Zia Rahman
@spt-gc.bsky.social
B cell biologist studying the mechanism of spontaneous germinal center response in systematic autoimmunity (SLE). Professor of Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I am rejecting anything AI! How about you?
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I am rejecting anything AI! How about you?
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Does 100K application fee for new H1b visa apply to our postdocs who are planning to apply for H1b?
September 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Does 100K application fee for new H1b visa apply to our postdocs who are planning to apply for H1b?
Recently have moved to a newly renovated lab space!
August 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Recently have moved to a newly renovated lab space!
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The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The @NYTimes has done a fantastic job on explaining what the Trump administration’s savage
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
cuts to biomedical research mean: cures that won’t happen. Please share this widely. This is a catastrophe. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints, say Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social and colleagues @pennstateuniv.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/...
See a short video summary by Adam Fike👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
See a short video summary by Adam Fike👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
June 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints, say Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social and colleagues @pennstateuniv.bsky.social: rupress.org/jem/article/...
See a short video summary by Adam Fike👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
See a short video summary by Adam Fike👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
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🎥 New video summary of the study "IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints" from Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social and colleagues (rupress.org/jem/article/...) 👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints
Original paper: https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinalVideo summary by Adam Fike (Pennsylvania ...
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎥 New video summary of the study "IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints" from Adam Fike, Ziaur Rahman @spt-gc.bsky.social and colleagues (rupress.org/jem/article/...) 👇
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
youtu.be/h_ADv6ncups
Super excited to post our new paper on the role of IRF7 in controlling #spontaneous #autoimmune #germinal center and #plasma cell checkpoints.
doi.org/10.1084/jem....
doi.org/10.1084/jem....
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press
Fike et al. describe mechanisms of IRF7-driven autoimmune B cell and autoantibody responses. Mechanistic studies guided by OMICs data reveal that IRF7 prom
doi.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Super excited to post our new paper on the role of IRF7 in controlling #spontaneous #autoimmune #germinal center and #plasma cell checkpoints.
doi.org/10.1084/jem....
doi.org/10.1084/jem....
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IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal
May 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal
May 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
IRF7 controls spontaneous autoimmune germinal center and plasma cell checkpoints url:https://rupress.org/jem/article/222/7/e20231882/277976/IRF7-controls-spontaneous-autoimmune-germinal
April 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States
NIH’s abrupt decision to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15% threatens the critical
infrastructure supporting groundbreaking biomedical research in the United States.
This policy jeopardizes Americ...
www.cell.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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If you've been calling Congress, keep calling & if not, start-we're getting their attention. We had a good visit to a Congressional office yesterday to discuss science funding & the staffer told us how busy they've been-usually the Senate shwitchboard gets 64 calls/minute-now they're getting 1600 🧪
March 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you've been calling Congress, keep calling & if not, start-we're getting their attention. We had a good visit to a Congressional office yesterday to discuss science funding & the staffer told us how busy they've been-usually the Senate shwitchboard gets 64 calls/minute-now they're getting 1600 🧪
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#HHS has canceled the March meeting of outside experts who were to advise #FDA on what next winter's #flu shots should target. The irony of this: Canceling #VRBPAC makes the US more reliant on the WHO-led strain selection process. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/f...
FDA cancels vaccine advisory committee meeting
The advisory committee meeting is a critical resource for vaccine makers trying to figure out which flu strains to include in their shots for the next flu season.
www.statnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
#HHS has canceled the March meeting of outside experts who were to advise #FDA on what next winter's #flu shots should target. The irony of this: Canceling #VRBPAC makes the US more reliant on the WHO-led strain selection process. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/f...
A nice distraction from all that is happening in the US!
February 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A nice distraction from all that is happening in the US!
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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So sad and frustrating! This could have been prevented with a safe vaccine!!
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
apnews.com/article/m...
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
apnews.com/article/m...
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So sad and frustrating! This could have been prevented with a safe vaccine!!
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
apnews.com/article/m...
A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
apnews.com/article/m...
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This @theonion.com headline makes me so sad. theonion.com/democratic-l...
February 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This @theonion.com headline makes me so sad. theonion.com/democratic-l...
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Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
February 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”
Beyond parody.
Beyond parody.
Any update on the court hearing about the NIH indirect cost?
February 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Any update on the court hearing about the NIH indirect cost?