The Gilbert Lab
Melissa Gilbert, PhD
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Melissa develops functional genomics approaches to improve interpretation of human genetic variation and advance genomic medicine. Her disease interests center on cholestatic liver disease and Alagille syndrome.
Kavitha Anbarasu, PhD
Post-Doc
Postdoc
Kavitha is developing a liver organoid model to study the molecular mechanisms of JAG1 and NOTCH2 variants and how they contribute to Alagille syndrome.
Valeria Sosa-Vega
Graduate Student
Job title
Valeria is developing assays to better understand the molecular mechanisms of NOTCH2 variants and how pathogenic variants result in Alagille syndrome.
Nicolette Valente
Lab Technician
Job title
Nicolette is a lab technician who supports our high-throughput functional assays.
Lab Alumni
Ernest Keefer-Jacques
Graduate Student,
Thomas Jefferson University
Lab Technician
Mani Kaur, MS
Lab Manager,
Northwell Health
Lab Manager
Nancy Spinner, PhD, FACMG
Associate Chair Genomic Strategy and Faculty Development,
Northwell Health
Co-PI
Grace Matwijec, MS
Medical Student, UNC Chapel Hill
Master's Student