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  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William C. Nierman is affiliated with the J. Craig Venter Institute in the United States. Their research spans several fields and topics primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work includes a focus on subfields such as Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Emergency Medical Services, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Their main areas of study cover notable topics including:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

William C. Nierman has contributed publications to various research venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Microbiome
  • Microbial Genomics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nierman include:

  • "Mechanism-of-Action Classification of Antibiotics by Global Transcriptome Profiling," published in 2020 in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "Predicting antimicrobial mechanism-of-action from transcriptomes: A generalizable explainable artificial intelligence approach," published in 2021 in PLoS Computational Biology
  • "Genomic and phenotypic characterization of Burkholderia isolates from the potable water system of the International Space Station," published in 2020 in PLoS ONE
  • "Succession and determinants of the early life nasopharyngeal microbiota in a South African birth cohort," published in 2023 in Microbiome
  • "Genetic diversity of clinical and environmental Mucorales isolates obtained from an investigation of mucormycosis cases among solid organ transplant recipients," published in 2020 in Microbial Genomics

Frequent collaborators of William C. Nierman include:

  • Heather J. Zar
  • Mark P. Nicol
  • Christopher L. Dupont
  • Shantelle Claassen-Weitz
  • Sugnet Gardner-Lubbe

William C. Nierman was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae

    John F. Heidelberg;Jonathan A. Eisen;William C. Nelson;Rebecca A. Clayton

  • Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    William C. Nierman;William C. Nierman;Arnab Pain;Michael J. Anderson;Jennifer R. Wortman;Jennifer R. Wortman

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae

    Masayuki Machida;Kiyoshi Asai;Motoaki Sano;Toshihiro Tanaka

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 1 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Athanasios Theologis;Joseph R. Ecker;Joseph R. Ecker;Curtis J. Palm;Nancy A. Federspiel;Nancy A. Federspiel

  • Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

    Martin Wu;Ling V. Sun;Jessica Vamathevan;Markus Riegler

  • The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria

    Timothy D. Read;Timothy D. Read;Scott N. Peterson;Scott N. Peterson;Nicolas Tourasse;Les W. Baillie;Les W. Baillie

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xiaoying Lin;Samir Kaul;Steve Rounsley;Terrance P. Shea

  • SMURF: Genomic mapping of fungal secondary metabolite clusters.

    Nora Khaldi;Fayaz T. Seifuddin;Geoff Turner;Daniel Haft

  • Complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus.

    William C. Nierman;Tamara V. Feldblyum;Michael T. Laub;Ian T. Paulsen

  • Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    Natalie D. Fedorova;Nora Khaldi;Vinita S. Joardar;Rama Maiti

  • Whole genome comparisons of serotype 4b and 1/2a strains of the food‐borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes reveal new insights into the core genome components of this species

    Karen E. Nelson;Derrick E. Fouts;Emmanuel F. Mongodin;Jacques Ravel

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum

    Marco A. Van Den Berg;Richard Albang;Kaj Albermann;Jonathan H. Badger

  • Evolution of sensory complexity recorded in a myxobacterial genome

    B. S. Goldman;W. C. Nierman;W. C. Nierman;D. Kaiser;S. C. Slater;S. C. Slater

  • Structural flexibility in the Burkholderia mallei genome

    William C. Nierman;David DeShazer;H. Stanley Kim;Herve Tettelin

  • Type VI secretion is a major virulence determinant in Burkholderia mallei

    Mark A. Schell;Ricky L. Ulrich;Wilson J. Ribot;Ernst E. Brueggemann

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Chemical Diversity in Aspergillus fumigatus by LaeA

    Robyn M Perrin;Natalie D Fedorova;Jin Woo Bok;Robert A Cramer

  • A physical map of the mouse genome.

    Simon G Gregory;Mandeep Sekhon;Jacqueline Schein;Shaying Zhao

  • The complete genome sequence of Chlorobium tepidum TLS, a photosynthetic, anaerobic, green-sulfur bacterium.

    Jonathan A. Eisen;Karen E. Nelson;Ian T. Paulsen;John F. Heidelberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiujiang Yu
Jiujiang Yu United States Department of Agriculture
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Thomas E. Cleveland
Thomas E. Cleveland Agricultural Research Service
Deepak Bhatnagar
Deepak Bhatnagar Agricultural Research Service
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Joan W. Bennett
Joan W. Bennett Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gary A. Payne
Gary A. Payne North Carolina State University
Ian T. Paulsen
Ian T. Paulsen Macquarie University
Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson J. Craig Venter Institute
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University

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