Birgitte B. Simen

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (United States) — United States

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

30h-index5.0kcitations57works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

HIV Research and Treatment(19), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment(15), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing(10), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions(9), T-cell and B-cell Immunology(8)

Publications57 total

Signals across the pond: Bilateral airplane wastewater monitoring paves the way for international cooperation on pathogen surveillance for public health
2026Open Access
Environmental air monitoring in international airports: A novel approach for enhanced pathogen surveillance
2025Open Access
Predicted failure of common Mpox PCR testing on a recent DRC clade I variant: Persistent genomic surveillance is critically important for accurate diagnostics
2024Open Access
<i>Notes from the Field</i>: Early Identification of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 Variant by the Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Program — Dulles International Airport, August 2023
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Bayesian phylogenetics on globally emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 suggest global distribution and rapid evolution
2023· 4 citedOpen Access
1525. The Impact of Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance on SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detection in Arriving International Air Travelers– United States, November 29, 2021-April 24, 2022
Open Forum Infectious Diseases·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Lineage abundance estimation for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using transcriptome quantification techniques
Genome biology·2022· 51 citedOpen Access
The Coronavirus Standards Working Group’s roadmap for improved population testing
Nature Biotechnology·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Early Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants Using Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance at 4 US Airports, September 2021–January 2022
Clinical Infectious Diseases·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants using traveler-based genomic surveillance at four US airports, September 2021- January 2022
2022· 3 citedOpen Access
A roadmap to better COVID-19 testing from the Coronavirus Standards Working Group
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Variant abundance estimation for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater using RNA-Seq quantification
2021· 37 citedOpen Access
Simulated wastewater sequencing data for benchmarking SARS-CoV-2 variant abundance estimation
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Simulated wastewater sequencing data for benchmarking SARS-CoV-2 variant abundance estimation
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
Initial antibodies binding to HIV-1 gp41 in acutely infected subjects are polyreactive and highly mutated
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Designing and Implementing NGS Tests for Inherited Disorders
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics·2018· 29 cited
A Follow-Up of the Multicenter Collaborative Study on HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Tropism Testing Using 454 Ultra Deep Pyrosequencing
PLoS ONE·2016· 17 citedOpen Access
Deep sequencing of HIV-1 variants from paired plasma and cerebrospinal fluid during primary HIV infection
Journal of Virus Eradication·2015· 16 citedOpen Access
Validation of a Next-Generation–Sequencing Cancer Panel for Use in the Clinical Laboratory
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine·2014· 62 cited
Low-Frequency NNRTI-Resistant HIV-1 Variants and Relationship to Mutational Load in Antiretroviral-Naïve Subjects
Viruses·2014· 18 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Michael D. Miller(11), Bozena Hanczaruk(10), Michael J. Kozal(7), Keith Robison(7), Alex Plocik(7), Cindy R. Friedman(7), Lisbeth A. Blake(6), Jennifer Chiarella(6), Elizabeth P. St. John(6), Scott D. Boyd(5), Andrew Fire(5), Daphne Koller(5), M Kellis(5), Jason D. Merker(4), Gregory S. Turenchalk(4), Jonathan Laserson(4), Yair Argon(4), Cherie L. Holcomb(4), Bryan Höglund(4), Damian Goodridge(4)