendritic cells' in 'Immunity'
June, 2023
Published 'Antibodies targeting conserved non-canonical antigens and endemic coronaviruses associate with favorable outcomes in severe COVID-19' in 'Cell Reports'
June, 2023
NIGMS R35 (Role: Co-I, PI: Billiar)' funded. This grant is aimed at investigating molecular mechanisms in biomedical research.
May, 2023
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'
April, 2023
Contributed to 'Antibodies against the Ebola virus soluble glycoprotein are associated with long-term vaccine-mediated protection of non-human primates' in 'Cell Reports'
April, 2023
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'
April, 2023
Jishnu gave an invited talk at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Systems Immunology Meeting 2023 on, 'Uncovering immunomodulatory molecular phenotypes in infectious disease using networks'
February, 2023
Contributed to 'High-dimensional proteomics identifies organ injury patterns associated with outcomes in human trauma' in 'The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery'
February, 2023
NHLBI R35 (Role: Co-I, PI: A.Ray)' funded. This grant supports cardiovascular research to understand heart diseases.
January, 2023
NCI R01 on hypoxia in T cell differentiation in cancer (Role: Co-I, PI: Billiar)' funded. This grant focuses on the role of hypoxia in the differentiation of T cells within the tumor microenvironment.
December, 2022
Published 'Determining asthma endotypes and outcomes- Complementing existing clinical practice with modern machine learning' in 'Cell Reports Medicine'
October, 2022
Systemic Sclerosis Center for Research and Translation (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant is for research into systemic sclerosis and developing translation methods.
October, 2022
U01 Grant for cell signaling circuits in ocular disorders (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant focuses on understanding cell signaling in eye diseases.
October, 2022
Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2022 on, 'Essential Regression: A generalizable framework for inferring causal latent factors from multi-omic datasets'
October, 2022
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'
October, 2022
Jishnu gave an invited talk at BMES 2022 on, 'A network-based approach to identify expression modules underlying rejection in pediatric liver transplantation'
September, 2022
Jishnu gave an invited talk at the Banff-CST Joint Transplant and Pathology Summit titled 'Machine learning in clinical decision making in transplant biology'
August, 2022
Published 'A supervised take on dimensionality reduction via hybrid subset selection' in 'Patterns'
August, 2022
Contributed to 'Functional reprogramming of monocytes in acute and convalescent severe COVID-19 patients' in 'JCI Insight'
August, 2022
RO1 on antibody responses in COVID-19 (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant supports research into the immune response to COVID-19, particularly antibody production.
August, 2022
Jishnu gave a talk at International Workshop on Scleroderma 2022 in Boston.
July, 2022
Our work covered in Pittsburgh's Action 4 News '4 Your Health: Studying COVID-19 antibody patterns'
July, 2022
Scleroderma CDMRP Award (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant supports research into the pathogenesis and treatment of scleroderma.
July, 2022
Systems Immunology Core (funded by NIAMS P50) (Role: Co-Director)' funded. This grant focuses on the establishment and development of a Systems Immunology Core.
July, 2022
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'
June, 2022
Published 'Multi-Omic Admission-Based Prognostic Biomarkers Identified by Machine Learning Algorithms Predict Patient Recovery and 30 Day Survival in Trauma Patients' in 'Metabolites'
June, 2022
Published 'High Dimensional Multi-omics Reveals Unique Characteristics of Early Plasma Administration in Polytrauma Patients with TBI' in 'Annals of Surgery'
June, 2022
Published 'Antibodies targeting conserved non-canonical antigens and endemic coronaviruses associated with favorable outcomes in severe COVID-19' in 'Cell Press'
May, 2022
Contributed to 'Autoreactive antibodies play a role in acute kidney injury and dialysis requirement in patients with COVID-19' in 'Kidney International'
May, 2022
Contributed to 'Fungal sensing enhances neutrophil metabolic fitness by regulating antifungal Glut1 activity' in 'Cell Host and Microbe'
May, 2022
NIAID Flu Systems Vaccinology R01 (Role: MPI, PIs: Alcorn, Singh, Zimmerman)' funded. This grant supports the development of novel flu vaccines using systems vaccinology approaches.
May, 2022
Pitt-Case Western CFAR application funded by NIAID Rustbelt (Role: Co-I)' funded. This grant supports collaborative AIDS research between Pitt and Case Western.
April, 2022
Published 'Integrating bulk RNA-seq data with protein networks can uncover signatures underlying rejection in pediatric liver transplantation' in 'Cell Reports Medicine'
April, 2022
CIHR grant (Role: Co-I, PI: Konvalinka)' funded. This grant supports Canadian Institutes of Health Research in biomedical studies.
March, 2022
Published 'A network-based approach to identify expression modules underlying rejection in pediatric liver transplantation' in 'Cell Reports Medicine'
March, 2022
Published 'Essential Regression: A generalizable framework for inferring causal latent factors from multi-omic datasets' in 'Patterns'
March, 2022
DoD grant for scleroderma disease severity (Role: Co-I, PIs: Lafyatis and Singh)' funded. This grant supports research into the severity and mechanisms of scleroderma.
September, 2021
Scleroderma Program Idea Development Award (Role: Co-I, PI: Lafyatis)' funded. This grant aims at developing new ideas for scleroderma research.
September, 2021
NIAID R01 for COVID-19 vaccine responses in HIV (Role: Co-I, PIs: Rinaldo and Mailliard)' funded. This grant focuses on the response to COVID-19 vaccines in HIV-positive individuals.
September, 2021
5-year NHGRI U01 1U01HG012041-01 (Role: MPI, PIs: Singh, Sahni)' funded. This grant supports genomic research over a five-year period.
August, 2021
5-year NIAID New Innovator DP2 Award 1DP2AI164325-01 (Role: PI)' funded. This grant supports innovative research in immunology.
July, 2021
Contributed to 'Upper and lower respiratory tract correlates of protection against respiratory syncytial virus following vaccination of nonhuman primates' in 'Cell Host and Microbe'
June, 2021
Contributed to 'Mechanisms of impaired lung development and ciliation in Mannosidase-1-alpha-2 (Man1a2) mutants' in 'Frontiers in Physiology'
June, 2021
NIDDK dkNET New Investigator Pilot Program in Bioinformatics (Role: Co-I, PI: Joglekar)' funded. This grant supports new investigators in bioinformatics and kidney disease research.
April, 2021
Department of Defense Idea Development Award (Role: Co-I, PI: Lafyatis)' funded. This grant aims to develop new research ideas for the Department of Defense.
April, 2021
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'
March, 2021
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'
January, 2021
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'
October, 2020
Published 'Mining for humoral correlates of HIV control and latent reservoir size' in 'PLoS Pathogens'
September, 2020
Contributed to 'Extracellular Matrix Injury of Kidney Allografts in Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A Proteomics Study' in 'The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology'
August, 2020
Collaborative Research Agreement with University of Brussels Center for Research In Immunology (Role: PI)' funded. This grant supports collaborative immunology research with the University of Brussels.
July, 2020
Contributed to 'Glucosylation by the Legionella effector SetA promotes the nuclear localization of the transcription factor TFEB' in 'iScience'
July, 2020
Published 'Mapping functional humoral correlates of protection against malaria challenge following RTS, S/AS01 vaccination' in 'Science Translational Medicine'
June, 2020
Pilot Covid-19 grant from UPMC-ITTC (Role: PI)' funded. This grant supports initial research into COVID-19 at UPMC-ITTC.
May, 2020
Contributed to 'Co-immunization of DNA and Protein in the Same Anatomical Sites Induces Superior Protective Immune Responses against SHIV Challenge' in 'Cell Reports'
May, 2020
PACER grant (Role: PI)' funded. This grant supports research into emergency responses and public health.
March, 2020
Contributed to 'Latency reversal agents modulate HIV antigen processing and presentation to CD8 T cells' in 'PLoS Pathogens'
March, 2020
Contributed to 'Epigenetic basis for monocyte dysfunction in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis' in 'The Journal of Hepatology'
February, 2020
Published 'Antibody Fc Glycosylation Discriminates Between Latent and Active Tuberculosis' in 'The Journal of Infectious Diseases'
January, 2020
The lab is now open! We look forward to exciting science in the future!