Zarifeh Heidari Rarani
Research Scientist
I'm a Research Scientist working at the intersection of interpretable machine learning, mechanistic modeling, and gene regulatory network analysis, mainly focused on systems immunology and computaional biology. I work with multi-omic datasets to uncover meaningful patterns in immune responses and gene regulation, with the goal of driving progress in precision medicine. I enjoy collaborating across disciplines and contributing to innovative, data-driven research in biomedical science.
Changelog (2)
September, 2025
September, 2025
Zarifeh Heidari Rarani promoted to a Research Scientist in the lab.April, 2023
April, 2023
Zarifeh Heidari Rarani joins the lab as Post Doctoral FellowPublications (2)
BPTF is essential for vaccine-induced germinal center B cell responses
06/07/2026 - Journal of Immunology
Sturtz A, Evavold B, Heidari Rarani Z, Alsoussi W, [...], Das J, Turner J, Pardi N, Ellebedy A
Deciphering the impact of genomic variation on function
09/04/2024 - Nature
IGVF Consortium
News (7)
April, 2026
Zarifeh Heidari Rarani presented FIREFate at AAI 2026 in Boston.
February, 2026
Zarifeh Heidari Rarani got an abstract award at AAI 2026
October, 2025
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.
May, 2025
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
April, 2025
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.
September, 2024
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.
September, 2024
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.