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Sina Farahvashi

University of California, San Francisco

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Alireza MajdiD· 2 shared Faranak FattahiiD· 2 shared Abolfazl ArabiD· 1 shared Andrius CesiulisiD· 1 shared Angeline K Chemel· 1 shared Annarita Scaramozza· 1 shared Behnam Javanmardi· 1 shared Bradley Shibata· 1 shared

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Scalable longitudinal imaging and transcriptomics of cells in dynamic enclosures

Tarun K. Khurana, Liz Y. Wu, Pier Federico Gherardini, Seyedsina Moeinzadeh, Mehdi Mohseni, Filiz Gorpe Yasar, Roger Dettloff, Justin Poelma, Shan Sabri, Annarita Scaramozza, Yunmin Li, Nirvan Rouzbeh, Nicholas Elder, Shreya S. Deshmukh, Alireza Majd, , Mostafa Ronaghi

This paper develops a platform for longitudinal imaging and transcriptomics of live cells, revealing adaptive drug-resistant states and key drivers of cellular function through integrated analysis.

bioRxiv · May 8, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology

Deriving Schwann Cells from hPSCs Enables Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Homa Majd, Sadaf Amin, Zaniar Ghazizadeh, Andrius Cesiulis, Edgardo J. Arroyo, Karen L. Lankford, Alireza Majd, Sina Farahvashi, Angeline K Chemel, Mesomachukwu Okoye, Megan D. Scantlen, Jason H. Tchieu, Elizabeth L. Calder, Valerie Le Rouzic, Bradley Shibata, , Faranak Fattahi

This study derives Schwann cells from human pluripotent stem cells to model diabetic peripheral neuropathy and identify a drug candidate that rescues sensory function and prevents myelin damage.

Cell stem cell · May 1, 2023Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology