Kenna Shaw graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of William and Mary with bachelor's degrees in Spanish and Biology. Before completing her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology at Harvard University, Kenna spent a year in Chile as a Fulbright Scholar. While in Chile, Kenna played a key role in the revision of the national biology curriculum and directed a professional development program for high school teachers on molecular biology. This program has now been extensively used throughout Latin America and is still in use today in Chile. Her interest in science education peaked, Kenna continued to volunteer and perform outreach in K-12 education while in graduate school. As a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Kenna also served as a fellow at the National Science Resources Center where she worked on professional and curriculum development for K-8 science education. She served as the Director of Education for the American Society of Human Genetics and coordinated all educational outreach and training programs for the society until the end of 2007 when she started in her current role as Executive Editor for Nature Education, a new venture of the Nature Publishing Group.
Shaw KM, Van Horne K, Zhang H and Boughman, J. Essay Contest Reveals Misconceptions in Genetics in High SChool Students. (2008) Genetics. In Press.
Shaw KM, Castranova DA, Pham VN, Kamei M, Kidd KR, Lo BD, Torres-Vasquez J, Ruby A and Weinstein BM. fused-somites-like mutants exhibit defects in trunk vessel patterning. (2006) Developmental Dynamics, Jul;235(7):1753-60.
Shaw KM and Weinstein BM. Advances in Vascular Imaging in the Zebrafish. Review. In Press.
Reginato MJ*, Mills KR*, Debnath J, Paulus JK, Muthuswamy S and Brugge JS. Bim Regulation of Lumen Formation in Epithelial Acini is Blocked by Oncogenes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. In press. (*Both authors contributed equally to this report).
Shaw, KM*, Wrobel C*, and Brugge JS. Use of Three Dimensional Basement Membrane Cultures to Model Oncogene-Induced Changes in Mammary Epithelial Cell Behavior. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. Review. In Press. (*Both authors contributed equally to this report).
Mills KR, Reginato MJ, Debnath J, Queenan B and Brugge JS. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is required for induction of autophagy during lumen formation in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 9;101(10):3438-43.
Reginato MJ, Mills KR, Paulus JK, Debnath J, Muthuswamy SK and Brugge JS. Detachment-Induced Apoptosis Upregulates Bim in Mammary Epithelial Cells via an Erk-dependent Pathway: Coordinate Regulation by Integrins and EGFR. Nature Cell Biology. 2003 Aug;5(8):733-40.
Debnath J, Mills KR, Collins N, Reginato M, Muthuswamy S, Brugge J. The Role of Apoptosis in Creating and Maintaining Luminal Space within Normal and Oncogene-Expressing Mammary Acini. Cell. 2002 Oct 4;111(1):29.
