Jorge M. Dinis
Curriculum Vitae
3205 Stevens St. Apt 6
Madison, WI 53705
(707) 372-6293 dinis@wisc.edu
www.vetmed.wisc.edu/friedrichlab
Linkedin: jorge-dinis
ResearchGate: Jorge_Dinis2
I.
Background
Education
2011 – 2015
Ph.D
Microbiology, University of Wisconsin- Madison
2007 – 2011
B.S.
Microbiology, San Jose State University
2004 – 2007
A.A.
Medical Administration, Cosumnes River College
Professional experience
2013 – 2015
Dissertator, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2011 – 2013
Research Assistant, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2010
Research Intern, Yale University
2008 – 2011
Undergraduate Research Assistant, San Jose State University
2008 – 2009
LSAMP Workshop Facilitator, San Jose State University
Honors and awards
2014 – 2016 National Institutes of Health Diversity Fellowship, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2014 – 2015 National Academy of Science Ford Dissertation Fellowship, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2011 – 2013 National Science Foundation GRFP Fellowship, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2011
Ford Predoctoral Fellowship Hon. Mention, U. Wisconsin- Madison
2010 – 2011 National Institutes of Health RISE Undergraduate Fellowship, San Jose State University
2010
Howard Hughes Medical Institute EXROP Student Fellowship, Yale University
2008 – 2010 National Institute of General Medical Sciences MARC Student Fellowship, San Jose State
University
2011
Rocci and Marianna Pisano Scholarship, San Jose State University
2008 – 2009 Dean’s List Scholar, San Jose State University
Professional society memberships
International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases 2013 –
American Society for Microbiology 2010 –
Northern California Chapter of the American Society for Microbiology 2008 – 2011
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II. Teaching experience
Classroom
Workshop instructor: Applied Next-Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis Workshop (San Jose State
University, TBD).
Teaching Assistant, MMI 554: Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism (University of WisconsinMadison, 2012)
Guest Lecturer, CHEM 184: Topics Related to Diversity Studies (San Jose State University, 2012)
Teaching Assistant, MICRO 122L: Bacterial Diversity (San Jose State University, 2011)
Workshop facilitator, Chemistry 1A: Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) General
Chemistry Student Workshop (San Jose State University, 2008-2009)
Mentoring
Nick Florek, U. Wisconsin- Madison, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (2014)
Louise Moncla, U. Wisconsin- Madison, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (2013)
Omalayo Fatola, U. Maryland, Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (2013)
Jamsheed Ghadiri, San Jose State University, Research Internships in Science and Engineering (2010)
Community outreach
Activity Co-leader, Marshfield High School: Student Mastering a Research Topic (21 January 2015).
Activity Leader, Glacial Drumlin School: Bacteria BioBlitz Activity Day (4 October 2011).
III. Research accomplishments
Peer-reviewed publications
1. Poole AS, Yu S, Cai Y, Dinis JM, Muller MM, Jordan I, Friedrich TC, Kuhn JH, Mehle A. Influenza A Virus
Polymerase is a site for adaptive changes during experimental evolution in bat cells. Journal of Virology
(2014). PMID: 25142579.
2. Bailey A*, Lauck M*, Weiler A, Sibley SD, Dinis JM, Bergman Z, Hughes AL, Nelson CA, Correll M,
Gliecher M, Hyeroba D, Tumukunde A, Weny G, Chapman C, Kuhn J, Friedrich TC, Goldberg TL,
O’Connor DH. 2013. Genetic characterization of the natural reservoir of two recently discovered Simian
Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses. PLoS One (2014). PMID: 24651479.
* equal contribution by multiple authors
‡ presenting author
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3. Wilker P*, Dinis JM*, Starrett G, Imai M, Hatta M, Nelson CW, O’Connor DH, Hughes AL, Neumann G,
Kawaoka Y, Friedrich TC. Selection on heamagglutinin imposes a bottleneck during mammalian
transmission of reassortant H5N1 influenza viruses. Nature communications (2013). PMID: 24149915.
4. Moncla L*, Ross TM*, Dinis JM, Weinfurter JT, Mortimer T, Brunner K, Capuano SV, Boettcher C, Post J,
Johnson M, Weiler A, Friedrich TC. A novel nonhuman primate model for influenza transmission. PLoS
One (2013). PMID: PMC3828296.
5. Ghai RR, Sibley SD, Lauck M, Dinis JM, Bailey AL, Chapman CA, Omeja P, Friedrich TC, O’Connor DH,
Goldberg TL. Deep sequencing identifies two genotypes and high viral genetic diversity of human pegivirus
(GB virus C) among rural Ugandan patients. The Journal of General Virology (2013). PMID: 24077364.
6. Thurber MI, Ghai RR, Hyeroba D, Weny G, Tumukunde A, Chapman CA, Wiseman RW, Dinis JM, Steeil J,
Greiner EC, Friedrich TC, O’Connor DH, Goldberg TL. Cross-species transmission and co-infection of
divergent Hepatocystis lineages in a wild African primate community. International Journal for Parasitology
(2013). PMID: 23603520.
7. Dinis JM, Barton DE, Ghadiri J, Surendar D, Reddy K, Velasquez F, Chaffee CL, Lee W, Gavrilova H,
Ozuna H, Smits SA, Ouverney CC. In Search of an Uncultured Human-Associated TM7 Bacterium in the
Environment. PLoS One (2011). PMID: 21701585.
Contributed abstracts
1. Dinis JM*‡, Florek NW*, Fatola OO, Moncla LH, Mutschler JP, Meece JK, Belongia EA, Friedrich TC.
Deep sequencing reveals potential antigenic drift variants at low frequency in influenza A-infected
humans. Influenza Vaccines for the World. Algarve, Portugal (2-4 September 2015).
2. Dinis JM*‡, Wilker P*, Starrett G, Imai M, Hatta M, Nelson CW, O’Connor D, Hughes A, Neumann G,
Kawaoka Y, Friedrich TC. Selection on heamagglutinin imposes a bottleneck during mammalian
transmission of reassortant H5N1 influenza viruses. Conference of Ford Fellows. Irvine, CA (26-27
September 2014).
3. Fatola O‡, Dinis JM, Coleman L, Meece J, Belongia E, Friedrich TC. Detection of influenza A antibodyescape mutations using next-generation deep sequencing. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students. Nashville, TN (13-16 November 2014).
4. Wilker P*, Dinis JM*, Starrett G, Imai M, Hatta M, Nelson CW, O’Connor D, Hughes A, Neumann G,
Kawaoka Y, Friedrich TC‡. Selection on heamagglutinin imposes a genetic bottleneck during mammalian
transmission of H5N1 influenza viruses. Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. Cape Town, South
Africa (5-10 September 2013).
* equal contribution by multiple authors
‡ presenting author
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5. Ghadiri J‡, Dinis JM, Barton DE, Smits S, Ouverney CC. An uncultured human-associated bacterium.
CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology. San Jose, CA (5-7 January 2012).
6. Ghadiri F‡, Ghadiri J, Vinnichenco I, Dinis JM, Ouverney CC. Novel uncultured bacterium associated with
human oral plaque. Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National
Conference. Seattle, WA (11-14 October 2012).
7. Ghadiri F‡, Dinis JM, Ouverney CC. The importance of the human-associated uncultured bacterium
TM7a. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. St. Louis, MO (9-12 November
2011).
8. Dinis JM‡, Barton DE, Ghadiri J, Smits S and Ouverney CC. Environmental based model for studying
uncultivable human-associated microbes. American Society for Microbiology. San Diego, CA (23-27 May
2010).
9. Ghadiri J‡, Dinis JM, Ouverney CC. Quantification of a human associated microbe in the environment.
American Society for Microbiology. San Diego, CA (23-27 May 2010).
10. Dinis JM‡, Barton DE, Ghadiri J, Smits S, Gavrilova H, Ouverney CC. Quantification of a human
associated microbe in the environment. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
Phoenix, AZ (4-7 November 2009).
11. Ghadiri J‡, Dinis JM, Ouverney CC. The fine line between human and sludge microbiomes. Annual
Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Phoenix, AZ (4-7 November 2009).
12. Barton DE, Surendar D‡, Reddy K, Smits S, Haller B, Dinis JM, Ouverney CC. Uncultivated
environmental prokaryotic model to study human disease-associated bacteria. Northern California Branch
of the American Society for Microbiology. San Ramon, CA (14-15 March 2008).
Invited research presentations
2013
Selection on hemagglutinin imposes a genetic bottleneck during mammalian transmission of H5N1
influenza viruses (organized by the Institute for Molecular Virology Lecture Series), Madison, WI.
* equal contribution by multiple authors
‡ presenting author
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