
PhD Graduate Student, MIT Biological Engineering
B.S. Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2020
Research Interests
Mammalian synthetic biology, synthetic genetic circuits, gene and cell therapy
Publications
- Peterman, EL, DS Ploessl, KS Love, V Sanabria, RF Daniels, CP Johnstone, DR Godavarti, SR Kabaria, CG Oakes, AA Pai, and KE Galloway. High-resolution profiling reveals coupled transcriptional and translational regulation of transgenes. Nucleic Acids Research, June 24, 2025.
- Love, KS, CP Johnstone, EL Peterman, S Gaglione, ME Birnbaum and KE Galloway. Model-guided design of microRNA-based gene circuits supports precise dosage of transgenic cargoes into diverse primary cells. Cell Systems, April 28, 2025.
- Johnstone, CP, KS Love, SR Kabaria, R Jones, A Blanch-Asensio, DS Ploessl, EL Peterman, R Lee, J Yun, CG Oakes, CL Mummery, RP Davis, BJ DeKosky, PW Zandstra and KE Galloway. Gene syntax defines supercoiling-mediated transcriptional feedback. bioRxiv, January 19, 2025.
- Kabaria, SR, Y Bae, ME Ehmann, AM Beitz, BA Lende-Dorn, EL Peterman, KS Love, DS Ploessl, and KE Galloway. Programmable Promoter Editing for Precise Control of Transgene Expression. bioRxiv, July 14, 2024.
- Cabrera,* A, HI Edelstein,* F Glykofrydis,* KS Love,* S Palacios,* J Tycko,* M Zhang,* S Lensch, CE Shields, M Livingston, R Weiss, H Zhao, KA Haynes, L Morsut, YY Chen, AS Khalil, WW Wong, JJ Collins, SJ Rosser, K Polizzi, MB Elowitz, M Fussenegger, IB Hilton, JN Leonard, L Bintu, KE Galloway, and TL Deans. The Sound of Silence: Transgene Silencing in Mammalian Cell Engineering. Cell Systems, December 21, 2022. *Authors contributed equally.
- Kempton, HR, KS Love, LY Guo, and LS Qi. Scalable Biological Signal Recording in Mammalian Cells Using Cas12a Base Editors. Nature Chemical Biology, May 30, 2022.
- Kempton, HR, LE Goudy, KS Love, and LS Qi. Multiple Input Sensing and Signal Integration Using a Split Cas12a System. Molecular Cell, April 2, 2020.
Beyond the lab
Reading, hiking, attending concerts
Contact
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kslove (at) mit.edu