Melissa A Gilbert, PhD

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Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
1007B Abramson Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biology)
University of Vermont, 2005.
PhD (Genetics)
Tufts University, 2014.
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Selected Publications

Omer Hatim, Miao Xu, Ivan Pavlinov, Kaari Linask, Jeanette Beers, Jizhong Zou, Chengyu Liu, Steven Rodems, Karsten Baumgartel, Melissa A. Gilbert, Nancy B. Spinner, Catherine Chen, Wei Zheng: Generation of an Alagille syndrome (ALGS) patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell line (TRNDi036-A) carrying a heterozygous mutation (p.Cys693*) in the JAG1 gene. Stem Cell Research. Elsevier, 77, June 2024.

Melissa A. Gilbert, Ernest Keefer-Jacques, Tanaya Jadhav, Daniel Antfolk, Qianqian Ming, Nicolette Valente, Grace Tzun-Wen Shaw, Christopher J. Sottolano, Grace Matwijec, Vincent C. Luca, Kathleen M. Loomes, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Tristan J. Hayeck, and Nancy B. Spinner: Using MAVEs data to reclassify variants of uncertain significance in ALGS. Mutational Scanning Symposium 2024 annual conference (Boston, MA) May 2024.

Allen, S, Garret, A, Muffley, L, Fayer, S, Foreman, J, Adams, DJ, Hurles, M, Rubin, AF, Roth, FP, Starita, LM, Biesecker, LG, and Turnbull, C: Workshop report: the clinical application of data from multiplex assays of variant effects (MAVEs), 12 July 2023. European Journal of Human Genetics March 2024 Notes: Attended and participated in polling for this workshop. Included in demographic details of Table 2.

Melissa A. Gilbert, Ernest Keefer-Jacques, Tanaya Jadhav, Grace Tzun-Wen Shaw, Nicolette Valente, Grace Matwijec, Kathleen M. Loomes, Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Tristan J. Hayeck, and Nancy B. Spinner: Utilizing Multiplexed Assays of Variant Effects to Solve VOUS and Screen for Small Molecule Therapeutics in Alagille Syndrome. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual conference (Washington DC) October 2023.

Hatim O, Pavlinov I, Xu M, Linask K, Beers J, Liu C, Baumgartel K, Gilbert M, Spinner N, Chen C, Zou J, and Zheng W: Generation of an Alagille syndrome (ALGS) patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell line (TRNDi032-A) carrying a heterozygous mutation (p.Cys682Leufs*7) in the JAG1 gene. Stem Cell Research 73, October 2023.

Keefer-Jacques, E, Valente, N, Matwijec, G, Nassur, J, Wilkins, B, Loomes, KM, Spinner, NB, Gilbert, MA: Candidate genetic modifier of Alagille syndrome, Thrombospondin2 (THBS2) worsens the liver phenotype in a transgenic zebrafish model. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual conference (Washington DC) October 2023.

Vandriel SM, Li LT, She H, Wang JS, Gilbert MA, Jankowska I, Czubkowski P, Gliwicz-Miedzińska D, Gonzales EM, Jacquemin E, Bouligand J, Spinner NB, Loomes KM, Piccoli DA, D'Antiga L, Nicastro E, Sokal É, Demaret T, Ebel NH, Feinstein JA, Fawaz R, Nastasio S, Lacaille F, Debray D, Arnell H, Fischler B, Siew S, Stormon M, Karpen SJ, Romero R, Kim KM, Baek WY, Hardikar W, Shankar S, Roberts AJ, Evans HM, Jensen MK, Kavan M, Sundaram SS, Chaidez A, Karthikeyan P, Sanchez MC, Cavalieri ML, Verkade HJ, Lee WS, Squires JE, Hajinicolaou C, Lertudomphonwanit C, Fischer RT, Larson-Nath C, Mozer-Glassberg Y, Arikan C, Lin HC, Bernabeu JQ, Alam S, Kelly DA, Carvalho E, Ferreira CT, Indolfi G, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Bulut P, Calvo PL, Önal Z, Valentino PL, Desai DM, Eshun J, Rogalidou M, Dezsőfi A, Wiecek S, Nebbia G, Pinto RB, Wolters VM, Tamara ML, Zizzo AN, Garcia J, Schwarz K, Beretta M, Sandahl TD, Jimenez-Rivera C, Kerkar N, Brecelj J, Mujawar Q, Rock N, Busoms CM, Karnsakul W, Lurz E, Santos-Silva E, Blondet N, Bujanda L, Shah U, Thompson RJ, Hansen BE, Kamath BM; Global ALagille Alliance (GALA) Study Group.: Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study. Hepatology 77: 512-529, Feb 2023.

Hansen BE, Vandriel SM, Vig P, Garner W, Li LT, She H, Wang JS, Gilbert MA, Jankowska I, Czubkowski P, Gliwicz-Miedzińska D, Gonzales EM, Jacquemin E, Bouligand J, Spinner NB, Loomes KM, Piccoli DA, D’Antiga L, Nicastro E, Sokal É, Demaret T, Ebel NH, Feinstein JA, Fawaz R, Nastasio S, Lacaille F, Debray D, Arnell H, Fischler B, Siew S, Stormon M, Karpen SJ, Romero R, Kim KM, Baek WY, Hardikar W, Shankar S, Roberts AJ, Evans HM, Jensen MK, Kavan M, Sundaram SS, Chaidez A, Karthikeyan P, Davison S, Sanchez MC, Cavalieri ML, Verkade HJ, Lee WS, Squires JE, Hajinicolaou C, Lertudomphonwanit C, Fischer RT, Larson-Nath C, Mozer-Glassberg Y, Arikan C, Lin HC, Bernabeu JQ, Alam S, Kelly D, Carvalho E, Ferreira CT, Indolfi G, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Bulut P, Calvo PL, Önal Z, Valentino PL, Desai DM, Eshun J, Rogalidou M, Dezsőfi A, Wiecek S, Nebbia G, Pinto RB, Wolters VM, Tamara ML, Zizzo AN, Garcia J, Schwarz K, Beretta M, Sandahl TD, Jimenez-Rivera C, Kerkar N, Brecelj J, Mujawar Q, Rock N, Molera C, Karnsakul W, Lurz E, Santos-Silva E, Blondet N, Bujanda L, Shah U, Thompson RJ, Kamath BM, and The Global ALagille Alliance (GALA) Study Group: Application of real-world evidence analytics: A 6-year event-free survival analysis in Alagille syndrome of the GALA clinical research database and maralixibat treated patients. Hepatol. 74(Suppl 6): 1387A-1389A, Nov 2021 Notes: Oral presentation-late-breaking. The Liver Meeting Digital Experience (TLMdX), Selected as 'Best of The Liver Meeting' in the Pediatric Liver Diseases category.

Kohut TJ, Gilbert MA, Loomes KM.: Alagille Syndrome: A Focused Review on Clinical Features, Genetics, and Treatment. Semin Liver Dis 41(4): 525-537, Nov 2021.

Kohut, TJ, Gilbert, MA, Loomes, KM: Alagille syndrome: : A focused review on clinical features, genetics, and treatment. Semin. Liver Dis. 41(4): 525-537, July 2021.

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