Reed is a graduate student at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Health Science at the University of Florida in 2024. He volunteered as an undergraduate for the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine in the Ostrov Lab, where his work resulted in multiple publications related to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
Reed joined the Brusko Lab in the summer of 2024 as a first-year graduate student to study the spatial and temporal genetics and immunology of Type 1 Diabetes. His current work involves the use of pancreatic tissue samples for fluorescent microscopy and transcriptomic spatial analysis. He is focused on using bioinformatic approaches to make new discoveries in how the T cell repertoire changes over time in T1D individuals to better understand the pathogenesis and progression of the disease.
Publications
- Berkowitz RL, Ostrov DA. (2024). “Structural and functional properties of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: potential vaccine and drug development for COVID-19.” Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19, edited by Chatterjee S, Elsevier Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-19170-1.00013-9
- Berkowitz RL, Bluhm AP, Knox GW, McCurdy CR, Ostrov DA, Norris MH. (2023). Sigma Receptor Ligands Prevent COVID Mortality In Vivo: Implications for Future Therapeutics. J. Mol. Sci., 24, 15718. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242115718
- Berkowitz RL, Ostrov DA. (2023). The Elusive Coreceptors for the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein. Viruses 15, 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15010067
Contact
Email: reedberkowitz@ufl.edu