2025
Zaya presents at local Xenium workshop!
February 26, 2025
Zaya was invited to share her expertise using Xenium to examine Spatial transcriptomics in AA during a Xenium workshop hosted at the University of Iowa!
2024
Lab welcomes Paul Yiran Ntasin for a research rotation!
November 18, 2024
Paul is a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology and is joining the lab for his 2nd rotation!
Jason Hristopoulos wins award at the 2024 CCOM Medical Student Research Conference!
Jason Hristopoulos joins the lab for a summer research rotation!
May 15, 2024
Jason Hristopoulos, an MSTP student, joins the lab for his summer rotation!
Bella Williams joins the Lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant!
January 26, 2024
Welcome to Bella, a pre-med student in her Junior year, who will be joining the lab to help us study effector mechanisms of Alopecia Areata!
2023
Congratulations to Ryan Reis, PhD Candidate!
Monday, November 27, 2023
Congratulations to Ryan Reis for passing his comprehensive exam and officially
becoming a PhD candidate in the Cancer Biology Program!
Ifechukwu Ezeilo joins the Lab for a research rotation!
November 20, 2023
Ify is a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology and is joining the Lab for her 2nd rotation!
Review Paper published in Frontiers in Immunology!
August 15, 2023
Congratulations to Ryan Reis and Ali Jabbari (among others) for their recent publication titled “Molecular techniques drive cutting edge advancements in management of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.”
Lefebvre MN, Borcherding N, Reis RJ, Mou E, Liu V, Jabbari A. Molecular techniques drive cutting edge advancements in management of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Front Immunol. 2023 Aug 15;14:1228563. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1228563. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37654486
Maddison Lensing Appointed to the Immunology Predoctoral T32 Training Grant!
August 1, 2023
Congratulations to Maddi for her T32 Appointment!
Medical Students (rising M2), Olivia DiGioia & Yumeng Engelking join the lab for summer research
Welcome to the lab Olivia and Yumi!! Both students have been awarded Summer Research Fellowships from the Carver College of Medicine to support their time in the lab this summer!
Monday, May 22, 2023
Sam Connell Receives AAI Trainee Abstract award to present at Immunology2023 in Washington DC
Sam presented his talk titled "CD4 T cells from mice with alopecia areata express an effector like phenotype and can transfer disease" in the T Cell Responses in Autoimmune Disease Block symposium. Way to go Sam!!
Monday, May 15, 2023
Otgonzaya Ayush M.D., Ph.D., joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Welcome to the lab Zaya!! She will focus on skin immunology and hair disease interactions. She studied atopic dermatitis and hair disorders extensively on alopecia in Mongolia. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the Dermatology Branch at the NIAMS/NIH 2018-2023.
Monday, April 3, 2023
Maddi Lensing was included in the recent Dare to Discover campaign
2022
Review Paper Published in Frontiers in Immunology!
August 29, 2022
Congratulations to Maddison Lensing and Ali Jabbari on the publishing of their paper entitled, "An overview of JAK/STAT pathways and JAK inhibition in alopecia areata."
Lensing M, Jabbari A. An overview of JAK/STAT pathways and JAK inhibition in alopecia areata. Front. Immunol., 30 Aug 2022. Sec. Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Disorders. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.955035. PMID: 36110853. PMCID: PMC9470217.
Ryan Reis, MSTP Student, selects the Jabbari Lab!
June 21, 2022
Following Ryan Reis' rotation, he selected the Jabbari lab to conduct his research. Ryan began his medical training in 2019. His research involves using a bioinformatics approach to aid in the understanding of -omics level data in the context of human disease, specifically cancer and other immune-related pathologies.
Welcome, Ryan!
Andrea Benavides joins the lab for a rotation!
August 23, 2022
Andrea is a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology and will be completing her first research rotation in the lab!
Paper Published in Blood Advances!
April 20, 2022
Congratulations to Nic Henderson, Luana Ortolan, and Ali Jabbari (among others) for being published with their paper entitled, "Single-cell analysis of Sézary syndrome reveals novel markers and shifting gene profiles associated with treatment."
Borcherding N, Severson KJ, Henderson NT, Dos Santos Ortolan L, Rosenthal AC, Bellizzi AM, Liu V, Link BK, Mangold AR, Jabbari A. Single-cell analysis of Sézary syndrome reveals novel markers and shifting gene profiles associated with treatment. Blood Adv. 2023 Feb 14;7(3):321-335. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005991. PMID: 35390145.
Nic Henderson awarded Summer Research Fellowship!
April 6, 2022
Congratulations to Nic Henderson for receiving a Carver College of Medicine Summer Research Fellowship to conduct research in the Jabbari Lab for 10 weeks during the Summer of 2022. The title of his research is The Immunophenotyping T Cells in Alopecia Areata. Nic spent two years in the lab prior to starting medical school, and will be completing his M1 year in May. Congratulations and welcome back!
Ryan Reis joins the lab for a rotation!
March 30, 2022
Ryan is a member of the MSTP program and will be a completing a research rotation with us!
Congratulations to Maddi Lensing, PhD Candidate!
March 25, 2022
Today Maddi passed her comprehensive exam and officially became a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology!
Payton Kahl accepted to UIowa Masters in Pathology Program!
March 10, 2022
Congratulations to Payton Kahl, who will be starting her program this fall. Thanks for years of service, your future is bright!
Alexis Ramos joins the lab for a rotation!
February 17, 2022
Alexis is a member of the Cancer Biology graduate program and will be spending her 3rd rotation in the lab!
Review Paper Published in Autoimmunity Reviews!
Februrary 16, 2022
Congratulations to Samuel J. Connell and Ali Jabbari on the publishing of their paper entitled, “ The current state of knowledge of the immune ecosystem in alopecia areata.”
Connell SJ, Jabbari A. The current state of knowledge of the immune ecosystem in alopecia areata. Autoimmun Rev. 2022 May;21(5):103061. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2022.103061. Epub 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35151885.
2021
Nic Henderson accepted into the Carver College of Medicine!
May 1, 2021
Congratulations to Nic for being accepted into the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa! Thanks for your fruitful years in the lab and best of luck with future endeavors!
Sam Connell appointed to the Immunology T32 Predoctoral Training Grant!
August 1, 2021
Congratulations for Sam for his T32 Appointment! Hard work pays off!
Maddi Lensing commits to the Lab!
May 9, 2021
Welcome to Maddi Lensing, a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, she has committed to the Jabbari Lab to pursue her PhD training!
Congratulations to Sam Connell, PhD Candidate!
March 24, 2021
Sam has successfully passed his Comprehensive Exam and officially became a PhD Candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology!
2020
Sam Connell commits to the Lab!
August 1, 2020
Welcome to Sam Connell, a member of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology! He has decided to pursue his PhD training in the Jabbari Lab!