Author

Ashwani Kumar

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Same name, identified by ORCID

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Bioengineering· 1 Bioinformatics· 1 Immunology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Anand Chellappan ReghuvaraniD· 1 shared Andrew StubbsiD· 1 shared Anshu BhardwajiD· 1 shared Asime ObaiD· 1 shared Barbara FranchiniD· 1 shared Bérénice BatutiD· 1 shared Björn Andreas GrüningiD· 1 shared Bony De KumariD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 18 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperImmunology

Anand Chellappan ReghuvaranORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

3 papers

Recent·Most cited

Microbiology Galaxy Lab: The first community-driven gateway for reproducible and FAIR analysis of microbial data

Engy Mohamed Taha Nasr, Nikolaos Pechlivanis, Nikolaos Strepis, Pierre Amato, Matthias Bernt, Anshu Bhardwaj, Daniel J Blankenberg, Daniela Brites, Fabio Cumbo, Katherine Do, Emanuele Ferrari, Timothy J. Griffin, Björn Andreas Grüning, Saskia Hiltemann, Cameron J. Hyde, , Bérénice Batut

The paper introduces the Microbiology Galaxy Lab, a community-driven platform for reproducible and FAIR microbial data analysis, offering tools for various omics data types and use cases.

Communications Biology · Oct 29, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

A minimally modified AAV9 variant (AAV9fyhr) for enhanced CNS gene delivery by intra-CSF administration.

Irvin T. Garza, Vijayashree Ramesh, Yuhui Hu, Matthew Rioux, Mehmet Takar, Harrison Higgs, Erik Allen Lykken, Rachel Adams, Peter Kunach, Daniel Kieffer, Cynthia B. Trygg, Jeanne M. Fisher‐Perkins, Ashwani Kumar, Łukasz A. Joachimiak, Rachel M. Bailey, , Steven James Gray

This paper describes a novel AAV9 variant, AAV9fyhr, that improves CNS gene delivery while minimizing peripheral tissue tropism through targeted amino acid modifications.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

A T-cell Intrinsic Role for APOL1 Risk Alleles in Allograft Rejection

John F. Pell, E. M. Tanvir, Zhengliang Sun, Irene Chernova, Anand Chellappan Reghuvaran, Soichiro Nagata, Mateus Guerra, John Choi, Soltan Al Chaar, Hiroki Mizuno, Ke Dong, Xin Tian, Reika Ishibe, Barbara Franchin, Paolo Cravedi, , Madhav C. Menon

This study identifies a T-cell intrinsic mechanism by which APOL1 risk alleles contribute to kidney rejection through altered calcium signaling and T-cell activation.

American Journal of Transplantation · Aug 1, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology