Johnson, N., Vallejo, R.L., Silverstein, J., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Hallerman, E.M., Palti, Y. 2008. Suggestive association of major histocompatibility IB genetic markers with resistance to bacterial cold water disease in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Marine Biotechnology. 10:429-437.
Wiens, G.D., Welch, T.J., Rexroad III, C.E., Lapatra, S., Call, D.R., Hunnicutt, D., Bhattacharyya, A., Campbell, J., Walunas, T. 2007. Genome Sequence of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Strain CSF 259-93 and Characterization of a Large Cluster of Genes Containing Short Repeats. Meeting Abstract Pg 12.
Palti, Y., Johnson, N., Rexroad III, C.E., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Silverstein, J., Vallejo, R.L. Associations of Markers Linked to Major Histocompatibility (MH) Regions With Disease Resistance in Rainbow Trout. Meeting Abstract.
Glenney, G.W., Wiens, G.D. 2007. Early Diversification of the Tumor Necrosis Superfamily in Teleosts: Genomic Characterization and Expression Analysis. Journal of Immunology, 178:7955-7973.
Welch, T.J., Fricke, W.F., Eppinger, M., Rosovitz, M.J., Mcdermott, P., White, D., Wiens, G.D., Ravel, J. 2007. Distribution of Yersinia pestis pIP1202-like Multidrug Resistance Plasmids Among Foodborne Pathogens. American Society of Microbiologists Abstracts.
Sudheesh, P.S., Lafrentz, B.R., Call, D.R., Siems, W.F., Lapatra, S.E., Wiens, G.D., Cain, K.D. 2007. Identification of potential vaccine target antigens by immunoproteomic analysis of a virulent and a non-virulent strain of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 74(1):37-47.
Palti, Y., Johnson, N., Rexroad III, C.E., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Silverstein, J., Vallejo, R.L. 2006. Associations of Markers Linked to Major Histocompatibility (MH) Regions and to Other Immune Response Genes with Disease Resistance in Rainbow Trout. Plant and Animal Genome Abstracts Pg. 11.
Palti, Y., Johnson, N., Rexroad III, C.E., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Silverstein, J., Vallejo, R.L. 2006. Associations of Markers Linked to Major Histocompatibility (MH) Regions and to Other Immune Response Genes with Disease Resistance in Rainbow Trout. World Aquaculture Society Meeting.
Palti, Y., Rexroad Iii, C.E., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Silverstein, J., Vallejo, R.L. 2006. Selective breeding and genetic mapping of disease resistance in rainbow trout. Meeting Abstract.
Presented at The 9th International Symposium of The International Association for Genetics in Aquaculture, June 26-30, 2006 at Montpellier, France. Meeting Book of Abstracts p. 81.
Wiens, G.D., Lapatra, S., Palti, Y., Rexroad III, C.E., Yao, J., Welch, T.J. 2006. Gene expression and cellular immune response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to Yersinia ruckeri: A model system for understanding mechanisms of teleost protective immunity. 10th International Congress, International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology, July 1 - 6, 2006. Meeting Abstract. Page 249.
Glenney, G., Wiens, G.D. 2006. Early diversification of the tumor necrosis superfamily in teleosts: genomic characterization and expression analysis. 10th International Congress, International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology. Meeting Abstract Page 113.
Palti, Y., Rexroad III, C.E., Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D., Silverstein, J. 2005. Characterization of major histocompatibility (MH) haplotypes and their association with desease resistance in rainbow trout. Plant and Animal Genome Conference. Abstract ID P643, page 262.
Wiens, G.D., Ole Bendik, D. 2005. Antigenic variation in Renibacterium salmoninarum p57: functional and diagnostic implications. Bacterial Kidney Disease: Challenges for the 21st Century. Meeting Abstract. November 15-17, 05 Seattle, WA p. 21.
Wiens, G.D. 2005. Novel vaccine targets and assessment of cellular immunity.Workshop on genomics of Renibacterium saloninarum. Meeting Abstract Bacterial Kidney Disease: Challenges for the 21st Century. p. 12.
Welch, T.J., Wiens, G.D. 2005. Construction of a virulent, green fluorescent protein-tagged yersinia ruckeri and detection in trout tissues after intraperitoneal and immersion challenge. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.
67:267-272.
Cain, K., Sudheesh, P.S., Lapatra, S.E., Wiens, G.D., Lafrentz, B.R., Call, D.R. 2005. Identification and expression of an immuno-reactive heat shock protein from flavobacterium psychrophilum. Annual Meeting of the Fish Health Section/American Fisheries Society. (abstract).
Rodriguez, M.F., Wiens, G.D., Purcell, M., Palti, Y. 2005. Characterization of toll-like receptor 3 gene in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). Immunogenetics 57(7):510-519. Online pub date 2005 Aug 6, :1-10.
Wiens, G.D., Owens, J. 2005. Mapping neutralizing epitopes on renibacterium salmoninarum p57 using transposon mutagenesis and synthetic peptides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71 (6): 2894-2901.
Strom, M., Wiens, G.D., Rockey, D. 2004. Genome sequencing of the vertically-transmitted fish pathogen renibacterium salmoninarum. Meeting Abstract P 90-93.
Wiens, G.D., Strom, M.S. 2005. Estimation of the genome size of renibacterium salmoniarum atcc 33209 by pulsed-tield gel electrophoresis. (Abstract). 30th Eastern Fish Health Workshop. p. 8.
Wiens, G.D., Gahr, S.A., Morrison, C., Palti, Y., Rexroad III, C.E., Rodriguez, M.F., Welch, T.J. 2004. Genomic characterization and expression analysis of a tumor necrosis factor superfamily 13b (tnfsf 13b) homologue from rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). International Immunology Congress p. 82C (abstract W15.15).
Wiens, G.D. 2004. Identification of tumor necrosis factor (tnf) and tnf-receptor superfamily members expressed in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop p 52.
Rexroad III, C.E., Palti, Y., Thorgaard, G., Hansen, J., Silverstein, J., Weber, G.M., Wiens, G.D., Gahr, S.A., Rodriguez, M.F., Coulibaly, I., Overturf, K. 2004. A proposal advocating draft sequencing the genome of rainbow trout, oncorhynchus mykiss. Government Publication/Report.. Dept of Energy Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Program.
Wiens, G.D, Owen, J., Pascho, R., Winton, J.R. 2003. Mapping antibody epitopes on renibacterium salmoninarum p57 using transposon mutagenesis and synthethic peptides. 28th Annual Eastern Fish Health Workshop. p.70.
Wiens, G.D., Brown, M., Rittenberg, M.B. 2003. Repertoire shift in the humoral response to phosphocholine-keyhole limpet hemocyanin: vh somatic mutation in germinal center b cells impairs t15 ig function.. Journal of Immunology. 170:5095-5102.