Welcome to the Gillette Lab in the Department of Pathology at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists who study how cell communication within the bone marrow microenvironment serves to regulate healthy and malignant cells. Currently, we focus our research on studies with hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells as well as solid tumor cells such as ovarian cancer.
Utilizing cutting-edge imaging techniques and in vivo mouse models with traditional biochemistry, we are investigating the mechanisms that control cell adhesion, trafficking, signaling, repopulation, and expansion. Our goal is to identify molecules and mechanisms that can be directly targeted to 1) improve regenerative stem cell therapies and 2) treat the progression of specific cancers.
Jennifer M. Gillette, PhD
Associate Professor & Senior Director for Research Department of Pathology
Director, Undergraduate Pipeline Network
Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource
Full Member, UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center
Post Doctoral Training, 2004-2010
National Institutes of Health (Lippincott-Schwartz Lab)
PhD Cellular and Developmental Biology, 2004
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Nielsen Lab)
BS Biology, 1999
Gettysburg College
JGillette@salud.unm.edu
Victoria Balise, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
PhD Biological Sciences
University of Missouri, 2018
B.S. Biochemistry
New Mexico State University, 2010
vbalise@salud.unm.edu
Sebastian Restrepo Cruz
Biomedical Sciences PhD Student
BS Biology
The University of New Mexico, 2014
srestrp@salud.unm.edu
Erica Pascetti
Biomedical Sciences PhD Student
BS Biology
The University of New Mexico, 2017
erpascetti@salud.unm.edu
Christian “Levi” Doyle
Undergraduate Biochemistry Student
UNM MARC Program
The University of New Mexico
cldoyle@unm.edu
Mailing address for the Gillette Lab:
UNM-HSC
1 University of New Mexico
MSC08-4640
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Shipping address for the Gillette Lab:
UNM-HSC
915 Camino de Salud NE
BRF #340
Albuquerque, NM 87131