Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&T

Dr. Katie Shannon

Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Director of Confocal Microscope, Center for Biomedical Research
Pre-health Advisor

Biography

I am a cell biologist, and my research focus is on the regulation of cell division (cytokinesis).  In other words, how do cells know when and where to divide?  I am using budding yeast as a model organism, and am examining how a signaling pathway that regulates exit from mitosis also triggers cytokinesis.

SelectedWorks profile

Professional Societies

American Society for Cell Biology https://www.ascb.org/

Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research https://saberbio.wildapricot.org/

National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions https://www.naahp.org/home

Education

  • 2000 – Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology, Harvard Medical School
  • 1994 – B.A. with honors in Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill