Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology Cancer Cell Biology Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1991 MBRCC Health Science North (Office) lgibson@hsc.wvu.edu Curriculum Vitae

Academic Interests:

One focus of our laboratory is to investigate methods to disrupt survival signals provided by the bone marrow, with the long-term goal being the development of strategies that make leukemic cells more susceptible to chemotherapy.   A second area of investigation is aimed at better understanding how to minimize the detrimental effects of dose escalated chemotherapy.

Publications:

Alexandra Peister, Jason A. Mellad, Brett M. Hall, Laura F. Gibson, and Darwin J. Prockop. 2003. Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow (MSCs) Isolated From Different Strains of Inbred Mice Vary in Surface Epitopes, Rates of Proliferation, and Differentiation Potential. Blood, in press.

Hogan, M.B., Weissman, D.N., Hubbs, A.F., Gibson, L.F., Piktel, D., and K.S. Landreth. 2003. Regulation of eosinophilopoiesis in a murine model of asthma. Journal of Immunology 171(5):2644-51.

Gibson, L.F. 2002. Leukemic cell survival: Signals from the bone marrow microenvironment. Leukemia and Lymphoma 43:19-27.