Faculty & Scientific Staff
Karen Cerosaletti, PhD
Director, Center for Translational Immunology; Associate Member; Principal Investigator, Cerosaletti Lab
206.287.5623
Background Information
Dr. Cerosaletti received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. She worked in infectious disease research before obtaining her PhD in Immunology from the University of Rochester in 1990. After post-doctoral work in somatic cell genetics in the Molecular Medicine Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, she joined Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) in 1995. She is currently Director of the Center for Translational Immunology, Manager of the Genotyping Core, and an Associate Member at BRI.
Featured Publications
Mar 2023
PTPN22 R620W gene editing in T cells enhances low avidity TCR responses.
Anderson W, Barahmand-Pour-Whitman F, Linsley PS, Cerosaletti K, Buckner JH, Rawlings DJ
Oct 2022
Pancreatic islet-specific engineered Tregs exhibit robust antigen-specific and bystander immune suppression in type 1 diabetes models.
Yang SJ, Singh AK, Drow T, Tappen T, Honaker Y, Barahmand-Pour-Whitman F, Linsley PS, Cerosaletti K, Mauk K, Xiang Y, Smith J, Mortensen E, Cook PJ, Sommer K, Khan I, Liggitt D, Rawlings DJ, Buckner JH
Jul 2022
IL-6-Driven pSTAT1 Response Is Linked to T Cell Features Implicated in Early Immune Dysregulation.
Lambert K, Diggins KE, Jones BE, Hundhausen C, Maerz MD, Hocking AM, Sanda S, Greenbaum CJ, Linsley PS, Cerosaletti K, Buckner JH
Mar 2022
Single Nucleotide Variant in FAS Associates With Organ Failure and Soluble Fas Cell Surface Death Receptor in Critical Illness.
Mikacenic C, Bhatraju P, Robinson-Cohen C, Kosamo S, Fohner AE, Dmyterko V, Long SA, Cerosaletti K, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Walley KR, Russell JA, Christie JD, Meyer NJ, Christiani DC, Wurfel MM
Jan 2022
HLA alleles and sustained peanut consumption promote IgG4 responses in subjects protected from peanut allergy.
Kanchan K, Grinek S, Bahnson HT, Ruczinski I, Shankar G, Larson D, Du Toit G, Barnes KC, Sampson HA, Suarez-Farinas M, Lack G, Nepom GT, Cerosaletti K, Mathias RA
