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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- A tissue-intrinsic mechanism sensitizes HIV-1 particles for TLR-triggered innate immune responses May 9, 2026
- Citywide indoor air sampling mirrors wastewater and clinical case surveillance of respiratory viruses May 9, 2026
- Artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis and subtype differentiation of infectious keratitis May 8, 2026
- Networked SIRS model with Kalman filter state estimation for epidemic monitoring in Europe May 8, 2026
- A BcfA-containing intranasal vaccine generated TH17 immunity and reduced B. bronchiseptica colonization and disease in mice May 8, 2026
Nature – AMR- Cellular and molecular basis of PfCoronin function in artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum May 7, 2026
- Echinocandins have an alternative mode of action on biomimetic membranes that is not directly related to the functioning of (1,3) beta-glucan synthase April 28, 2026
- Cyromazine accelerates the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes by promoting the conjugative transfer of the SXT integrative conjugative element April 25, 2026
- The dual role of azoles: lifesaving antifungals and drivers of resistance – a One Health perspective April 19, 2026
- Closing the gap on antifungal resistance April 15, 2026
Outbreaks
CDC- Serologic Evidence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection in a Veterinary Professional Exposed to an Infected Domestic Cat — Los Angeles County, California, December 2024–January 2025 May 7, 2026
- Fatal Human Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N5) in a Backyard Flock Owner — Washington, November 2025 May 7, 2026
Food Safety News- Headcheese linked to Listeria outbreak May 10, 2026
- Popcorn topping recalled because of Salmonella risk May 9, 2026
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