Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University, PI in the Center for Gene Therapy at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Joined April 2022
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Please RT! We are hiring! #postdocjobs are available! Are you interested in #genetherapy and #neurology? Then apply for these job in Rashnonejad Lab at Nationwide Children's Hospital. external-nationwidechildrens… #hiring #ASGCT #neuroscience #ColumbusOhio #AcademicChatter

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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
22 Jul 2022
Congratulations to ASGCT Associate Member @rashnonejad, who received a grant to help develop a #genetherapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B (#CMT1B)! bit.ly/3PRjsw3

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Congratulations to Afrooz @Rashnonejad of @OhioState and @NationwideKids! This is a very promising project aiming to develop a single gene therapy that has the potential to work for all of nearly all people with CMT1B.
The CMTRF awarded a $500,000 grant to Afrooz Rashnonejad, PhD, Assistant Professor at Ohio State University's Department of Pediatrics and Principal Investigator at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Gene Therapy, in Columbus, Ohio. Read more: cmtrf.org/nationwide-childre…
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American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT), the best place to meet colleagues and discuss science. There was a great discussion after my talk. Thanks to all organizers. Come to connect if you are here! #asgct22 #asgct #meeting #talk #neuromuscular #FSHD #CRISPR
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A split prime editor simplifies delivery go.nature.com/3LGtaiV

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Five RNA Therapeutics Startups to Watch in 2022 Five RNA therapeutics startups to watch that have opened their doors since 2020 and are developing the next generation of RNA medicines. Learn more: insideprecisionmedicine.com/…
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
In a new study, researchers discover that the gene TRAF6 plays a crucial and unexpected cancer-regulating role.
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PI getting reimbursed

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On this #NationalDNADay, we celebrate Dr. Rosalind Franklin. She discovered the density and helical form of DNA but did not receive the 📷: Rosalind Franklin with microscope in 1955. Author: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
3 Aug 2021
New IPOPI publication - leaflet on WHIM syndrome! #WHIMsyndrome is a rare genetic #primaryimmunodeficiency with very specific charateristics - read all about it and share with your local network ipopi.org/whim-syndrome/
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
15 Apr 2022
ICYMI: We announced our 2022 award recipients this week! Congratulations to: -Donald Kohn, MD -Lindsey George, MD -Matthew Hirsch, PhD -@morganlmaeder, PhD -@christopher_wp, PhD -P.J. Brooks, PhD -Kathy High, MD bit.ly/3vcIQDS

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To comprehensively mitigate the misuse of synthetic viruses, we need to consider accessible & powerful methods arising from viral vector engineering for gene therapy. In a new paper in @GeneTherapy_SN, we discuss these risks and their mitigation: nature.com/articles/s41434-0… 1/n
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
10 Apr 2022
Excited that our work with the lab of Ruth Brack-Werner is now out in Advanced Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… We identified the receptor signature of astrocytes for an RGD-displaying AAV9 incl integrins & AAVR. Congrats Jad from our lab, Amelie (1st), Ruth & all others 👏🥂 !!
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
A new #HIV clinical trial shows promising results using a "strategy involving an adeno-associated viral vector-based gene delivery system that instructs cells to pump out antibodies that block HIV." bit.ly/38JNBgB via @sciencedaily
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Gene&Cell Therapy >> Abzena commits chunk of new $65M investment to build out in hot North Carolina scene: A San Diego CDMO has landed a $65 million investment to expand its drug substance and fill-finish… dlvr.it/SNSCQP #lucidquest #genetherapy #celltherapy
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In a recent paper, researchers demonstrated the long-term safety and effectiveness of #genetherapy to treat #WiskottAldrich syndrome. Up to 9 years after treatment, no adverse effects, and patients had dramatic symptom improvement: bddy.me/3jHwUEV
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Afrooz Rashnonejad retweeted
16 Apr 2022
A heartwarming story about an adorable boy with #SpinalMuscularAtrophy, and the race to give #GeneTherapy, with my amazing colleague Dr. Erin Neil, medical director of newborn screening for SMA in Michigan. Walking at 15 months! 🎉🎉🎉messa.org/a-race-to-save-cal… #CureSMA @MottDocs
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