Rebecca Clayton's Curriculum Vitae

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Rebecca A. Clayton

Education

• Ph.D., Biology, 1991, The George Washington University
• M.S., Entomology, 1981, University of Connecticut
• B.S., Biology, 1978, Iowa State University
• B.A., English, 1978, Iowa State University

Teaching Experience

• 2006-present: Adjunct Faculty, Mountain State University, Spectrum Health Sciences Program.
• 2004-present: Substitute Teacher, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
• 2002-2006: Adult Basic Education Teacher, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
• 1988: Lecturer and laboratory instructor for an undergraduate course in introductory biology for science majors (one semester, GWU).
• 1987: Laboratory instructor for a graduate course in scanning electron microscopy (two semesters, GWU).
• 1978-1984: Laboratory instructor for undergraduate courses in introductory biology and entomology (six semesters, University of Connecticut).

Scientific Experience

• 1993-1999: Department of Bioinformatics, The Institute for Genomic Research
• 1992-1993: Research Associate Faculty, Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland
• 1990-1992: Postdoctoral fellow in molecular genetics, National Research Council, NIH Program at Food and Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
• 1989 Curatorial assistant at the National Museum of Natural History, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.
• 1985 Research fellow at the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution.
• 1982-1983 Research assistant in systematic entomology laboratory, University of Connecticut.
• 1977: Laboratory assistant, medical entomology laboratory, Iowa State University

Editorial Experience

• 1986: Technical editor for the International Life Sciences Institute/Nutrition Foundation.
• 1974 Proofreader, Creston News Advertiser, Creston, Iowa--a daily newspaper.

Publications

Heidelberg, J.F., Paulsen I.T., Nelson, K.E., Gaidos, E.J., Nelson, W.C., Read, T.D., Eisen, J.A., Seshadri, R., Ward, N., Methe, B., Clayton, R.A., Meyer, T., Tsapin, A., Scott, J., Beanan, M., Brinkac, L., Daugherty, S., DeBoy, R.T., Dodson, R.J., Durkin, A.S., Haft, D.H., Kolonay, J.F., Madupu, R., Peterson, J.D., Umayam, L.A., White, O., Wolf, A.M., Vamathevan, J., Weidman, J., Impraim, M., Lee, K., Berry, K., Lee, C., Mueller, J., Khouri, H., Gill, J., Utterback, T.R., McDonald, L.A., Feldblyum, T.V., Smith, H.O., Venter, J.C., Nealson, K.H., Fraser, C.M. Genome sequence of the dissimilatory metal ion-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. Nat Biotechnol. 2002 Nov;20(11):1118-23.

DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae Heidelberg, J.F., Eisen, J.A., Nelson, W.C., Clayton,R.A., Gwinn, M.L., Dodson, R.J., Haft, D.H., Hickey, E.K., Peterson, J.D., Umayam, L., Gill, S.R., Nelson, K.E., Read, T.D., Tettelin, H., Richardson, D., Ermolaeva, M.D., Vamathevan, J., Bass, S., Qin, H., Dragoi, I., Sellers, P., McDonald, L., Utterback, T., Fleishmann, R.D., Nierman, W.C., White, O., Salzberg, S.L., Smith, H.O., Colwell, R.R., Mekalanos, J.J., Venter, J.C. and Fraser, C.M. Nature 406:477-483 (2000).

Identification of a Vibrio cholerae RTX toxin gene cluster that is tightly linked to the cholera toxin prophage. Wei Lin, Karla Jean Fullner, Rebecca Clayton, Jessica A. Sexton, Marc B. Rogers, Kerstin E. Calia, Stephen B. Calderwood, Claire Fraser, and John J. Mekalanos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1071-1076.

Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima. Nelson, K.E., Clayton, R.A., Gill, S.R., Gwinn, M.L., Dodson, R.J., Haft, D.H., Hickey, E.K., Peterson, J.D., Nelson, W.C., Ketchum, K.A., Mcdonald, L., Utterback, T.R., Malek, J.A., Linher, K.D., Garrett, M.M., Stewart, A.R., Cotton, M.D., Pratt, M.S., Phillips, C.A., Richardson, D., Heidelberg, J., Sutton, G.G., Fleischmann, R.D., Eisen, J.A., White, O., Salzberg, S.L., Smith, H.O., Venter, J.C. and Fraser, C.M. Nature 399, 323 - 329 (1999).

Findings emerging from complete microbial genome sequences. Clayton, R.A., White, O., and Fraser, C.M. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 1:562-566 (1998).

Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner, M.J., Tettelin, H., Carucci, D.J., Cummings, L.M., Aravind, L., Koonin, E.V., Shallom, S., Mason, T., Yu, K., Fujii, C., Pedersen, J., Shen, K., Jing, J., Schwartz, D.C., Pertea, M., Salzberg, S., Zhou, L., Sutton, G.G., Clayton, R.A., White, O., Smith, H.O., Fraser, C.M., Adams, M.D., Venter, J.C., and Hoffman, S.L. Science, 282:1126-1132 (1998).

Complete genomic sequence of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete. Fraser, C.M., Norris, S.J., Weinstock, G.M., White, O., Sutton, G., Clayton, R., Dodson, R., Gwinn, M., Hickey, E., Ketchum, K.A, Sodergren, E., Hardham, J, McLeod, M., Salzberg, S., Khalak, H., Weidman, J., Howell, J.K., Chidambaram, M., Utterback, T., McDonald, L., Artiach, P., Bowman, C., Garland, S., Fujii, C., Cotton, M.D., Horst, K., Roberts, K., Hatch, B., Smith, H.O., and Venter, J.C. Science, 281: 375-388 (1998).

Genomic Sequence of the Lyme Disease Spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi. Fraser, C.M., Casjens, S., Huang, W.M., Sutton, G.G., Clayton, R.A., Lathigra, R., White, O., Ketchum, K.A., Dodson, R.,Hickey, E.K., Gwinn, M., Dougherty, B., Tomb, J.-F., Fleischmann,R.D., Richardson, D., Peterson, J., Kerlavage, A.R.,Quackenbush, J., Salzberg, S., Hanson, M., van Vugt, R., Palmer, N., Adams, M.D., Gocayne, J., Weidman, J., Utterback, T.,Wathey, L., McDonald, L., Artiach, P., Bowman, C., Garland, S., Fujii, C., Cotton, M.D., Horst, K., Roberts, K., Hatch, B.,Smith, H.O., and Venter, J.C. Nature 390, 580-586 (1997).

The Complete Genome Sequence of the Hyperthermophilic, Sulphate-Reducing Archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Klenk, H.P., Clayton, R.A., Tomb, J.-F., White, O., Nelson, K.E., Ketchum, K.A., Dodson, R.J., Gwinn, M., Hickey, E.K.,Peterson, J.D., Richardson, D.L., Kerlavage, A.R, Graham, D.E., Kyrpides, N.C., Fleischmann, R.D., Quackenbush, J., Lee,N.H., Sutton, G.G., Gill, S., Kirkness, E.F., Dougherty, B.A., McKenney, K., Adams, M.D., Loftus, B., Peterson, S., Reich,C.I., McNeil, L.K., Badger, J.H., Glodek, A., Zhou, L., Overbeek, R., Gocayne, J.D., Weidman, J.F., McDonald, L.,Utterback, T., Cotton, M.D., Spriggs, T., Artiach, P., Kaine, B.P., Sykes, S.M., Sadow, P.W., D'Andrea, K.P., Bowman, C., Fujii, C., Garland, S.A., Mason, T.M., Olsen, G.J., Fraser, C.M., Smith, H.O., Woese, C.R., and Venter, J.C., Nature 390, 364-370 (1997).

Clayton, R.A., White, O., Ketchum, K.A., and Venter, J.C. 1997. The first genome from the third domain of life. Nature 387:459-462.

The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Tomb, J.-F., White, O., Kerlavage, A.R., Clayton, R.A., Sutton, G.G., Fleischmann, R.D., Ketchum, K., Klenk, H.-P., Gill, S.R., Dougherty, B.A., Nelson, K.E., Quackenbush, J., Zhou, L., Kirkness, E.F., Peterson, S., Loftus, B., Richardson, D., Dodson, R., Khalak, H.G.,Glodek, A., McKenney, K., Fitzgerald, L.M., Lee, N., Adams,M.D., Hickey, E.K., Berk., D.E., Gocayne, J.D., Utterback, T.R., Peterson, J.D., Kelley, J.M., Cotton, M.D., Weidman, J.F., Fugii, C., Bowman, C., Watthey, L., Wallin, E., Borodovsky, M., Hayes, W.S., Karp, P., Smith, H.O., Fraser, C.M., and Venter, J.C. Nature. (1997).

Bult, C.J., J.A. Blake, M.D. Adams, O. White, G.G. Sutton, R.A. Clayton, A.R. Kerlavage, C. Fields, and JC. Venter. 1997. The Impact of Rapid Gene Discovery Technology on Studies of Evolution and Biodiversity. In: Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources, M.L. Reaka-Kudla, D.E. Wilson and E.O. Wilson, eds. Joseph Henry Press.

Colwell, R.R., R.A. Clayton, B.A. Ortiz-Conde, D Jacobs and E. Russek-Cohen. 1996. The Microbial Species Concept and Biodiversity. In: Biodiversity of Microorganisms and its Relevance, D. Hawksworth, D. Allsopp and R.R. Colwell, eds. CAB International
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Bult,C.J., White,O., Olsen,G.J., Zhou,L., Fleischmann,R.D., Sutton,G.G., Blake,J.A., FitzGerald,L.M., Clayton,R.A., Gocayne,J.D., Kerlavage,A.R., Dougherty,B.A., Tomb,J.-F., Adams,M.D., Reich,C.I., Overbeek,R., Kirkness,E.F., Weinstock,K.G., Merrick,J.M., Glodek,A.,Scott,J.L., Geoghagen,N.S.M.,Weidman,J.F., Fuhrmann,J.L., Presley,E.A., Nguyen,D., Utterback,T.R., Kelley,J.M., Peterson,J.D., Sadow,P.W., Hanna,M.C., Cotton,M.D., Hurst,M.A., Roberts,K.M., Kaine,B.P., Borodovsky,M., Klenk,H.-P., Fraser,C.M., Smith,H.O., Woese,C.R. and Venter,J.C. 1996. Complete genome sequence of the methanogenic archeon, Methanococcus jannaschii. Science 273:1058-1073.

Clayton, R.A., G. Sutton, P.S. Hinkle, C. Bult, and C. Fields. 1995. Intraspecific variation in small-subunit rRNA sequences in GenBank: Why single sequences may not adequatelyrepresent prokaryotic taxa. Int. J. System. Bacteriol. 45(3): 595-599.

Fleischmann, R.D., M.D. Adams, O. White, R.A. Clayton, E. Kirkness, A.R. Kerlavage, C.J. Bult, J.-F. Tomb, B. Dougherty, J.M. Merrick, G. Sutton, W. FitzHugh, C. Fields, J. Gocayne, J. Scott, R. Shirley, L.-I. Liu, A. Glodek, J.M. Kelley, J.F. Weidman, Cheryl A. Phillips,T. Spriggs, E. Hedblom, M.D. Cotton, T.R. Utterback, M.C. Hanna, D.T. Nguyen, D.M. Saudek, R.C. Brandon, L.D. Fine, J. L. Fritchman, J.L. Fuhrmann, N.S.M. Geoghagen, L.C. Gnehm, L.A. McDonald, K.V. Small, C.M. Fraser, H.O. Smith, and J.C. Venter. 1995. Whole genome shotgun sequencing and assembly of the Haemophilus influenzae Rd genome. Science 269:496-512.

Fraser, C.M., J.D. Gocayne, O. White, M.D. Adams, R.A. Clayton, R.D. Fleischmann, C.J. Bult, A.R. Kerlavage, G. Sutton, J.M. Kelley, J.L. Fritchman, J.F. Weidman, K.V. Small, M. Sandusky, J. Fuhrman, T.R. Utterback, D.M. Saudek, C.A. Phillips, J.N. Merrick, J.-F. Tomb,B.A. Dougherty, K.F. Pott, P.-C. Hu, T.S. Lucier, S.N. Peterson, H.O. Smith, C.A. Hutchison III, and J.C. Venter. The Mycoplasma genitalium genome sequence reveals a minimal gene complement. Science 270:397-403..

Adams, M.D., A.R. Kerlavage, R.D. Fleischmann, R.A. Fuldner, C.J. Bult, N.H. Lee, E.F. Kirk ness, K.G. Wienstock, J.D. Gocayne, O. White, G. Sutton, J.A. Blake, R.C. Brandon, M.-W Chiu, R.A. Clayton...82 authors....C.A. Rosen, W.A. Haseltine, C. Fields, C.M. Fraser, and J.C. Venter. 1995. Initial assessment of human gene diversity and expression patterns based upon 52 million basepairs of cDNA sequence. Nature 377(6547S):3-174.

Clayton, R.A. 1989. Preparation of Miridae phalluses (Heteroptera) for scanning electron microscopy, with a redescription of the Mirinae vesica. Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 108: 419- 423.