Dr. Scott J. Weissman

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Mailing Address

1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 357242
HSB F-307
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 221-6329
Fax: (206) 543-8297
weissman@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

M.D., University of California, Irvine, Medicine, 1997.
B.A., Yale University, Psychology, 1990.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Molecular Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Pediatrics.

Additional Terms:

Bacterial Pathogenesis, Microbial Evolution, Molecular Epidemiology.

Memberships

ASM International

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Type 1 fimbrial variation in E. coli O18:K1:H7 virulence, $550,000, 2004 to 2010.

Publications

  • Chattopadhyay S, Feldgarden M, Weissman SJ, Et Al (2007) Haplotype diversity in "source-sink" dynamics of Escherichia coli urovirulence., J Mol Evol, 64 (2), 204-14
  • Weissman SJ, Warren JW, Mobley HLT, Donnenberg MS (2006) Host-Pathogen Interactions and Host Defense Mechanisms, Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract, 8th Ed, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN=0781793076 (bookchapter)
  • Sokurenko EV, Feldgarden M, Trintchina E, Weissman SJ, Avagyan S, Chattopadhyay S, Johnson JR, Dykhuizen DE (Jul 2004) Selection footprint in the FimH adhesin shows pathoadaptive niche differentiation in Escherichia coli., Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21 (7), 1373-83 Abstract
  • Weissman SJ, Moseley SL, Dykhuizen DE, Sokurenko EV, Enterobacterial adhesins and the case for studying SNPs in bacteria, Trends in Microbiology, 11(3), 115-7, March 2003 Abstract
  • Qin X, Abe PM, Weissman SJ, Manning SC, Extrapulmonary Legionella micdadei infection in a previously healthy child, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 21(12), 1174-6, December 2002
  • Johnson JR, Weissman SJ, Stell AL, Trintchina E, Dykhuizen DE, Sokurenko EV, Clonal and pathotypic analysis of archetypal Escherichia coli cystitis isolate NU14, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 184(12), 1556-65, December 2001 Abstract
  • Badger JL, Wass CA, Weissman SJ, Kim KS (Sep 2000) Application of signature-tagged mutagenesis for identification of escherichia coli K1 genes that contribute to invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells., Infection and Immunity, 68 (9), 5056-61 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 5/3/2007

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