Karin Peterson

Research Area

Cellular Mechanism of Disease, Immunobiology, Pathology

Institution

Rocky Mountain Laboratories

Major Areas of Research

• Examine interactions between the immune and nervous systems in regulating viral pathogenesis in the central nervous system (CNS)
• Determine the mechanism by which innate immune responses in neurons induce neuronal apoptosis and the role of SARM1 in this process
• Identify the mediators of blood-brain barrier breakdown during La Crosse virus infection
• Examine the role of adaptive immune responses in La Crosse virus and Zika virus pathogenesis
• Examine the differences in neuropathogenesis between different members of the California serogroup of orthobunyaviruses
• Identify potential therapeutic pathways to limit virus-mediated damage in the CNS