David Gilbert
Biomedicine
OIST
Japan
Biography
David Gilbert is Senior Manager for Communications & Outreach, joining the JGI in 2003 and driving the communications effort during the transition from the Human Genome Project to its current role as a national user facility tasked with characterizing plants and microbes to advance research in bioenergy, global carbon cycling, and biogeochemistry. Gilbert, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in agricultural biotechnology, began his career in the biotechnology industry in 1983 where until 1988 he conducted research in plant molecular biology for Advanced Genetic Sciences located in Oakland, California. When the company then merged with DNA Plant Technology Corporation, Gilbert shifted his role from research to administration, assuming the role of Corporate Communications Manager.
Research Interest
Proteomics
