Quinnipiac Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society 

Seminar Series 

presents 

Dr. Shawna Reed, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences 

“Intracellular Masterminds: Pathogen and Host Interactions in Q Fever Infection” 

on 

Tuesday, October 7 at 12:30 PM in EC 101 

Dr. Reed will discuss the mechanisms of intracellular bacterial pathogenesis. She will give a brief overview of her research at Quinnipiac including the development of the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii and the interactions of bacterial proteins with host membrane trafficking pathways. 

Dr. Reed is passionate about uncovering the molecular interactions between host cells and intracellular bacteria. She has studied primate parasites (undergraduate), papillomavirus genome tethering (post-baccalaureate at NIH), Rickettsia and Listeria actin-based intracellular motility (PhD research at UC Berkeley) and Coxiella genetics and host interactions (Post-doc at Yale).  In her laboratory, she works with undergraduate students to study intracellular pathogens, bacterial genetics, interactions with host immune sensing pathways, and how individual bacterial effector proteins might contribute to virulence by hijacking host cell functions. 

 Congratulations!

• Graduate Student: Alphonce Manje (advisor Lisa Cuchara) 
• “Enhancing Public Awareness and Advocacy for Umbilical Cord Blood as a Key Source of Hematopoietic Stem Cells”

• Undergraduate Student: Molly Barney (advisors - Profs. Goodman, Hodges, Fischetti)
• “Secure Communication through Quantum Cryptography: A Hands-On Educational Tool”

• Undergraduate Student: Michael Bunce (advisor - Prof. Kirby)
• “The Redox Properties of a Holmium Bridged Polyoxometalate”

“Intracellular Masterminds: Pathogen and Host Interactions in Q Fever Infection”

Quinnipiac Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society 

Seminar Series 

presents 

Dr. Shawna Reed, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences 

“Intracellular Masterminds: Pathogen and Host Interactions in Q Fever Infection” 

on 

Tuesday, October 7 at 12:30 PM in EC 101 

Dr. Reed will discuss the mechanisms of intracellular bacterial pathogenesis. She will give a brief overview of her research at Quinnipiac including the development of the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii and the interactions of bacterial proteins with host membrane trafficking pathways. 

Dr. Reed is passionate about uncovering the molecular interactions between host cells and intracellular bacteria. She has studied primate parasites (undergraduate), papillomavirus genome tethering (post-baccalaureate at NIH), Rickettsia and Listeria actin-based intracellular motility (PhD research at UC Berkeley) and Coxiella genetics and host interactions (Post-doc at Yale).  In her laboratory, she works with undergraduate students to study intracellular pathogens, bacterial genetics, interactions with host immune sensing pathways, and how individual bacterial effector proteins might contribute to virulence by hijacking host cell functions.