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Katrina Saam

Scripps Research Institute

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1

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Sequential vaccination matures VRC01-class HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies in humans

Tom G. Caniels, Madhu S. Prabhakaran, Sashank Agrawal, Kellie J. MacPhee, Rhianna Bronson, Weiwei Wu, Eva I.M. Schumacher, Swastik Phulera, Katrina G. Millard, Deanna Dong, Martina Turroja, Aimee A. Desrosiers, Jeffrey Michael Bethony, Elissa M. Malkin, Annelou van der Veen, , Rogier W. Sanders

This study shows that sequential vaccination can mature VRC01-class B cells into antibodies that neutralize a broad range of HIV-1 viruses.

bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

Decoding epitope immunodominance in HIV Env using cryoEM and machine learning

Jan S. Schuhmacher, Shuhao Xiao, Elise Eray, Sharidan Brown, Alexander P. Zambrowski, Aryan Jain, Daniel Montiel-Garcia, Gabriel Ozorowski, Wenwen Zhu, Katrina Saam, Tom G. Caniels, John P. Moore, Max Crispin, Rogier W. Sanders, Srirupa Chakraborty, , Aleksandar Antanasijevic

This study uses cryoEM and machine learning to predict and redirect immunodominant epitopes in HIV Env, showing improved vaccine antigen design.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2026 · PreprintImmunology

The buried S2 apex of SARS-CoV-2 spike elicits an immunodominant germline-restricted public antibody response

Suncheol Park, Jacob Mischka, Nisreen M.A. Okba, Anass Abbad, Meng Yuan, Komal Srivastava, Charles Gleason, Lubbertus C. F. Mulder, Jeffrey Copps, Katrina Saam, Sandhya Bangaru, Florian Krammer, Ian A. Wilson, Viviana R. Simon, Andrew B. Ward

This study identifies an immunodominant S2 apex epitope in SARS-CoV-2 that elicits a public antibody clonotype, highlighting its role as a barrier to universal coronavirus vaccines.

bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2026 · PreprintImmunology