Katelyn Katelyn Masiuk

Co-Founder and CSO at Immunovec

About

Katelyn Masiuk is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of ImmunoVec. She is also a medical student in the MSTP program at UCLA. Her research interests include immunology and virology.

Education

University of California Los Angeles

MD (MSTP program), Medicine

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

University of California Los Angeles

PhD, Molecular Biology

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

The Pennsylvania State University

B.S, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Experience

ImmunoVec

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer / August, 2020Present

UCLA Graduate Medical Education

Medical Student (MSTP) / 20122021

University of California Los Angeles

Graduate Student Researcher / 20142019

The Pennsylvania State University

Undergraduate Researcher / 20082011

Publications

Editing the Sickle Cell Disease Mutation in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Comparison of Endonucleases and Homologous Donor Templates

Molecular Therapy / Aug 01, 2019

Romero, Z., Lomova, A., Said, S., Miggelbrink, A., Kuo, C. Y., Campo-Fernandez, B., Hoban, M. D., Masiuk, K. E., Clark, D. N., Long, J., Sanchez, J. M., Velez, M., Miyahira, E., Zhang, R., Brown, D., Wang, X., Kurmangaliyev, Y. Z., Hollis, R. P., & Kohn, D. B. (2019). Editing the Sickle Cell Disease Mutation in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Comparison of Endonucleases and Homologous Donor Templates. Molecular Therapy, 27(8), 1389–1406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.05.014

Lentiviral Gene Therapy in HSCs Restores Lineage-Specific Foxp3 Expression and Suppresses Autoimmunity in a Mouse Model of IPEX Syndrome

Cell Stem Cell / Feb 01, 2019

Masiuk, K. E., Laborada, J., Roncarolo, M. G., Hollis, R. P., & Kohn, D. B. (2019). Lentiviral Gene Therapy in HSCs Restores Lineage-Specific Foxp3 Expression and Suppresses Autoimmunity in a Mouse Model of IPEX Syndrome. Cell Stem Cell, 24(2), 309-317.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2018.12.003

PGE2 and Poloxamer Synperonic F108 Enhance Transduction of Human HSPCs with a β-Globin Lentiviral Vector

Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development / Jun 01, 2019

Masiuk, K. E., Zhang, R., Osborne, K., Hollis, R. P., Campo-Fernandez, B., & Kohn, D. B. (2019). PGE2 and Poloxamer Synperonic F108 Enhance Transduction of Human HSPCs with a β-Globin Lentiviral Vector. Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development, 13, 390–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2019.03.005

Improving Gene Therapy Efficiency through the Enrichment of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Molecular Therapy / Sep 01, 2017

Masiuk, K. E., Brown, D., Laborada, J., Hollis, R. P., Urbinati, F., & Kohn, D. B. (2017). Improving Gene Therapy Efficiency through the Enrichment of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Molecular Therapy, 25(9), 2163–2175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.05.023

Enrichment of Human Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells Facilitates Transduction for Stem Cell Gene Therapy

Stem Cells / Apr 23, 2015

Baldwin, K., Urbinati, F., Romero, Z., Campo-Fernandez, B., Kaufman, M. L., Cooper, A. R., Masiuk, K., Hollis, R. P., & Kohn, D. B. (2015). Enrichment of Human Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells Facilitates Transduction for Stem Cell Gene Therapy. Stem Cells, 33(5), 1532–1542. https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.1957

Detection of differential fetal and adult expression of chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) protein by analysis of a green fluorescent protein knock-in mouse line

BMC Developmental Biology / May 28, 2014

Padmakumar, V., Masiuk, K. E., Luger, D., Lee, C., Coppola, V., Tessarollo, L., Hoover, S. B., Karavanova, I., Buonanno, A., Simpson, R. M., & Yuspa, S. H. (2014). Detection of differential fetal and adult expression of chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) protein by analysis of a green fluorescent protein knock-in mouse line. BMC Developmental Biology, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-213x-14-24

Pharmacologic Inhibition of ALK5 Causes Selective Induction of Terminal Differentiation in Mouse Keratinocytes Expressing Oncogenic HRAS

Molecular Cancer Research / Jun 01, 2011

Markell, L. M., Masiuk, K. E., Blazanin, N., & Glick, A. B. (2011). Pharmacologic Inhibition of ALK5 Causes Selective Induction of Terminal Differentiation in Mouse Keratinocytes Expressing Oncogenic HRAS. Molecular Cancer Research, 9(6), 746–756. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-11-0112

Lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease recapitulates endogenousCYBBregulation and expression

Blood / Mar 02, 2023

Wong, R. L., Sackey, S., Brown, D., Senadheera, S., Masiuk, K., Quintos, J. P., Colindres, N., Riggan, L., Morgan, R. A., Malech, H. L., Hollis, R. P., & Kohn, D. B. (2023). Lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease recapitulates endogenousCYBBregulation and expression. Blood, 141(9), 1007–1022. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022016074

University of California, Los Angeles

Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research / Jan 01, 2008

University of California, Los Angeles. (2008). Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412963954.n281

Enrichment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Using Immunomagnetic Beads to Facilitate Gene Therapy

Blood / Dec 02, 2016

Masiuk, K. E., Brown, D., Urbinati, F., Hollis, R. P., & Kohn, D. B. (2016). Enrichment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Using Immunomagnetic Beads to Facilitate Gene Therapy. Blood, 128(22), 2313–2313. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.2313.2313

Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease:A Lentiviral Vector Comparison Study

Human Gene Therapy / Oct 01, 2018

Urbinati, F., Campo Fernandez, B., Masiuk, K. E., Poletti, V., Hollis, R. P., Koziol, C., Kaufman, M. L., Brown, D., Mavilio, F., & Kohn, D. B. (2018). Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease:A Lentiviral Vector Comparison Study. Human Gene Therapy, 29(10), 1153–1166. https://doi.org/10.1089/hum.2018.061

Spontaneous Skin Erosions and Reduced Skin and Corneal Wound Healing Characterize CLIC4NULL Mice

The American Journal of Pathology / Jul 01, 2012

Padmakumar, V. C., Speer, K., Pal-Ghosh, S., Masiuk, K. E., Ryscavage, A., Dengler, S. L., Hwang, S., Edwards, J. C., Coppola, V., Tessarollo, L., Stepp, M. A., & Yuspa, S. H. (2012). Spontaneous Skin Erosions and Reduced Skin and Corneal Wound Healing Characterize CLIC4NULL Mice. The American Journal of Pathology, 181(1), 74–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.03.025

Use of a TGFβ type I receptor inhibitor in mouse skin carcinogenesis reveals a dual role for TGFβ signaling in tumor promotion and progression

Carcinogenesis / Sep 17, 2010

Mordasky Markell, L., Pérez-Lorenzo, R., Masiuk, K. E., Kennett, M. J., & Glick, A. B. (2010). Use of a TGFβ type I receptor inhibitor in mouse skin carcinogenesis reveals a dual role for TGFβ signaling in tumor promotion and progression. Carcinogenesis, 31(12), 2127–2135. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgq191

Research Interests

Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular Medicine
Molecular Biology
Drug Discovery
Pharmacology
Developmental Biology
Cancer Research
General Medicine
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Hematology
Immunology
Biochemistry
Oncology
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