Brian L Weiss

Summary

Affiliation: Yale University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Obligate symbionts activate immune system development in the tsetse fly
    Brian L Weiss
    Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    J Immunol 188:3395-403. 2012
  2. ncbi Tsetse immune system maturation requires the presence of obligate symbionts in larvae
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
    PLoS Biol 9:e1000619. 2011
  3. ncbi OmpA-mediated biofilm formation is essential for the commensal bacterium Sodalis glossinidius to colonize the tsetse fly gut
    Michele A Maltz
    Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:7760-8. 2012
  4. ncbi An insect symbiosis is influenced by bacterium-specific polymorphisms in outer-membrane protein A
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Section of Vector Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, LEPH 606, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:15088-93. 2008
  5. ncbi Interspecific transfer of bacterial endosymbionts between tsetse fly species: infection establishment and effect on host fitness
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, LEPH 606, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7013-21. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Gene expression in commensal tsetse symbionts
    Brian Weiss; Fiscal Year: 2007

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Obligate symbionts activate immune system development in the tsetse fly
    Brian L Weiss
    Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    J Immunol 188:3395-403. 2012
    ..Our finding that molecular components of Wigglesworthia exhibit immunostimulatory activity within tsetse is representative of a novel evolutionary adaptation that steadfastly links an obligate symbiont with its host...
  2. ncbi Tsetse immune system maturation requires the presence of obligate symbionts in larvae
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
    PLoS Biol 9:e1000619. 2011
    ..This phenomenon provides evidence of yet another important physiological adaptation that further anchors the obligate symbiosis between tsetse and Wigglesworthia...
  3. ncbi OmpA-mediated biofilm formation is essential for the commensal bacterium Sodalis glossinidius to colonize the tsetse fly gut
    Michele A Maltz
    Yale School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:7760-8. 2012
    ..Acquiring a better understanding of the dynamics that promote Sodalis colonization of the tsetse gut may enhance the development of novel disease control strategies...
  4. ncbi An insect symbiosis is influenced by bacterium-specific polymorphisms in outer-membrane protein A
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Section of Vector Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, LEPH 606, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:15088-93. 2008
    ..coli K12. Our results show that polymorphisms in the exposed loop domains of OmpA represent a microbial adaptation that mediates host tolerance of endogenous symbiotic bacteria...
  5. ncbi Interspecific transfer of bacterial endosymbionts between tsetse fly species: infection establishment and effect on host fitness
    Brian L Weiss
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, LEPH 606, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7013-21. 2006
    ..Our ability to transinfect tsetse flies is indicative of Sodalis ' recent evolutionary history with its tsetse fly host and demonstrates that this procedure may be used as a means of streamlining future paratransgenesis experiments...

Research Grants1

  1. Gene expression in commensal tsetse symbionts
    Brian Weiss; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Recombinant Sodalis will be reintroduced to tsetse. These 'paratransgenic' flies and their offspring will then be monitored for changes in fitness, stability of recombinant protein expression and trypanosome vectorial capacity. ..