Giulia Pavani, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Colket Building, Rm. 10050
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Colket Building, Rm. 10050
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2674261222
Email:
PAVANIG@chop.edu
PAVANIG@chop.edu
Publications
Education:
BA (Cell and Molecular Biology)
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2008.
BS (Molecular and Cellular Biotechnologies)
University Vita-Salute S.Raffaele, Milan, Italy, 2010.
PhD (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2014.
Permanent linkBA (Cell and Molecular Biology)
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2008.
BS (Molecular and Cellular Biotechnologies)
University Vita-Salute S.Raffaele, Milan, Italy, 2010.
PhD (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)
University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2014.
Description of Research Expertise
Induced Pluripotent stem cells, hematopoiesis, Gene editingSelected Publications
Hyun Hyung An, Giulia Pavani, Stella T. Chou: Production of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Red Blood Cells. Methods Molecular Biology, (Eds): Methods in Transfusion Medicine. Sean R. Stowell and Connie Arthur (eds.). 3053, July 2026.Naomi Gunawardena, Hyun Hyung An, Randall W. Veliquette, Edmund Carvalho, Sambit Dalui, Kaoru Takasaki, Eric Wafula, Deborah L. French, Giulia Pavani, Stella T. Chou: Rare antigen negative red blood cells from pluripotent stem cells for precision transfusion medicine. Transfusion Apr 2026.
Abbigail McCune, Masuma Khatun Usha, Inga Baldus, CJ Willett, Noemi Ferrito, Radwa Barakat, Emilee Clemensen, Elizabeth Snella, Mark Morton, Jesus Lacal, Giulia Pavani, Clyde A Campbell and Raquel Espin-Palazon: Synergistic cooperation between Progranulin and Jak2/Stat3 signaling determines definitive myeloid cell fate. Cell Reports 2026.
Alyssa L. Gagne, Jean Ann Maguire, Lea Dungan, Paul Gadue, Deborah L. French, Giulia Pavani: Generation of CHOPi014-A from healthy adult peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Stem Cell Research 88: 103820, October 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2025.103820.
Laurent M, Cosette J, Pavani G, Bayol S, Jenny C, Harb R, Oustelandt J, Brassier A, Stockholm D, Amendola M.: Advanced Imaging and Cytometric Techniques to Characterize Lipid Accumulation in Wolman Disease. Cytometry A. 107(7): 464-475, July 2025.
Wilken MB, Fonar G, Qiu R, Bennett L, Tober J, Nations C, Pavani G, Tsao V, Garifallou J, Petit C, Maguire JA, Gagne A, Okoli N, Gadue P, Chou ST, French DL, Speck NA, Thom CS.: Tropomyosin 1 deficiency facilitates cell state transitions and enhances hemogenic endothelial cell specification during hematopoiesis. Stem Cell Reports 19(9): 1264-1276, Sep 2024.
Campbell CA, Calderon R, Pavani G, Cheng X, Barakat R, Snella E, Liu F, Peng X, Essner JJ, Dorman KS, McGrail M, Gadue P, French DL, Espin-Palazon R.: p65 signaling dynamics drive the developmental progression of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells through cell cycle regulation. Nat Commun 15(1): 7787, Sep 2024.
Laurent M, Geoffroy M, Pavani G, Guiraud S.: CRISPR-Based Gene Therapies: From Preclinical to Clinical Treatments. Cells 8(13): 800, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.3390/cells13100800.
Pavani G, Klein JG, Nations CC, Sussman JH, Tan K, An HH, Abdulmalik O, Thom CS, Gearhart PA, Willett CM, Maguire JA, Chou ST, French DL, Gadue P.: Modeling primitive and definitive erythropoiesis with induced pluripotent stem cells. Blood Adv 26(8): 1449-1463, Jan 2024.
Cheng X, Barakat R, Pavani G, Usha MK, Calderon R, Snella E, Gorden A, Zhang Y, Gadue P, French DL, Dorman KS, Fidanza A, Campbell CA, Espin-Palazon R.: Nod1-dependent NF-kB activation initiates hematopoietic stem cell specification in response to small Rho GTPases. Nat Commun 14(1): 7668, Nov 2023.