Education

Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, B.S. (Biology), 1998.

Board National Credential Agency, ClSC, Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Cytogenetics, 1998.

Duke University, Graduate Research Assistant, University Program in Genetics, Duke University, Durham, NC, Ph.D. (Genetics), 2006.

Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Durham, NC, Research Associate, 2006 - present.

Employment

Lab Supervisor, Laboratory Corporation of America, Durham, NC, 1998 - 2000.

Honors/Awards

Tri Beta

MENSA

Golden Key National Honors Society

NIH Training Grant, University Program in Genetics, Duke University, 2000 - 2002.

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Weidman JR, Murphy, S.K., Nolan, C.M., Dietrich, F.S., and Jirtle, R.L. Phylogenetic footprint analysis of IGF2 in extant mammals. Genome Res. 14: 1726-1732, 2004. [Journal Cover] [PDF]

2. Evans, H.K., Weidman JR, Cowley, D.O., and Jirtle RL. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of Blcap/Nnat reveals eutherian-specific imprinted gene. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22: 1740-1748, 2005. [PDF]

3. Murphy, S.K., Nolan, C.M., Huang, Z., Kucera, K.S., Freking, B.A., Smith, T.P.L., Leymaster, K.A., Weidman JR, and Jirtle, R.L. The Callipyge mutation affects gene expression in cis: a role for chromatin structure? Genome Res. 16: 340-346, 2006. [PDF]

4. Weidman JR, Maloney, K.A., and Jirtle, R.L. Comparative phylogenetic analysis reveals multiple non-imprinted isoforms of opossum Dlk1. Mamm. Genome 17: 157-167, 2006. [PDF]

5. Dolinoy, D.C., Weidman JR, Waterland, R.A., and Jirtle, R.L. Maternal genistein alters coat color and protects Avy mouse offspring from obesity by modifying the fetal epigenome. Environ. Health Perspect. 14: 567-572, 2006. [PDF]

6. Weidman JR, Dolinoy, D.C., Maloney, K.A., Cheng, J.-F., and Jirtle, R.L. Imprinting of opossum Igf2r in the absence of differential methylation and Air. Epigenetics 1: 49-54, 2006. [PDF]

7. Doctoral Thesis - "Phylogenetic Comparisons of Imprinted Domains in Mammals: Insights into Regulaton and Molecular Evolution", Jennifer R. Weidman, 2006.

8. Bobetsis, Y.A., Barros, S.P., Lin, D.M., Weidman JR, Dolinoy, D.C., Jirtle, R.L., Boggess, K.A., Beck, J.D., and Offenbacher, S. Bacterial Infection Promotes DNA Hypermethylation. J. Dental Res. 86: 169-174, 2007. [PDF]

9. Shevchenko, A.I., Zakharova, I.S., Elisaphenko, E.A., Kolesnikov, N.N., Whitehead, S., Bird, C., Ross, M., Weidman JR, Jirtle, R.L., Karamysheva, T.V., Rubtsov, N.B., VandeBerg, J.L., Mazurok, N.A., Nesterova, T.B., Brockdorff, N., and Zakian, S.M. Genes flanking Xist in mouse and human are separated on the X chromosome in American marsupials. Chromosome Res. 15: 127-136, 2007. [PDF]

10. Dolinoy, D.C., Weidman JR, and Jirtle, R.L. Epigenetic gene regulation: Linking early developmental environment to adult disease. Reprod. Toxicol. 23: 297-307, 2007. [PDF]

11. Dolinoy, D.C., Das, R., Weidman JR, and Jirtle, R.L. Metastable epialleles, imprinting, and the fetal origins of adult diseases. Pediatric Res. 61: 30R-37R, 2007. [PDF]

12. Weidman JR, Dolinoy, D.C., Murphy, S.K., and Jirtle, R.L. Cancer susceptibility: epigenetic manifestation of environmental exposures. Cancer J. 13: 9-16, 2007.

13. Jirtle, R.L., and Weidman JR. Imprinted and more equal. Am. Sci. 95: 143-149, 2007. [PDF]

14. Mikkelsen, T.S., Wakefield, M.J., Aken, B., Amemiya, C.T., Chang, J.L., Duke, S., Garber, M., Gentles, A.J., Goodstadt, L., Heger, A., Jurka, J., Kamal, M., Mauceli, E., Searle, S.M., Sharpe, T., Baker, M.L., Batzer, M.A., Benos, P.V., Belov, K., Clamp, M., Cook, A., Cuff, J., Das R, Davidow, L., Deakin, J.E., Fazzari, M.J., Glass, J.L., Grabherr, M., Greally, J.M., Gu, W., Hore, T.A., Huttley, G.A., Kleber, M., Jirtle, R.L., Koina, E., Lee, J.T., Mahony, S., Marra, M.A., Miller, R.D., Nicholls, R.D., Oda, M., Papenfuss, A.T., Parra, Z.E., Pollock, D.D., Ray, D.A., Schein, J.E., Speed, T.P., Thompson, K., VandeBerg, J.L., Wade, C.M., Walker, J.A., Waters, P.D., Webber, C., Weidman JR, Xie, X., Zody, M.C.; Broad Institute Genome Sequencing Platform; Broad Institute Whole Genome Assembly Team, Graves, J.A., Ponting, C.P., Breen, M., Samollow, P.B., Lander, E.S., and Lindblad-Toh, K. Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences. Nature 447: 167-177, 2007. [PDF]

15. Luedi, P.P., Dietrich, F.S., Weidman JR, Bosko, J.M., Jirtle, R.L., and Hartemink, A.J. Computational and experimental identification of novel human imprinted genes. Genome Res. 17: 1723-1730, 2007. [Press Release] [Journal Cover] [PDF]