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Jessie Reed

Graduate Student
Koch Lab

Email: jor5414@tamu.edu

Education

  • B.S. Life Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
  • Ph.D. Biology, Texas A&M University, in progress
  • Investigating the role surface rigidity effects biofilm formation and virulence factors.

Publications:

Sanfilippo, J.E., Palalay, J.S, Simsek, A.N., Reed, J.L., Koch, M.D. Shear force enhances adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by counteracting pilus-driven surface departure. PNAS 2023, 120, 41. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2307718120

Presentations:

Reed, J.L, Koch, M.D., How the sense of touch shapes bacterial biofilms. BCSS April 2024