Saadlee Shehreen

Saadlee Shehreen is a Lecturer in Biochemistry at the School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University. Previously, she held a junior faculty position at the University of Dhaka (2014-2017) where she received two early career research grants. She earned her PhD from the University of Otago (2017-2021) and completed postdoctoral fellowships at NIH (USA) and Cornell University (USA).

Education:

• PhD in Biochemistry, University of Otago (2021)
• Masters in Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka (2013)

Her research focuses on:

• Bacterial genomics & antibiotic resistance mechanisms
• CRISPR-Cas systems and phage defense
• Translational applications in therapeutic phage design

Her work has been published in high-impact journals like Nature Communications and Nucleic Acids Research, with notable contributions to understanding Acinetobacter baumannii resistance mechanisms and CRISPR anti-defense systems. She has developed CRISPR toolkits for fission yeast studies and contributed to crowdsourced genomic analysis platforms.

Grants & Collaborations:

• NIH-funded genomic instability research
• Cornell University postdoctoral fellowship
• International collaborations in France (Pasteur Institute) and USA

Future initiatives include establishing a research group focusing on bacterial pathogenicity mechanisms, genomic instability in cancer, and personalized medicine strategies using microbial systems.