Katie Harris-Howard

Senior Research Associate, Imaging Facility

As a cellular neurobiologist, Katie Harris-Howard completed her PhD in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology at UofT, conducted postdoctoral research at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, and worked as a Research Associate in the lab of former V.P., Research Bryan Stewart at UTM. 

She is fascinated by synapses, the structures that form communication links between neurons and other cells, and Katie’s ongoing research seeks to characterize novel cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to synaptic development, function, and plasticity. 

Katie has expertise in a wide range of imaging tools and techniques, and she is an experienced educator and adviser: she teaches courses in undergraduate biology, and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Katie is delighted to provide expert guidance to help UTM researchers use the Imaging Facility resources to tackle their own research questions.

She is a mom of one, and outside of UTM Katie enjoys reading science fiction, baking, and playing board games.