Vivasvan Vykunta

MD-PhD Student @UCSF_MSTP with @MaxKrummel | Previously @MarsonLab @GladstoneInst and Zikherman Lab @UCSF | @PDSoros Fellow '26 | Immuno-engineering and biking

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

Thrilled to share our paper now out @NatureBiotech! High-yield genome engineering in primary cells using a hybrid ssDNA repair template and small-molecule cocktails

https://t.co/ceN9IluPuP

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Submicrometre sampling of living cells by macrophages

https://t.co/UhlCcU51SH

[Amy Fan @amycfanphd]

Excited to announce our study (w/ @RukmanThota & @MaxKrummel) published today @Nature:
Macrophages “hold our living identities” by taking tiny bites from living cells and presenting this information to CD8 T cells.

https://t.co/9XENtFrB4h

#immunology #cellbiology @immunox @ucsf

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

I'm honored to be among this year's @PDSoros Fellows! Check out the new cohort and all they've accomplished: https://t.co/8vBwD49cqH

Immensely grateful to @MaxKrummel, Alex Marson, @brshy, Julie Zikherman and many many more mentors who took a chance on me early in my training!

[PD Soros Fellowships @PDSoros]

Today, we announced the 2026 Fellows—we hope you will read their incredible stories and learn about their work! Selected from 3,000+ applications, it was the most competitive year in our history.

https://t.co/kwdjVqcrXw

[Roth_Lab @Roth_Lab]

Excited to present the first major work after starting our lab at Stanford and the Arc this year: CRISPR-All, a unified genetic perturbation language for programming any major type of genetic perturbation simultaneously, in any combination, at genome scale, in human cells.

[Justin Eyquem @j_eyquem]

🚨Excited to share our latest work, now out in @NatureBiotech ! We introduce SEED-Selection, a powerful method that enables high-efficiency enrichment of T cells edited at multiple loci in a single step 🧵👇
🔗 https://t.co/5Dh4hQIfDn

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

SEED-Selection enables high-efficiency enrichment of primary T cells edited at multiple loci https://t.co/KNMAtJUbzS

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

Excited to share this new piece!

From taking art classes together back in grade school and visiting colleges together in high school to now being co-first authors, I'm looking forward to continue working and learning with @rishabrama in our future training and careers!

[Rishab Ramapriyan, MD @rishabrama]

Excited to share our new review on altered cancer metabolism and implications for next-generation CAR T-cell therapies-- written with @VivaVykunta @GustVandeca @LGKRichardson @WTCNeuroscience
@BryanDChoi @MGHNeurosurg Full Paper: https://t.co/sNV5uduICx

[Science Immunology @SciImmunology]

New research in mice indicates that #MastCells secrete an essential metabolite in Peyer’s patches needed for the production of for intestinal #immunoglobulin A. https://t.co/6mSnwD987k #IgA @MarcoDegiov89 @UCSF

[Waggoner Lab @LabWaggoner]

Intestinal IgA production depends on GPR35-expressing cDC2 positioning guided by mast cells within Peyer’s patches @MarcoDegiov89 @jason_cyster @SciImmunology
https://t.co/EtJ989joSh

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

First paper from my time in @UCSF_MSTP is out today @SciImmunology! Had a blast learning from and working with @MarcoDegiov89 and the whole Cyster Lab @UCSF -- looking forward to seeing how the De Giovanni Lab continues this work!

[De Giovanni Lab @MarcoDegiov89]

Excited to share our latest results published in @SciImmunology unravelling how mast cells control dendritic cell positioning to sustain intestinal IgA production #Cysterlab @ArmeniseHarvard @SanRaffaeleMI @UCSF
https://t.co/SAA3kmBGnm

[Justin Eyquem @j_eyquem]

🚨 New study for the lab!
We developed SEED selection, a method to purify KnockIns at multiple loci in a single step. Better, It takes no space in the donor template, can be easily multiplexed and its all through negative selection!
👏👏 @ChrisRChang
https://t.co/tWaIqHmZp6

[bioRxiv Synthetic Biology @bioRxiv_synbio]

Ultra-high efficiency T cell reprogramming at multiple loci with SEED-Selection

https://t.co/kn8bkGOVbh
#biorxiv_synbio

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

Sister’s doing a lot of big science on the other side of campus! 👏🏽

[RaleighLab @LabRaleigh]

Akshara (proudly too cool for Twitter/X/whatever) presenting her honors thesis research from ⁦⁦@LabRaleigh⁩ at ⁦@UCBerkeley⁩. Look for her graduate school application in 2024, folks! ⁦@UCSFGradDiv⁩ ⁦@UCSFCancer⁩ ⁦@UCSF⁩ ⁦@NeurosurgUCSF⁩

[Nature Immunology @NatImmunol]

Zikherman and colleagues describe a new mechanism by which B cells recognize virus-like antigen display as a stand-alone danger signal that does not rely exclusively on avidity and BCR cross-linking. Read it here: https://t.co/lWIqkX7lHZ

https://t.co/hszUKyojUZ

[Edward Nirenberg 🇺🇦 @ENirenberg]

I am so glad someone finally published on the mechanism by which high valency antigens induce better B cell responses than soluble ones
https://t.co/OX5Hor9lWG

[Vivasvan Vykunta @VivaVykunta]

Great to see this published and thankful to have played a small part in this story during my time with @MarsonLab! Enjoyed working with my previous roommate, Dan, to develop ideas together -- Excited to see how this new tech impacts the genome engineering space!!

[Ross Wilson @RossWilsonLab]

I’m excited to share our report - out now in @natBME - of a new approach to CRISPR delivery that is poised to transform the way engineered T cell therapies are manufactured. Visit https://t.co/UmTBpRE8jE for “how to” details. It’s threadin’ time! (1/11) https://t.co/MujT9iue56

[bioRxiv Immunology @biorxiv_immuno]

Molecular basis for potent B cell responses to antigen displayed on particles of viral size https://t.co/BRpd8nkxyV #biorxiv_immuno

[Masopust Vezys Lab @Masopust_Vezys]

Authored by Andrew G. Soerens et al, we show that #Tcells are capable of proliferating in response to iterative stimulation for over 10yrs! And produce enough progeny to occupy a volume 30,000x the Earth's volume! @Nature https://t.co/jPfmX2Ilrq

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

Combinations of single-stranded DNA repair templates and small molecules markedly enhance genome editing https://t.co/pcu3QSSXyx

[Talbot Alexis @DrAlexisTalbot]

I am very grateful for this fantastic paper and this incredible opportunity to collaborate with so many amazing authors. One more step for #CARTcells #mmsm and patients! Thanks @MarsonLab @brshy
@VivaVykunta @j_eyquem @TomBmt133 @UCSFMedicine @GladstoneInst
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