Allison Weis, Ph.D., Microbiology

 

 

 

Education:

Ph.D., Microbiology, University of California, Davis. 2017

“Campylobacter Genomics in Health and Disease”

B.A., Biology – Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.  2008

 Current Position:

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology

 

Manuscripts published while in Weimer MicroLab:

  1. Kaufman, James H.*, Christopher A. Elkins, Matthew Davis, Allison M. Weis, Bihua C. Huang, Mark K. Mammel, Isha R. Patel, Kristen L. Beck, Stefan Edlund, David Chambliss, Judith Douglas, Simone Bianco, Mark Kunitomi, Bart C. Weimer*. 2018. Insular Microbiogeography. In Microbial Ecology: Current advances from genomics, metagenomics and other “omics”. Edited by Diana Marco. Caister Academic Press, Poole, UK.
  2. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. The journey of Campylobacter: a genomic analysis of a successful zoonotic pathogen. Atlas of Science (http://atlasofscience.org/the-journey-of-campylobacter-a-genomic-analysis-of-a-successful-zoonotic-pathogen/#more-22426).
  3. Lawton, Samantha, Allison M. Weis, Barbara A. Byrne, Heather Fritz, Conor Taff, Andrea Townsend, Bart C. Weimer, Asli Mete, Sarah Wheeler, Walter M. Boyce. Comparative analysis of Campylobacter isolates from wild birds and chickens using MALDI-TOF, biochemical testing, and sequence analysis. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. In press.
  4. Kong, Nguyet, Narine Arabyan, Kao Thao, Whitney Ng, Bihua C. Huang, Dylan Bobby Storey, Poyin Chen, Allison M. Weis, Soraya Foutouhi, Azarene Foutouhi, Yi Xie, and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Draft genome sequences of 1183 Salmonella from the 100K Pathogen Genome Project. Genome Announcements 5:e00518-17. (PMID: 28705963).
  5. Arabyan, Narine, Allison M. Weis, Bihua C. Huang and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Implications of sialidases in diseases: Genome release of Salmonella sialidase knockout strains. Genome Announcements 5:e00341-17. (PMID: 28495784)
  6. Kaufman, James H., Christopher A. Elkins, Matthew Davis, Allison M Weis, Bihua C. Huang, Mark K Mammel, Isha R. Patel, Kristen L. Beck, Stefan Edlund, David Chambliss, Simone Bianco, Mark Kunitomi, Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Microbiogeography and microbial genome evolution. arXiv:1703.07454 [q-bio.GN
  7. Weis, Allison M., Brent Gilpin, Bihua C. Huang, Nguyet Kong, Poyin Chen, and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Shigella draft genomes: resources for food safety and public health. Genome Announcements 5:e00176-17. (PMID: 28428292)
  8. Weis, Allison M., Kristen A. Clothier, Bihua C. Huang, Nguyet Kong, and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Multidrug-resistant abortive Campylobacter jejuni draft genome from Northern California. Genome Announcements 5:e00171-17. (PMID: 28408683)
  9. Draper, Jenny L., Lori M. Hansen, David Bernick, Samar Abedrabbo, Jason G. Underword, Nguyet Kong, Carol B. Huang, Allison M. Weis, Bart C. Weimer, Arnoud Van Vliet, Nader Pourmand, Jay V. Solnick, Kevin Karplus, Karen M. Ottemann. 2017. Fallacy of the unique genome: Sequence diversity within single Helicobacter pylori mBio 8:e02321-16. (PMID: 28223462).
  10. Kong, Nguyet, Whitney Ng, Kao Thao, Regina Agulto, Allison Weis, Kristi Spittle, and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Automation of PacBio SMRTbell NGS library preparation for bacterial genome sequencing. Standards in Genomics. 12:27-37 (PMID: 28344744). (highly accessed notation by journal)
  11. Weis, Allison M., Bihua C. Huang, Dylan B. Storey, Nguyet Kong, Poyin Chen, Narine Arabyan, Brent Gilpin, Carl Mason, Andrea K. Townsend, Woutrina A. Miller, Barbara A. Byrne, Conor C. Taff, and Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Large-scale release of Campylobacter draft genomes; resources for food safety and public health from the 100K Pathogen Genome Project. Genome Announcements 5(1):e00925-16. (PMID: 28057746).
  12. Weis, Allison M., Kristin A. Clothier, Bihua C. Huang, Nguyet Kong, Jessica Wasserscheid, Ken Dewar, Bart C. Weimer. 2017. Comparative Genomics of Abortive Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Multiple Hosts. (submitted)
  13. Weis, Allison M., Kristin A. Clothier, Bihua C. Huang, Nguyet T. Kong, and Bart C. Weimer. 2016. Campylobacter jejuni that cause abortion in livestock. Genome Announcements 4(6):e01324-16. (PMID: 27908990).
  14. Weis, Allison M., Dylan B. Storey, Conor C. Taff, Andrea K. Townsend, Bihua C. Huang, Nguyet T. Kong, Kristin A. Clothier, Abigail Spinner, Barbara A. Byrne, Bart C. Weimer. 2016. Genomic comparison of Campylobacter and their potential for zoonotic transmission between birds, primates, and livestock. App. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 7165-7175. (PMID: 27736787)
  15. Taff, Conor C., Allison M. Weis, Chris Barker, Walter M. Boyce, Mitchell G. Hinton, Melissa Jones, Ryane Logsdon, Woutrina A. Smith, Bart C. Weimer, Sarah Wheeler, and Andrea K. Townsend 2016. Influence of host ecology and behavior on Campylobacter jejuni prevalence and environmental contamination risk in a synanthropic wild bird. App. Environ. Microbiol. 82:4811-4820. (PMID: 27260356)

Presentations while in Weimer MicroLab ( Oral and Poster):

  1. Weimer, Bart C., Allison M. Weis, Azarene Fouthoui, and B. Carol Huang. 2017. Metagenomics and genomics of Campylobacter. National Center for Primate Research, Davis, CA.
  2. Weis, Allison M, Micro-chats invited speaker. November 29th, 2016, UC Davis.
  3. Weis, Allison M, Exit Seminar, October 21st, 2016. “Genomic Comparisons and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates, understanding an enigmatic zoonotic pathogen”, UC Davis.
  4. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer Signature Research in Genomics (SRG) Symposium, UC Davis June 30th “Placental Microbiome: Impact on Early Life”
  5. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer Berkeley Microbiology Student Group Symposium, May 6th “Genomic Comparisons and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates around Davis, CA”
  6. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer. Interdisciplinary Graduate & Professional Student Symposium (IGPS) UC Davis April 7th, 2016. “Genomic Comparisons and Zoonotic Potential of Campylobacter isolates”
  7. Weis, Allison M, UC Davis MGG Recruitment weekend selected speaker February 2016. “Genomic Comparisons and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates around Davis, CA”
  8. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer. Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO) Rotorua, New Zealand, November 2015. “Genomic comparisons and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates”
  9. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer. IBM/MARS Symposium, November 18th, 2014 Invited Speaker “Genomic Comparisons and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates”
  10. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer.Primate Medicine GI Symposium, California National Primate Research Center, September 5th, 2014. “Harnessing the 100K Genome Project to Identify Genomic Clues to Primate Diarrhea in Campylobacter Isolates”
  11. Weis, Allison M., and Bart C. Weimer. Berkeley Microbiology Student Group Symposium, April 12th “Prevalence and Pathogenic Potential of Campylobacter isolates from free-living, human-commensal American Crows”

Awards received while in Weimer MicroLab:

  1. Signature Research in Genomics (SRG) Symposium June 30th, 2016
    • Second Place Speaker Award (Travel Grant awarded)
  2. UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate & Professional Student Symposium (IGPS) UC Davis, April 7th, 2016
    • Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation in Medicine
    • People’s Choice Award for Best Oral Presentation
    • Letter of Commendation from California Congressman John Garamendi for IGPS
  3. UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Grant for CHRO 2015 in New Zealand ($1,500) 2015- 2016 cycle