Karen Kim Guisbert, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
Former Lab: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sontheimer Lab, Northwestern University
Training Period: 2006 - 2013
Prior Academic Degree Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Awards: American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Guisbert laboratory is located at the Florida Institute of Technology in the Olin Life Sciences building. We are using the nematode worm, Caenorhabditis elegans and cultured human cells to investigate a cellular signaling pathway called the heat shock response. The heat shock response is an essential stress response that is also involved in human diseases. Our hope is that by learning more about this pathway we will contribute to a better understanding of these diseases and the development of new therapeutic strategies.