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Debra Jan Bibel, Ph.D.

Background Information and Areas of Research

Bibel earned both her A.B. and Ph.D. in medical microbiology and immunology from the University of California at Berkeley. After a diverse career of 30 years in basic and clinical research in cutaneous microbial ecology and in biomedical communications at Letterman Army Institute of Research, University of California at San Francisco, and various industrial settings, she is now part of the ARG staff specializing in communications and administrative support. As Communications Coordinator, she is copy editor for scientific publications, web master of both the ARG internet and intranet sites, scientific poster graphic artist, and newsletter designer and Managing Editor. Her other hat is that of Executive Associate to the Director of the National Alcohol Research Center. Dr. Bibel is, in addition, a historian and philosopher of science, an artist, an ethnomusicologist, and a poet.

Selected Publications

Bibel, Debra Jan (1988). Milestones in Immunology. A historical exploration. Madison: Science Tech; Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Bibel, Debra Jan (1992). Freeing the Goose in the Bottle. Discovering Zen through science, understanding science through Zen. Oakland, CA: Elie Metchnikoff Memorial Library.

Bibel, Debra Jan (1996). a collection of clouds. Zen haiku and other poetry. Oakland, CA: Elie Metchnikoff Memorial Library.

Bibel, Debra Jan (2001). Microbial Musings. A history of microbiology.. Belmont, CA: Star Publishing.

Articles

Bibel, Debra Jan; Crumrine, Debra A.; Yee, K.; & King, Robert D. (1977). Development of arthrospores of Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Infection and Immunity, 15, 958-971.

Bibel, Debra Jan; Aly, Raza; Shinefield, Henry R.; & Maibach, Howard I. (1982). Importance of the keratinzed epithelial cell in bacterial adherence. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 79, 250-253.

Bibel, Debra Jan (1985). William Bulloch’s pioneer women of microbiology. ASM News, 51, 328-333.

Bibel, Debra Jan (1989). Santayana’s warning unheeded: the parallels of syphilis and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 16, 201-209.

Bibel, Debra Jan; Aly, Raza; Conant, Marcus A.; & Shinefield, Henry R. (1991). From HIV infection to AIDS; changes in the microbial ecology of skin and nose. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 4, 9-17.

Bibel, Debra Jan; Aly, Raza; & Shinefield, Henry R. (1992). Antimicrobial activity of sphingosines. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 98, 269-273.

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