Rebecca Kusko, PhD
Predoctoral Trainee (previously held)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Genetics & Genomics




Rebecca Kusko, PhD is the SVP and Head of R&D at Immuneering Corporation. She completing her undergraduate degree at MIT in Biological Engineering and earning a PhD in Genetics and Genomics from BU before joining Immuneering in 2014. At Immuneering she has been accelerating pharma R&D using AI and other advanced algorithms. Additionally she is a board member of the MAQC Society, an FDA-led initiative around moving toward best practices for big data analysis. Her published areas of experience include: drug mechanism of action (MOA), drug repositioning, target identification, big data reproducibility, oncology, neurodegeneration, transcriptomics, and computational toxicology.

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  1. Li D, Li J, Johann DJ, Butler D, Chen G, Foox J, Gong B, Jones W, Kreil DP, Kusko R, Labaj PP, Lucas AB, Mason CE, Mozsary C, Novoradovskaya N, Pabón-Peña C, Pan B, Richmond TA, Maestro R, Ebrahim Sahraeian SM, Scherer A, Tilgner HU, Willey JC, Bushel PR, Xu J. Augmenting precision medicine via targeted RNA-Seq detection of expressed mutations. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2025 Jun 13; 9(1):182. PMID: 40514442; PMCID: PMC12166063; DOI: 10.1038/s41698-025-00993-8;
     
  2. Gong B, Li D, Zhang Y, Kusko R, Lababidi S, Cao Z, Chen M, Chen N, Chen Q, Chen Q, Dai J, Gan Q, Gao Y, Guo M, Hariani G, He Y, Hou W, Jiang H, Kushwaha G, Li JL, Li J, Li Y, Liu LC, Liu R, Liu S, Meriaux E, Mo M, Moore M, Moss TJ, Niu Q, Patel A, Ren L, Saremi NF, Shang E, Shang J, Song P, Sun S, Urban BJ, Wang D, Wang S, Wen Z, Xiong X, Yang J, Yin L, Zhang C, Zhang R, Bhandari A, Cai W, Eterovic AK, Megherbi DB, Shi T, Suo C, Yu Y, Zheng Y, Novoradovskaya N, Sears RL, Shi L, Jones W, Tong W, Xu J. Extend the benchmarking indel set by manual review using the individual cell line sequencing data from the Sequencing Quality Control 2 (SEQC2) project. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 25; 14(1):7028. PMID: 38528062; PMCID: PMC10963753; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57439-7;
     
  3. Zhang Y, Blomquist TM, Kusko R, Stetson D, Zhang Z, Yin L, Sebra R, Gong B, Lococo JS, Mittal VK, Novoradovskaya N, Yeo JY, Dominiak N, Hipp J, Raymond A, Qiu F, Arib H, Smith ML, Brock JE, Farkas DH, Craig DJ, Crawford EL, Li D, Morrison T, Tom N, Xiao W, Yang M, Mason CE, Richmond TA, Jones W, Johann DJ, Shi L, Tong W, Willey JC, Xu J. Deep oncopanel sequencing reveals within block position-dependent quality degradation in FFPE processed samples. Genome Biol. 2022 Jun 29; 23(1):141. PMID: 35768876
     
  4. Pan B, Ren L, Onuchic V, Guan M, Kusko R, Bruinsma S, Trigg L, Scherer A, Ning B, Zhang C, Glidewell-Kenney C, Xiao C, Donaldson E, Sedlazeck FJ, Schroth G, Yavas G, Grunenwald H, Chen H, Meinholz H, Meehan J, Wang J, Yang J, Foox J, Shang J, Miclaus K, Dong L, Shi L, Mohiyuddin M, Pirooznia M, Gong P, Golshani R, Wolfinger R, Lababidi S, Sahraeian SME, Sherry S, Han T, Chen T, Shi T, Hou W, Ge W, Zou W, Guo W, Bao W, Xiao W, Fan X, Gondo Y, Yu Y, Zhao Y, Su Z, Liu Z, Tong W, Xiao W, Zook JM, Zheng Y, Hong H. Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing. Genome Biol. 2022 Jan 03; 23(1):2. PMID: 34980216
     
  5. Fang LT, Zhu B, Zhao Y, Chen W, Yang Z, Kerrigan L, Langenbach K, de Mars M, Lu C, Idler K, Jacob H, Zheng Y, Ren L, Yu Y, Jaeger E, Schroth GP, Abaan OD, Talsania K, Lack J, Shen TW, Chen Z, Stanbouly S, Tran B, Shetty J, Kriga Y, Meerzaman D, Nguyen C, Petitjean V, Sultan M, Cam M, Mehta M, Hung T, Peters E, Kalamegham R, Sahraeian SME, Mohiyuddin M, Guo Y, Yao L, Song L, Lam HYK, Drabek J, Vojta P, Maestro R, Gasparotto D, Kõks S, Reimann E, Scherer A, Nordlund J, Liljedahl U, Jensen RV, Pirooznia M, Li Z, Xiao C, Sherry ST, Kusko R, Moos M, Donaldson E, Tezak Z, Ning B, Tong W, Li J, Duerken-Hughes P, Catalanotti C, Maheshwari S, Shuga J, Liang WS, Keats J, Adkins J, Tassone E, Zismann V, McDaniel T, Trent J, Foox J, Butler D, Mason CE, Hong H, Shi L, Wang C, Xiao W. Establishing community reference samples, data and call sets for benchmarking cancer mutation detection using whole-genome sequencing. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 Sep; 39(9):1151-1160. PMID: 34504347
     
  6. Xiao W, Ren L, Chen Z, Fang LT, Zhao Y, Lack J, Guan M, Zhu B, Jaeger E, Kerrigan L, Blomquist TM, Hung T, Sultan M, Idler K, Lu C, Scherer A, Kusko R, Moos M, Xiao C, Sherry ST, Abaan OD, Chen W, Chen X, Nordlund J, Liljedahl U, Maestro R, Polano M, Drabek J, Vojta P, Kõks S, Reimann E, Madala BS, Mercer T, Miller C, Jacob H, Truong T, Moshrefi A, Natarajan A, Granat A, Schroth GP, Kalamegham R, Peters E, Petitjean V, Walton A, Shen TW, Talsania K, Vera CJ, Langenbach K, de Mars M, Hipp JA, Willey JC, Wang J, Shetty J, Kriga Y, Raziuddin A, Tran B, Zheng Y, Yu Y, Cam M, Jailwala P, Nguyen C, Meerzaman D, Chen Q, Yan C, Ernest B, Mehra U, Jensen RV, Jones W, Li JL, Papas BN, Pirooznia M, Chen YC, Seifuddin F, Li Z, Liu X, Resch W, Wang J, Wu L, Yavas G, Miles C, Ning B, Tong W, Mason CE, Donaldson E, Lababidi S, Staudt LM, Tezak Z, Hong H, Wang C, Shi L. Toward best practice in cancer mutation detection with whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 Sep; 39(9):1141-1150. PMID: 34504346
     
  7. Gong B, Li D, Kusko R, Novoradovskaya N, Zhang Y, Wang S, Pabón-Peña C, Zhang Z, Lai K, Cai W, LoCoco JS, Lader E, Richmond TA, Mittal VK, Liu LC, Johann DJ, Willey JC, Bushel PR, Yu Y, Xu C, Chen G, Burgess D, Cawley S, Giorda K, Haseley N, Qiu F, Wilkins K, Arib H, Attwooll C, Babson K, Bao L, Bao W, Lucas AB, Best H, Bhandari A, Bisgin H, Blackburn J, Blomquist TM, Boardman L, Burgher B, Butler DJ, Chang CJ, Chaubey A, Chen T, Chierici M, Chin CR, Close D, Conroy J, Cooley Coleman J, Craig DJ, Crawford E, Del Pozo A, Deveson IW, Duncan D, Eterovic AK, Fan X, Foox J, Furlanello C, Ghosal A, Glenn S, Guan M, Haag C, Hang X, Happe S, Hennigan B, Hipp J, Hong H, Horvath K, Hu J, Hung LY, Jarosz M, Kerkhof J, Kipp B, Kreil DP, Labaj P, Lapunzina P, Li P, Li QZ, Li W, Li Z, Liang Y, Liu S, Liu Z, Ma C, Marella N, Martín-Arenas R, Megherbi DB, Meng Q, Mieczkowski PA, Morrison T, Muzny D, Ning B, Parsons BL, Paweletz CP, Pirooznia M, Qu W, Raymond A, Rindler P, Ringler R, Sadikovic B, Scherer A, Schulze E, Sebra R, Shaknovich R, Shi Q, Shi T, Silla-Castro JC, Smith M, López MS, Song P, Stetson D, Strahl M, Stuart A, Supplee J, Szankasi P, Tan H, Tang LY, Tao Y, Thakkar S, Thierry-Mieg D, Thierry-Mieg J, Thodima VJ, Thomas D, Tichý B, Tom N, Garcia EV, Verma S, Walker K, Wang C, Wang J, Wang Y, Wen Z, Wirta V, Wu L, Xiao C, Xiao W, Xu S, Yang M, Ying J, Yip SH, Zhang G, Zhang S, Zhao M, Zheng Y, Zhou X, Mason CE, Mercer T, Tong W, Shi L, Jones W, Xu J. Cross-oncopanel study reveals high sensitivity and accuracy with overall analytical performance depending on genomic regions. Genome Biol. 2021 Apr 16; 22(1):109. PMID: 33863344
     
  8. Jones W, Gong B, Novoradovskaya N, Li D, Kusko R, Richmond TA, Johann DJ, Bisgin H, Sahraeian SME, Bushel PR, Pirooznia M, Wilkins K, Chierici M, Bao W, Basehore LS, Lucas AB, Burgess D, Butler DJ, Cawley S, Chang CJ, Chen G, Chen T, Chen YC, Craig DJ, Del Pozo A, Foox J, Francescatto M, Fu Y, Furlanello C, Giorda K, Grist KP, Guan M, Hao Y, Happe S, Hariani G, Haseley N, Jasper J, Jurman G, Kreil DP, Labaj P, Lai K, Li J, Li QZ, Li Y, Li Z, Liu Z, López MS, Miclaus K, Miller R, Mittal VK, Mohiyuddin M, Pabón-Peña C, Parsons BL, Qiu F, Scherer A, Shi T, Stiegelmeyer S, Suo C, Tom N, Wang D, Wen Z, Wu L, Xiao W, Xu C, Yu Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Zheng Y, Mason CE, Willey JC, Tong W, Shi L, Xu J. A verified genomic reference sample for assessing performance of cancer panels detecting small variants of low allele frequency. Genome Biol. 2021 Apr 16; 22(1):111. PMID: 33863366
     
  9. Deveson IW, Gong B, Lai K, LoCoco JS, Richmond TA, Schageman J, Zhang Z, Novoradovskaya N, Willey JC, Jones W, Kusko R, Chen G, Madala BS, Blackburn J, Stevanovski I, Bhandari A, Close D, Conroy J, Hubank M, Marella N, Mieczkowski PA, Qiu F, Sebra R, Stetson D, Sun L, Szankasi P, Tan H, Tang LY, Arib H, Best H, Burgher B, Bushel PR, Casey F, Cawley S, Chang CJ, Choi J, Dinis J, Duncan D, Eterovic AK, Feng L, Ghosal A, Giorda K, Glenn S, Happe S, Haseley N, Horvath K, Hung LY, Jarosz M, Kushwaha G, Li D, Li QZ, Li Z, Liu LC, Liu Z, Ma C, Mason CE, Megherbi DB, Morrison T, Pabón-Peña C, Pirooznia M, Proszek PZ, Raymond A, Rindler P, Ringler R, Scherer A, Shaknovich R, Shi T, Smith M, Song P, Strahl M, Thodima VJ, Tom N, Verma S, Wang J, Wu L, Xiao W, Xu C, Yang M, Zhang G, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Shi L, Tong W, Johann DJ, Mercer TR, Xu J. Evaluating the analytical validity of circulating tumor DNA sequencing assays for precision oncology. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 Sep; 39(9):1115-1128. PMID: 33846644
     
  10. Kim J, Zhang J, Cha Y, Kolitz S, Funt J, Escalante Chong R, Barrett S, Kusko R, Zeskind B, Kaufman H. Advanced bioinformatics rapidly identifies existing therapeutics for patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). J Transl Med. 2020 06 25; 18(1):257. PMID: 32586380; PMCID: PMC7315012; DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02430-9;
     
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