OUR TEAM

Katarzyna (Kasia) Kaczmarek Michaels

Program Scientist I - MIT

Research Interests
Kasia is a translational scientist with background in immunology, virology, vaccine development, cancer, transcription regulation, RNA biology, and epigenetics. Experience working with primary CD4+ T / CD34+ cells from healthy donors and patients, and with advanced animal models including non-human primates. Interested in the mechanisms that govern eukaryotic gene expression and their relevance to human health and disease.
Education
Ph.D., Molecular and Translational Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Professional Experience
2025-present: Program Scientist I – Immunology, The MIT Center for Gynepathology Research
2022-2024: Research Specialist II – Dr. Darrell Irvine’s Lab at MIT, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2021-2022: Scientist I – Translational Biology Team, Constellation Pharmaceuticals
2015-2021: Postdoctoral Scholar, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Awards
2018-2020: American Cancer Society, Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Scholarship, Course: Advanced Sequencing Technologies & Applications

Email: kasiakm@mit.edu