Silvia Grant-Beurmann, Ph.D.
Senior Microbiome Scientist
Research Expertise
About
Publications
Origin Sample Prediction and Spatial Modeling of Antimicrobial Resistance in Metagenomic Sequencing Data
Frontiers in Genetics / Mar 04, 2021
Zhelyazkova, M., Yordanova, R., Mihaylov, I., Kirov, S., Tsonev, S., Danko, D., Mason, C., & Vassilev, D. (2021). Origin Sample Prediction and Spatial Modeling of Antimicrobial Resistance in Metagenomic Sequencing Data. Frontiers in Genetics, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.642991
First Record of Black Band Disease in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Response, Outbreak Status, Virulence, and a Method of Treatment
PLOS ONE / Mar 16, 2015
Aeby, G. S., Work, T. M., Runyon, C. M., Shore-Maggio, A., Ushijima, B., Videau, P., Beurmann, S., & Callahan, S. M. (2015). First Record of Black Band Disease in the Hawaiian Archipelago: Response, Outbreak Status, Virulence, and a Method of Treatment. PLOS ONE, 10(3), e0120853. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120853
Mutation of the toxR or mshA genes from Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN014 reduces infection of the coral Acropora cytherea
Environmental Microbiology / Jul 18, 2016
Ushijima, B., Videau, P., Poscablo, D., Stengel, J. W., Beurmann, S., Burger, A. H., Aeby, G. S., & Callahan, S. M. (2016). Mutation of the toxR or mshA genes from Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN014 reduces infection of the coral Acropora cytherea. Environmental Microbiology, 18(11), 4055–4067. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13428
Ghrelin receptor deletion reduces binge‐like alcohol drinking in rats
Journal of Neuroendocrinology / Jan 16, 2019
Zallar, L. J., Beurmann, S., Tunstall, B. J., Fraser, C. M., Koob, G. F., Vendruscolo, L. F., & Leggio, L. (2019). Ghrelin receptor deletion reduces binge‐like alcohol drinking in rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31(7). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12663
Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata
PLOS ONE / Nov 16, 2017
Beurmann, S., Ushijima, B., Videau, P., Svoboda, C. M., Smith, A. M., Rivers, O. S., Aeby, G. S., & Callahan, S. M. (2017). Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata. PLOS ONE, 12(11), e0188319. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188319
Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 Protects against Antibiotic-Induced Functional and Compositional Changes in Human Fecal Microbiome
Nutrients / Aug 17, 2021
Merenstein, D., Fraser, C. M., Roberts, R. F., Liu, T., Grant-Beurmann, S., Tan, T. P., Smith, K. H., Cronin, T., Martin, O. A., Sanders, M. E., Lucan, S. C., & Kane, M. A. (2021). Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 Protects against Antibiotic-Induced Functional and Compositional Changes in Human Fecal Microbiome. Nutrients, 13(8), 2814. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082814
Pseudoalteromonas piratica sp. nov., a budding, prosthecate bacterium from diseased Montipora capitata, and emended description of the genus Pseudoalteromonas
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology / Aug 01, 2017
Beurmann, S., Ushijima, B., Svoboda, C. M., Videau, P., Smith, A. M., Donachie, S. P., Aeby, G. S., & Callahan, S. M. (2017). Pseudoalteromonas piratica sp. nov., a budding, prosthecate bacterium from diseased Montipora capitata, and emended description of the genus Pseudoalteromonas. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67(8), 2683–2688. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001995
Dynamics of the infant gut microbiota in the first 18 months of life: the impact of maternal HIV infection and breastfeeding
Microbiome / Apr 12, 2022
Grant-Beurmann, S., Jumare, J., Ndembi, N., Matthew, O., Shutt, A., Omoigberale, A., Martin, O. A., Fraser, C. M., & Charurat, M. (2022). Dynamics of the infant gut microbiota in the first 18 months of life: the impact of maternal HIV infection and breastfeeding. Microbiome, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01230-1
Gut microbiome and metabolome in a non-human primate model of chronic excessive alcohol drinking
Translational Psychiatry / Dec 01, 2021
Piacentino, D., Grant-Beurmann, S., Vizioli, C., Li, X., Moore, C. F., Ruiz-Rodado, V., Lee, M. R., Joseph, P. V., Fraser, C. M., Weerts, E. M., & Leggio, L. (2021). Gut microbiome and metabolome in a non-human primate model of chronic excessive alcohol drinking. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01728-6
Dynamics of acute Montipora white syndrome: bacterial communities of healthy and diseased M. capitata colonies during and after a disease outbreak
Microbiology / Oct 01, 2018
Beurmann, S., Ushijima, B., Videau, P., Svoboda, C. M., Chatterjee, A., Aeby, G. S., & Callahan, S. M. (2018). Dynamics of acute Montipora white syndrome: bacterial communities of healthy and diseased M. capitata colonies during and after a disease outbreak. Microbiology, 164(10), 1240–1253. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000699
Changes in the Gut Microbiota Following Bariatric Surgery Are Associated with Increased Alcohol Intake in a Female Rat Model
Alcohol and Alcoholism / Jun 21, 2021
Martin, O. A., Grant-Beurmann, S., Orellana, E. R., Hajnal, A., & Fraser, C. M. (2021). Changes in the Gut Microbiota Following Bariatric Surgery Are Associated with Increased Alcohol Intake in a Female Rat Model. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 56(5), 605–613. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agab041
Phenotypic Assessment Suggests Multiple Start Codons for HetN, an Inhibitor of Heterocyst Differentiation, in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
Journal of Bacteriology / Aug 15, 2018
Rivers, O. S., Beurmann, S., Dow, A., Cozy, L. M., & Videau, P. (2018). Phenotypic Assessment Suggests Multiple Start Codons for HetN, an Inhibitor of Heterocyst Differentiation, in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120. Journal of Bacteriology, 200(16). https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00220-18
Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain OCN003, Isolated from Kāne’ohe Bay, O’ahu, Hawaii
Genome Announcements / Feb 26, 2015
Beurmann, S., Videau, P., Ushijima, B., Smith, A. M., Aeby, G. S., Callahan, S. M., & Belcaid, M. (2015). Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain OCN003, Isolated from Kāne’ohe Bay, O’ahu, Hawaii. Genome Announcements, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01396-14
Prebiotic Treatment Increases Serum Butyrate in People With Schizophrenia
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology / Feb 12, 2021
Kelly, D. L., Kane, M. A., Fraser, C. M., Sayer, M. A., Grant-Beurmann, S., Liu, T., Gold, J. M., Notarangelo, F. M., Vyas, G. R., Richardson, C. M., August, S. M., Kotnana, B., Miller, J., Liu, F., & Buchanan, R. W. (2021). Prebiotic Treatment Increases Serum Butyrate in People With Schizophrenia: Results of an Open-Label Inpatient Pilot Clinical Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 41(2), 200–202. https://doi.org/10.1097/jcp.0000000000001364
Assessment of disease lesion removal as a method to control chronic Montipora white syndrome
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms / Mar 06, 2017
Beurmann, S., Runyon, C., Videau, P., Callahan, S., & Aeby, G. (2017). Assessment of disease lesion removal as a method to control chronic Montipora white syndrome. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 123(2), 173–179. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03088
Vibrio tetraodonis subsp. pristinus subsp. nov., isolated from the coral Acropora cytherea at Palmyra Atoll, and creation and emended description of Vibrio tetraodonis subsp. tetraodonis subsp. nov
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek / Aug 03, 2022
Loughran, R. M., Emsley, S. A., Jefferson, T., Wasson, B. J., Deadmond, M. C., Knauss, T. L., Pfannmuller, K. M., Lippert, K. J., Miller, G., Cline, L. C., Oline, D. K., Koyack, M. J., Grant-Beurmann, S., Gaylor, M. O., Saw, J. H., Ushijima, B., & Videau, P. (2022). Vibrio tetraodonis subsp. pristinus subsp. nov., isolated from the coral Acropora cytherea at Palmyra Atoll, and creation and emended description of Vibrio tetraodonis subsp. tetraodonis subsp. nov. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 115(9), 1215–1228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-022-01766-0
A Longitudinal Metagenomic Comparative Analysis of Oral Microbiome Shifts in Patients Receiving Proton Radiation Versus Photon Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer
Journal of Cancer & Allied Specialties / Dec 01, 2023
Meiller, T., Fraser, C., Grant-Beurmann, S., Humphrys, M., Tallon, L., Sadewicz, L., Jabra-Rizk, M. A., Alfaifi, A., Kensara, A., Molitoris, J., Witek, M., Mendes, W., Regine, W., Tran, P., Miller, R., & Sultan, A. (2023). A Longitudinal Metagenomic Comparative Analysis of Oral Microbiome Shifts in Patients Receiving Proton Radiation Versus Photon Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer. Journal of Cancer & Allied Specialties, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.37029/jcas.v10i1.579
Hypobaria Exposure Worsens Cardiac Function and Endothelial Injury in AN Animal Model of Polytrauma: Implications for Aeromedical Evacuation
Shock / Dec 23, 2020
Lopez, K., Suen, A., Yang, Y., Wang, S., Williams, B., Zhu, J., Hu, J., Fiskum, G., Cross, A., Kozar, R., Miller, C., Zou, L., & Chao, W. (2020). Hypobaria Exposure Worsens Cardiac Function and Endothelial Injury in AN Animal Model of Polytrauma: Implications for Aeromedical Evacuation. Shock, 56(4), 601–610. https://doi.org/10.1097/shk.0000000000001716
Education
University of Zurich
B.S., Biology / June, 2010
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph.D., Microbiology / May, 2017
Experience
Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Laboratory Research Manager / June, 2017 — April, 2022
Bioinformatics Analyst / April, 2022 — Present
National Institutes of Health
Microbiome Consultant / April, 2022 — August, 2022
Metabolon, Inc.
Senior Microbiome Scientist / April, 2022 — Present
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