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Nicole Gilbert, PhD
gilbert@wustl.edu
Instructor in Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases
phone: (314) 454-6050
Education
BS,
Concordia University Nebraska
,
2005
PhD,
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
,
2010
Training
Postdoc, Washington University School of Medicine
,
2011
-
2016
Honors and Awards
Most Outstanding Graduate in Biology and Chemistry
,
2005
Saint Louis University Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, Biological Sciences Poster Competition – 2nd place
,
2008
American Society of Microbiology, Missouri Branch Annual Meeting. Ph.D. Candidate Research Presentation Competition - 1st place
,
2011
Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference Postdoc Poster Competition- 1st place
,
2016
Recent Publications
view all (17)
Publication Co-Authors
Drew Schwartz
Kavita Agarwal, Lloyd S Robinson, Somya Aggarwal, Lynne R Foster, Ariel Hernandez-Leyva, Hueylie Lin, Brett A Tortelli, Valerie P O'Brien, Liza Miller, Andrew L Kau, Hilary Reno , Nicole M Gilbert, Warren G Lewis, Amanda L Lewis .
Glycan cross-feeding supports mutualism between Fusobacterium and the vaginal microbiota
PLoS Biol.
.
2020.
doi:
10.1371/journal.pbio.3000788
PMCID:
PMC7447053
PMID:
32841232
Hilt EE, Putonti C, Thomas-White K, Lewis AL, Visick KL, Gilbert NM, Wolfe AJ.
Aerococcus urinae Isolated from Women with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms:
In Vitro
Aggregation and Genome Analysis.
J Bacteriol
.
2020;202
(13).
PMCID:
PMC7283593
PMID:
32284319
Morrill S, Gilbert NM, Lewis AL.
Gardnerella vaginalis
as a Cause of Bacterial Vaginosis: Appraisal of the Evidence From
in vivo
Models.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
.
2020;10:168.
PMCID:
PMC7193744
PMID:
32391287
Lewis AL, Gilbert NM.
Roles of the vagina and the vaginal microbiota in urinary tract infection: evidence from clinical correlations and experimental models.
GMS Infect Dis
.
2020;8:Doc02.
PMCID:
PMC7186798
PMID:
32373427
Gilbert NM, Lewis WG, Li G, Sojka DK, Lubin JB, Lewis AL.
Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella bivia Trigger Distinct and Overlapping Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Bacterial Vaginosis.
J Infect Dis
.
2019;220
(7):
1099-1108.
PMCID:
PMC6736442
PMID:
30715405
O'Brien VP, Gilbert NM, Lebratti T, Agarwal K, Foster L, Shin H, Lewis AL.
Low-dose inoculation of Escherichia coli achieves robust vaginal colonization and results in ascending infection accompanied by severe uterine inflammation in mice.
PLoS One
.
2019;14
(7):
e0219941.
PMCID:
PMC6645506
PMID:
31329630
Gilbert NM, Lewis AL.
Covert pathogenesis: Transient exposures to microbes as triggers of disease.
PLoS Pathog
.
2019;15
(3):
e1007586.
PMCID:
PMC6438445
PMID:
30921443
Amegashie CP, Gilbert NM, Peipert JF, Allsworth JE, Lewis WG, Lewis AL.
Relationship between nugent score and vaginal epithelial exfoliation.
PLoS One
.
2017;12
(5):
e0177797.
PMCID:
PMC5451030
PMID:
28562623
Gilbert NM, O'Brien VP, Lewis AL.
Transient microbiota exposures activate dormant Escherichia coli infection in the bladder and drive severe outcomes of recurrent disease.
PLoS Pathog
.
2017;13
(3):
e1006238.
PMCID:
PMC5373645
PMID:
28358889
Lubin JB, Lewis WG, Gilbert NM, Weimer CM, Almagro-Moreno S, Boyd EF, Lewis AL.
Host-like carbohydrates promote bloodstream survival of Vibrio vulnificus in vivo.
Infect Immun
.
2015;83
(8):
3126-36.
PMCID:
PMC4496609
PMID:
26015477
Kline KA, Schwartz DJ, Gilbert NM, Lewis AL.
Impact of host age and parity on susceptibility to severe urinary tract infection in a murine model.
PLoS One
.
2014;9
(5):
e97798.
PMCID:
PMC4024022
PMID:
24835885
Gilbert NM, O'Brien VP, Hultgren S, Macones G, Lewis WG, Lewis AL.
Urinary tract infection as a preventable cause of pregnancy complications: opportunities, challenges, and a global call to action.
Glob Adv Health Med
.
2013;2
(5):
59-69.
PMCID:
PMC3833562
PMID:
24416696
Lewis WG, Robinson LS, Gilbert NM, Perry JC, Lewis AL.
Degradation, foraging, and depletion of mucus sialoglycans by the vagina-adapted Actinobacterium Gardnerella vaginalis.
J Biol Chem
.
2013;288
(17):
12067-79.
PMCID:
PMC3636892
PMID:
23479734
Gilbert NM, Lewis WG, Lewis AL.
Clinical features of bacterial vaginosis in a murine model of vaginal infection with Gardnerella vaginalis.
PLoS One
.
2013;8
(3):
e59539.
PMCID:
PMC3602284
PMID:
23527214
Kline KA, Schwartz DJ, Gilbert NM, Hultgren SJ, Lewis AL.
Immune modulation by group B Streptococcus influences host susceptibility to urinary tract infection by uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Infect Immun
.
2012;80
(12):
4186-94.
PMCID:
PMC3497425
PMID:
22988014
Gilbert NM, Baker LG, Specht CA, Lodge JK.
A glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is required for membrane localization but dispensable for cell wall association of chitin deacetylase 2 in Cryptococcus neoformans.
mBio
.
2012;3
(1).
PMCID:
PMC3280450
PMID:
22354955
Gilbert NM, Donlin MJ, Gerik KJ, Specht CA, Djordjevic JT, Wilson CF, Sorrell TC, Lodge JK.
KRE genes are required for beta-1,6-glucan synthesis, maintenance of capsule architecture and cell wall protein anchoring in Cryptococcus neoformans.
Mol Microbiol
.
2010;76
(2):
517-34.
PMCID:
PMC2969852
PMID:
20384682
Last updated: 09/09/2020
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