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Dr. Weimer is one of the Key Researchers on the Impacts of Orchard Grazing on Soil Health, Food Safety, and Pest Control. Read about the program here.
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JGI announces the 2023 Community Science Program Awards. Congratulations to Dr. Weimer and the other 18 recipients!
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Dr. Weimer and DJ Darwin Bandoy join The Conversation with their latest article:
- UC Davis press release on Dr. Weimer and graduate student DJ Darwin Bandoy’s latest manuscript, Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology reveals disease transmission coupled to variant emergence and allelic variation, published in Nature. Read it here
- Dr. Weimer joins UC Davis live to discuss Coronavirus. Q&A session with UC Davis experts on Coronavirus Mutations & Variants
- Dr. Weimer discusses the 100K project on youtube during the Bioinformática UFMG Webinar, July 9, 2020. “100K Pathogen Genome Project: Merging Population Genomics and Machine Learning”
- UC Davis highlights a new paper by Dr. Bart Weimer and graduate student DJ Darwin R. Bandoy, DVM Genome Variation Gives Insight Into Coronavirus Spread,
- What’s in Your Food? Read the article Written by Niina Haiminen for the IBM Research blog regarding the latest paper, Food authentication from shotgun sequencing reads with an application on high protein powders
- Dr. Fabio Soares De Lima, DVM, MS, Ph.D., Diplomat ACT Seminar “Unraveling NGF-β role on reproduction, and host genome-microbiome interactions modulating health and milk production in dairy cows” https://weimermicrolab.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Lima-Seminar-Presentation-Announcement.pdf
- Pathogens Travel Award Announced – The editorial team of Pathogens is inviting applications for a Travel Award for two Postdocs and Ph.D. students to support attending a conference in 2019 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens/awards
- Talking Biotech Podcast – Nitrogen Fixation and Corn – featuring Dr. Alan Bennett http://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/154-nitrogen-fixing-and-corn/
- The Wonder Plant That Could Slash Fertilizer Use – An indigenous Mexican corn gets its nitrogen from the air. Read the article’s in Phys Org here: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-corn-variety-nutrients-bacteria-potentially.html and in The Atlantic here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/amaizeballs/567140
- 2nd Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Symposium, Wednesday, May 16, 2018 – Thursday, May 17, 2018. You can learn more and register by visiting: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=2151336&
- San Francisco Nanopore Day on Tuesday, March 13th, 2018. 9:45 am – 4;30 pm. This event is free but does require pre-registration. You can learn more and register by visiting: https://nanoporetech.com/events/nanopore-day-san-francisco.
- A paper we were recently involved in titled ‘Human breath metabolomics using an optimized non-invasive exhaled breath condensate sampler’ published in the Journal of Breath Research (JBR) last year has been selected to be part of the journal’s Highlights of 2017 collection. This selection of articles includes some of the best and most influential research published in JBR last year, representing cutting-edge topics in breath analysis related research. Please visit http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1752-7163/page/Highlights-of-2017 to read the Highlights collection.
- Look for our upcoming review in a special issue of Separations – Development of Analytical Methods for Clarification of Biological Phenomena: “Methods and applications of metabolomics for discovery and food safety” by Balasubramanian Ganesan and Bart C. Weimer.
- Our work with the Mars/IBM Global Food Safety Consortium was highlighted in PNAS – Thanks to Carolyn Bean for the great article.
Nature – Pathogens
- Association of breastfeeding practices during the first 12 months and subsequent infant respiratory tract infections: a prospective cohort study December 20, 2024
- Establishing an immune correlate of protection for Nipah virus in nonhuman primates December 19, 2024
- Intranasal influenza-vectored vaccine expressing pneumococcal surface protein A protects against Influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections December 19, 2024
- Downregulation of IRF7-mediated type-I interferon response by LmCen–/– parasites is necessary for protective immunity December 19, 2024
- Induction of Fc-dependent functional antibodies against different variants of SARS-CoV-2 varies by vaccine type and prior infection December 19, 2024
Nature – AMR
- Structural insights into the enzymatic breakdown of azomycin-derived antibiotics by 2-nitroimdazole hydrolase (NnhA) December 19, 2024
- Therapeutic potential of isoallolithocholic acid in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus peritoneal infection December 17, 2024
- Elevated mutation rates in multi-azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus drive rapid evolution of antifungal resistance December 16, 2024
- Unlocking the potential of experimental evolution to study drug resistance in pathogenic fungi December 12, 2024
- The Tol Pal system integrates maintenance of the three layered cell envelope December 5, 2024
Outbreaks
CDC
- Notes from the Field: School-Based Surveillance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Trends and Impact on School Attendance by Students and Staff Members — Missouri, Fall 2024 December 19, 2024
- QuickStats: Mental Health Treatment Trends Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Age Group — United States, 2019–2023 December 19, 2024
Food Safety News
- Oysters linked to illnesses in Hong Kong and Finland December 21, 2024
- FDA increases import enforcement on canned food, papayas, and other foods December 21, 2024
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