UMass Boston

Katherine Gibson

Department:
Biology
Title:
Associate Professor
Location:
ISC Floor 04
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Areas of Expertise

Plant Microbe Interactions , Plant Cell Signaling, Plant Cell Cycle Regulation

Degrees

PhD, Molecular Biology, Princeton University, 2000
BA, Biology, University of Virginia, 1993

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Gibson KE, Kobayashi H and Walker GC. Molecular Determinants of a Symbiotic Chronic Infection. Annu Rev Genet (2008).
  • Gibson KE, Barnett MJ, Toman CJ, Long SR and Walker GC. The symbiosis regulator CbrA modulates a complex regulatory network affecting the flagellar apparatus and cell envelope proteins. J. Bacteriol. (2007) 189(9): 3591-602.
  • Gibson KE, Campbell GR, Lloret J, and Walker GC. CbrA is a stationary phase regulator of cell-surface physiology and legume symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti. J. Bacteriol. (2006) 188(12): 4508-4521.
  • Gibson KE and Silhavy TJ. SprE levels are growth phase regulated in a sigmas-dependent manner at the level of translation. J. Bacteriol. (2000) 182(14): 4117-20.
  • Gibson KE and Silhavy TJ. The LysR homolog LrhA regulates growth phase accumulation of RpoS by modulating SprE activity. J. Bacteriol. (1999) 181(2): 563-571.
  • Pratt LA, Hsing W, Gibson KE and Silhavy TJ. From acids to osmZ: multiple factors influence synthesis of the OmpF and OmpC porins in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. (1996) 20(5): 911-917.

Additional Information

Fellowships and Awards

  • 2004 Protein Purification and Characterization Course Fellowship, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • 2002-2004 National Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 2000-2002 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University.
  • 1991-1993 Dupont Science Scholarship, University of Virginia.
  • 1990-1991 A.P.S.A.C. Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, University of North Dakota. 

Research Positions

  • 2008-present Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston.
  • 2005  Visiting Scientist, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia. Advisor: Russel W. Carlson, PhD.
  • 2002-2008 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Advisor: Graham C. Walker, PhD.
  • 2000-2002 HHMI Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University. Advisor: Sharon R. Long, PhD.
  • 1994-2000 Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University. Advisor: Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD.
  • 1991-1993 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia. Advisor: Ann L. Beyer, PhD.
  • 1991 Department of Biology, University of North Dakota. Advisor: Roger Denome, PhD.
  • 1990-1991 Department of Biology, University of North Dakota. Advisor: Robert Fleischer, PhD.

Courses Attended

  • 2004 Protein Purification and Characterization. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.