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Kristin Dew Weimer

My research is focused on polymicrobial otitis media infections involving H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae and how these infections differ from single species infections.

Dew KE, Hong W, Reid SD and Swords WE. April 2008. Surface attached pneumococcal communities in the chinchilla model for otitis media. Poster presentation, 108th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Boston, MA.

Dew KE, Arimilli S, Henry CJ, Mitchell LM, Hiltbold EM, Swords WE. May 2009. H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis trigger a potent immune response through activation of dendritic cells. Poster presentation, 96th American Association of Immunologists General Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Weimer KED and Swords WE. Oct. 2009. Co-infection with Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae alters pneumococcal disease progression by promoting stable biofilm formation. Research talk. North Carolina American Society of Microbiology, Durham, NC.

Reid SD, Hong W, Dew KE, Winn DR, Pang B, Watt JM, Glover DT, Hollingshead SK, and Swords WE. Streptococcus pneumoniae forms surface attached biofilm communities within the middle-ear chamber of experimentally infected chinchillas. J Infect Dis 2009; 199: 786 – 794.

Armbruster CE, Hong W, Pang B, Dew KE, Juneau RA, Byrd MS, Love CF, Kock ND, Swords WE. LuxS promotes biofilm maturation and persistence of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae in vivo via modulation of lipooligosaccharides on the bacterial surface. Infect Immun. 2009 Sep;77(9):4081-91.

American Institute of Chemists Award, Georgetown University 2006
Distinction in Chemistry Award, Georgetown University 2006
Funded by NIH Training Grant, 2008 - present

North Carolina Medical Association
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
American Society for Microbiology
American Association of Immunologists

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