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Hire Dr. Marcus Chibucos
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Genome biologist, writer, ontologist. Experienced with writing, collaborating, bioinformatics, and laboratory.

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
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Work Experience

Lead Bioinformatics Analyst

University of Maryland, Baltimore

November 2017 - Present

Research Associate

University of Maryland Baltimore

January 2012 - September 2017

Bioinformatics Analyst II

University of Maryland Baltimore

2008 - 2011

Postdoctoral Associate

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2006 - 2008

Education

Ph.D. (Biological Sciences)

Bowling Green State University

September 1997 - December 2004

B.A. (Biology and Philosophy)

Knox College

September 1991 - June 1995

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
C Silva M, Chibucos M, Munro JB, Daugherty S, Coelho MM, C Silva J(2020). Signature of adaptive evolution in olfactory receptor genes in Cory's Shearwater supports molecular basis for smell in procellariiform seabirds . Scientific reports.
(2019). Phenotype annotation with the ontology of microbial phenotypes (OMP) . Journal of biomedical semantics.
Bradford, L.L., Chibucos, M.C., Ma, B., Bruno, V., Ravel, J.(2017). Vaginal Candida spp. genomes from women with vulvovaginal candidiasis . Pathogens and Disease. 75. (6).
The Gene Ontology Consortium(2017). Expansion of the Gene Ontology knowledgebase and resources . Nucleic Acids Res. 45. (D1). p. D331-D338.
Bandrowski A, Brinkman R, Brochhausen M, Brush MH, Bug B, Chibucos MC, Clancy K, Courtot M, Derom D, Dumontier M, Fan L, Fostel J, Fragoso G, Gibson F, Gonzalez-Beltran A, Haendel MA, He Y, Heiskanen M, Hernandez-Boussard T, Jensen M, PloS one, 2016, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. e0154556, 2016 .
Silva, J. C., Cornillot, E., McCracken, C., Usmani-Brown, S., Dwivedi, A., Silva, J. C., Cornillot, E., McCracken, C., Usmani-Brown, S., Dwivedi, A., et al.(2016). Genome-wide diversity and gene expression profiling of Babesia microti isolates identify polymorphic genes that mediate host-pathogen interactions . Sci Rep. 6. p. 35284.
Ifeonu, O.O., Chibucos, M.C., Orvis, J., Su, Q., Elwin, K., Guo, F., Zhang, H., Xiao, L., Sun, M., Chalmers, R.M., et al.(2016). Annotated draft genome sequences of three species of Cryptosporidium: Cryptosporidium meleagridis isolate UKMEL1, C. baileyi isolate TAMU-09Q1 and C. hominis isolates TU502 2012 and UKH1 . Pathogens and Disease. 74. (7).
Shelburne, S. A., Ajami, N. J., Chibucos, M. C., Beird, H. C., Tarrand, J., Galloway-Peña, J., Albert, N., Chemaly, R. F., Ghantoji, S. S., Marsh, L., et al.(2015). Implementation of a Pan-Genomic Approach to Investigate Holobiont-Infecting Microbe Interaction: A Case Report of a Leukemic Patient with Invasive Mucormycosis . PLoS One. 10. (11). p. e0139851.
Bastian, F. B., Chibucos, M. C., Gaudet, P., Giglio, M., Holliday, G. L., Bastian, F. B., Chibucos, M. C., Gaudet, P., Giglio, M., Holliday, G. L., et al.(2015). The Confidence Information Ontology: a step towards a standard for asserting confidence in annotations . Database (Oxford). 2015. p. bav043.
Gene Ontology Consortium(2015). Gene Ontology Consortium: going forward . Nucleic Acids Res. 43. (Database issue). p. D1049-56.
Chibucos, M. C., Etienne, K. A., Orvis, J., Lee, H., Daugherty, S., Lockhart, S. R., Ibrahim, A. S., Bruno, V. M.(2015). The genome sequence of four isolates from the family Lichtheimiaceae . Pathog Dis. 73. (5).
Etienne KA, Chibucos MC, Su Q, Orvis J, Daugherty S, Ott S, Sengamalay NA, Fraser CM, Lockhart SR, Bruno VM(2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Mortierella alpina Isolate CDC-B6842 . Genome announcements.
Etienne KA, Chibucos MC, Su Q, Orvis J, Daugherty S, Ott S, Sengamalay NA, Fraser CM, Lockhart SR, Bruno VM(2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Mortierella alpina Isolate CDC-B6842 . Genome announcements.
Tallon, L. J., Liu, X., Bennuru, S., Chibucos, M. C., Godinez, A., Ott, S., Zhao, X., Sadzewicz, L., Fraser, C. M., Nutman, T. B., et al.(2014). Single molecule sequencing and genome assembly of a clinical specimen of Loa loa, the causative agent of loiasis . BMC Genomics. 15. p. 788.
Ioannidis, P., Lu, Y., Kumar, N., Creasy, T., Daugherty, S., Chibucos, M. C., Orvis, J., Shetty, A., Ott, S., Flowers, M., et al.(2014). Rapid transcriptome sequencing of an invasive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys . BMC Genomics. 15. p. 738.
Chibucos, M. C., Zweifel, A. E., Herrera, J. C., Meza, W., Eslamfam, S., Uetz, P., Siegele, D. A., Hu, J. C., Giglio, M. G.(2014). An ontology for microbial phenotypes . BMC Microbiol. 14. (1). p. 294.
Chibucos, M. C., Mungall, C. J., Balakrishnan, R., Christie, K. R., Huntley, R. P., White, O., Chibucos, M. C., Mungall, C. J., Balakrishnan, R., Christie, K. R., et al.(2014). Standardized description of scientific evidence using the Evidence Ontology (ECO) . Database (Oxford). 2014.
Etienne, K.A., Chibucos, M.C., Su, Q., Orvis, J., Daugherty, S., Ott, S., Sengamalay, N.A., Fraser, C.M., Lockhart, S.R., Bruno, V.M.(2014). Draft genome sequence of Mortierella alpina isolate CDC-B6842 . Genome Announcements. 2. (1).
Chibucos, M. C., Crabtree, J., Nagaraj, S., Chaturvedi, S., Chaturvedi, V.(2013). Draft Genome Sequences of Human Pathogenic Fungus Geomyces pannorum Sensu Lato and Bat White Nose Syndrome Pathogen Geomyces (Pseudogymnoascus) destructans . Genome Announc. 1. (6).
Humphrys, M. S., Creasy, T., Sun, Y., Shetty, A. C., Chibucos, M. C., Drabek, E. F., Fraser, C. M., Farooq, U., Sengamalay, N., Ott, S., et al.(2013). Simultaneous transcriptional profiling of bacteria and their host cells . PLoS One. 8. (12). p. e80597.
Blake, J. A., Dolan, M., Drabkin, H., Hill, D. P., Li, N., Sitnikov, D., Bridges, S., Burgess, S., Buza, T., McCarthy, F., et al.(2013). Gene Ontology annotations and resources . Nucleic Acids Res. 41. (Database issue). p. D530-5.
Gene Ontology Consortium(2012). The Gene Ontology: enhancements for 2011 . Nucleic Acids Res. 40. (Database issue). p. D559-64.
Mulangi, V., Chibucos, M. C., Phuntumart, V., Morris, P. F.(2012). Kinetic and phylogenetic analysis of plant polyamine uptake transporters . Planta. 236. (4). p. 1261-73.
Hazen, T. H., Sahl, J. W., Redman, J. C., Morris, C. R., Daugherty, S. C., Hazen, T. H., Sahl, J. W., Redman, J. C., Morris, C. R., Daugherty, S. C., et al.(2012). Draft genome sequences of the diarrheagenic Escherichia coli collection . J Bacteriol. 194. (11). p. 3026-7.
Arnaud, M. B., Cerqueira, G. C., Inglis, D. O., Skrzypek, M. S., Binkley, J., Chibucos, M. C., Crabtree, J., Howarth, C., Orvis, J., Shah, P., et al.(2012). The Aspergillus Genome Database (AspGD): recent developments in comprehensive multispecies curation, comparative genomics and community resources . Nucleic Acids Res. 40. (Database issue). p. D653-9.
Baxter, L., Tripathy, S., Ishaque, N., Boot, N., Cabral, A., Kemen, E., Thines, M., Ah-Fong, A., Anderson, R., Badejoko, W., et al.(2010). Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome . Science. 330. (6010). p. 1549-51.
Gene Ontology Consortium(2010). The Gene Ontology in 2010: extensions and refinements . Nucleic Acids Res. 38. (Database issue). p. D331-5.
Torto-Alalibo, T., Collmer, C. W., Gwinn-Giglio, M., Lindeberg, M., Meng, S., Chibucos, M. C., Tseng, T. T., Lomax, J., Biehl, B., Ireland, A., et al.(2010). Unifying themes in microbial associations with animal and plant hosts described using the gene ontology . Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 74. (4). p. 479-503.
Arnaud, M. B., Chibucos, M. C., Costanzo, M. C., Crabtree, J., Inglis, D. O., Lotia, A., Orvis, J., Shah, P., Skrzypek, M. S., Binkley, G., et al.(2010). The Aspergillus Genome Database, a curated comparative genomics resource for gene, protein and sequence information for the Aspergillus research community . Nucleic Acids Res. 38. (Database issue). p. D420-7.
Chibucos, M.C., Tyler, B.M.(2009). Common themes in nutrient acquisition by plant symbiotic microbes, described by the Gene Ontology . BMC microbiology. 9 Suppl 1.
Meng, S., Torto-Alalibo, T., Chibucos, M.C., Tyler, B.M., Meng, S., Torto-Alalibo, T., Chibucos, M.C., Tyler, B.M., Dean, R.A.(2009). Common processes in pathogenesis by fungal and oomycete plant pathogens, described with Gene Ontology terms . BMC Microbiology. 9. (SUPPL. 1).
Chibucos, M.C., Collmer, C.W., Torto-Alalibo, T., Gwinn-Giglio, M., Lindeberg, M., Li, D., Tyler, B.M.(2009). Programmed cell death in host-symbiont associations, viewed through the Gene Ontology . BMC Microbiology. 9. (SUPPL. 1).
Haas, B. J., Haas, B. J., Kamoun, S., Zody, M. C., Jiang, R. H., Handsaker, R. E., Cano, L. M., Grabherr, M., Kodira, C. D., Raffaele, S., et al.(2009). Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans . Nature. 461. (7262). p. 393-8.
Chibucos, M. C., Tseng, T. T., Setubal, J. C.(2009). Describing commonalities in microbial effector delivery using the Gene Ontology . Trends Microbiol. 17. (7). p. 312-9.
Torto-Alalibo, T. A., Tripathy, S., Smith, B. M., Arredondo, F. D., Zhou, L., Li, H., Chibucos, M. C., Qutob, D., Gijzen, M., Mao, C., et al.(2007). Expressed sequence tags from phytophthora sojae reveal genes specific to development and infection . Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 20. (7). p. 781-93.
Chibucos, M. C., Morris, P. F.(2006). Levels of polyamines and kinetic characterization of their uptake in the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae . Appl Environ Microbiol. 72. (5). p. 3350-6.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
Collmer, CW and Torto-Alalibo, T and Lindeberg, M and Chibucos, M and Gwinn-Giglio, M and Biehl, B and Ireland, A and Lomax, J and Bird, D and Collmer, A and others(2008). Using the universal language of Gene Ontology to annotate gene products involved in the interactions between microbes and their hosts . Phytopathology. 98. (6). p. S40--S41.
Chibucos, M.C., & Morris, P.F. (2003). Polyamines in Phytophthora sojae-soybean interactions. Fungal Genetics Newsletter, 50(Supplement), abstract #38 .