Beth Wilmot

Postdoctoral Researcher , Translational Bioinformatics, OCTRI

Beth Wilmot received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences from The University of Louisiana, Lafayette and an M.S. degree in Health Evaluation Sciences, Technology and Outcomes Research from the University of Virginia.  She completed her PhD dissertation in Molecular and Medical Genetics at the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.  Her research interests include genomic methods of gene mapping in complex phenotypes, copy number variation in disease and the effect of common genetic variation on gene expression.

Selected Publications

Beth Wilmot, Shannon K McWeeney, Randal R Nixon, Thomas J Montine, Jamie Laut, Christina A Harrington, Jeffrey A Kaye, P. Kramer. Translational Gene Mapping of Cognitive Decline. Neurobiology of Aging. ePub. Dec. 2006.

Neil V Morgan, Shawn K Westaway, Jenny E V Morton, Allison Gregory, Paul Gissen, Scott Sonek, Hakan Cangul, Jason Coryell, Natalie Canham, Nardo Nardocci, Giovanna Zorzi, Shanaz Pasha, Diana Rodriguez, Isabelle Desguerre, Amar Mubaidin, Enrico Bertini, Richard C Trembath, Alessandro Simonati, Carolyn Schanen, Colin A Johnson, Barbara Levinson, C Geoffrey Woods, Beth Wilmot, Patricia Kramer, Jane Gitschier, Eamonn R Maher & Susan J Hayflick. PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron. 2006. Nature Genetics 38:752-754.

Katja Hedrich, Cordula Eskelson, Beth Wilmot, Karen Marder, Juliette Harris, Jennifer Garrels, Helen Meija-Santana, Peter Vieregge, Helfried Jacobs, Susan B. Bressman, Anthony E. Lang, Martin Kann, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Paolo Martinelli, Eberhard Schwinger, Laurie J. Ozelius, Peter P. Pramstaller, Christine Klein, Patricia Kramer. Distribution and origin of Parkin mutations: review and case studies. Mov Disord. 2004 Oct;19(10):1146-57.

Invited Talks

"Algorithmic Considerations in relating Copy Number Variation to Gene Expression" . New Applications for MDA: Integrating Genetics with “Omics” conference , Cambridge Healthtech Institute, August 15-17, 2007