Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (announced the appointment of Terri Laufer, MD, to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Laufer is a leading rheumatologist known for her extensive research into immune cell regulation and dysfunction that leads to autoimmune diseases. She is an emeritus associate professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an attending rheumatologist at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

Dr. Laufer?s experience includes more than 35 years as a rheumatologist treating patients with autoimmune diseases, including lupus. Her laboratory research focuses on T cell development and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)/human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II-positive antigen presenting cells that mediate responses to pathogens and drive autoimmunity. Dr. Laufer earned her AB degree in biochemistry from Princeton University and an MD at Columbia University, followed by a rheumatology fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and postdoctoral research at Harvard University.