Michelle Gilbert

Assistant Teaching Professor
Gilbert
Michelle
Gilbert
She/Her/Hers
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department Affiliations
Interests
Evolution
Form
Shape
Anatomy
Address
Website
Michelle's website
Background

Education

PhD, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. 2017-2022.  University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Craig Albertson

Post-doctoral training. 2022-2024. The Pennsylvania State university. Dr. Tom Stewart
 

Publications

08: Tetrault, E, B Aaronson, MC Gilbert, RC Albertson. 2024. Foraging-induced craniofacial plasticity is associated with an early, robust and dynamic transcriptional response. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
07: Packard, M, MC Gilbert, Emily Tetrault, RC Albertson. 2023. Zebrafish crocc2 mutants exhibit divergent craniofacial shape, misregulated variability, and aberrant cartilage morphogenesis. Developmental Dynamics.
06: Gilbert, MC, SN Piggott*, RC Albertson. 2022. Substrate type induces plastic responses in the craniofacial morphology of a winnowing cichlid. Hydrobiologia.
05: Gilbert, MC, C Lerose*, AJ Conith, RC Albertson. 2022. Breaking constraints: The development and evolution of extreme fin morphology in the Bramidae. Evolution and Development
04: Gilbert, MC, E Tetrault, M Packard, D Navon, RC Albertson. 2021. Ciliary rootlet coiled-coil 2 (crocc2) underlies evolutionary divergence and plasticity of cichlid jaw shape. Molecular Biology and Evolution
03: Gilbert, MC, AJ Conith, C Lerose*, JK Moyer, SH Huskey, RC Albertson. 2021. Extreme morphology, functional trade-offs, and evolutionary dynamics in a clade of open-ocean fishes. Integrative Organismal Biology.
02: Gilbert, MC, A Akama, C Cox Fernandes, RC Albertson. 2020. Rapid morphological change in multiple cichlid ecotypes following the damming of a major clearwater river in Brazil. Evolutionary Applications
01: Gilbert, MC. 2016. Impacts of habitat fragmentation on the cranial morphology of a threatened desert fish. Master’s Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1640.

Classes Taught

Biological Inquiry and Analysis, Zoology, Introductory Biology (non-majors & majors), EvoDevo:DNA to Diversity

Science-Art Exhibitions and Events

12: 2023: Selene vomer, a lookdown. State College Pi Day community event hosted by the Three Dots art gallery and Penn State University.
11: 2020: Caquetaia spectabilis. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) BioArt Contest winner. Focus: Anatomy. FASEB 2020 BioArt Winners
10: 2020: Dasyatis sabina. Images from Science 3, Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda Italy, 15 May – 8 November
09: 2020: Dasyatis sabina. Images from Science 3, Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, 17 August – 30 October.
08: 2020: Dasyatis sabina. Images from Science 3, The New York Hall of Science, 1 April – 31 July.
07: 2020: Dasyatis sabina. Images from Science 3, John Hopkins School of Medicine. 20th Jan – 20 March.
06: 2019: Dasyatis sabina. Images from Science 3, Rochester Institute of Technology. 1st Nov – 24th Nov.
05: 2019: Dasyatis sabina & Selena vomer. Science After Dark, hosted by That’s Life [Science]. Amherst, Massachusetts.
04: 2019: Neuromast and Vital Bone Staining in Zebrafish. Catherine Lerose and Michelle C Gilbert. Research Art-Science Exhibition. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
03: 2019: Dasyatis sabina & Selene vomer. Amherst March for Science. Amherst, Massachusetts.
02: 2019: Dasyatis sabina & Selene vomer. Pipettes and Paintbrushes. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
01: 2018: Danio rerio, negative. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) BioArt Contest winner. Focus: Anatomy. FASEB 2018 BioArt Winners