Biography

Dr. Lacelle is the Director, Technical Supervisor, and Clinical Consultant of the Transplant Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory.  She is board certified by the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (Diplomat) and accredited by the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics for bone marrow/HSC transplantation-related and unrelated donors, solid organ transplantation-deceased and live donor, and histocompatibility testing for other clinical purposes.  In addition to her clinical skills, Dr. Lacelle has extensive research experience in the field immunology.

Education
Undergraduate
Mcgill University - Canada (1998), Anatomy
Graduate School
Mcgill University - Canada (2003), Anatomy

Research Interest
  • Transplant Immunology

Publications

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Designer microarrays: from soup to nuts.
Wang E, Lacelle C, Xu S, Zhao X, Hou M J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2002 Nov 57 11 B400-5
Blood-sample processing for the study of age-dependent gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Lacelle C, Riol H, Xu S, Tang YJ, Wang YS, Chuang YL, Lin HS, Chang MC, Liang J, Wang E J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2002 Jul 57 7 B285-7
Establishing lymphoblastoid cell lines from frozen blood of extremely old individuals.
Lacelle C, Wang E Mech. Ageing Dev. 2002 Jul 123 10 1415-8
Alterations in TNF- and IL-related gene expression in space-flown WI38 human fibroblasts.
Semov A, Semova N, Lacelle C, Marcotte R, Petroulakis E, Proestou G, Wang E FASEB J. 2002 Jun 16 8 899-901
Identification of high caspase-3 mRNA expression as a unique signature profile for extremely old individuals.
Lacelle C, Xu S, Wang E Mech. Ageing Dev. 2002 Apr 123 8 1133-44
Possible progesterone-induced gestational activation of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6B and transplacental transmission of activated human herpesvirus 6B.
Das BB, Rakheja D, Lacelle C, Sedlak RH, Gulve N, Chowdhury SR, Prusty BK J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Aug

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • International Pediatric Transplant Association (2018)
  • Texas Transplantation Society (2015)
  • American Association of Immunologists
  • American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
  • American Society of Transplantation