Academics

Faculty & Staff

Katherine Gibson, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Biology -- Plant - Microbe Interactions, Cell Signaling, Cell Cycle Regulation
  • Telephone: (617) 287-6614

Areas of Expertise

Plant - Microbe Interactions, Cell Signaling, 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

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

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, Ph.D.

2002-2008 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor: Graham C. Walker, Ph.D.

2000-2002 HHMI Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Advisor: Sharon R. Long, Ph.D.

1994.2000Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Advisor: Thomas J. Silhavy, Ph.D.

1991-1993 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
Advisor: Ann L. Beyer, Ph.D.

1991  Department of Biology, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Roger Denome, Ph.D.

1990-1991 Department of Biology, University of North Dakota
Advisor: Robert Fleischer, Ph.D.