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Namasi G Sankar, Georgios Miliotis, Simon Caton
Genome assembly is important in infectious disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance monitoring, and cancer genomics. The task of reconstructing full genomic sequences from fragmented reads, can be framed as a large scale combinatorial optimisation problem. Recent advances in quantum computing have introduced new…
Fabio Cumbo, Kabir Dhillon, M. Hassan Najafi, Sercan Aygun + 1 more
The exponential growth of genomic databases necessitates alignment-free methods for comparing genomes. While MinHash-based tools have revolutionized this field by efficiently estimating the Average Nucleotide Identity based on k-mer sets, they inherently discard structural genomic information. We introduce HyperSketch…
Amélie Barozet, Vincent Cabeli, Jean Ogier du Terrail, Alexey Rukhovich + 6 more
The development of climate-resilient crops would be greatly accelerated by models able to reason directly over plant genomic sequences and to pinpoint trait-associated regions or loci. Anticipating the impact of DNA base changes (variants) remains challenging, and understanding regulatory mechanisms is still an active…
Xin Zhang, Melanie Evans, Shreya Rajachandran, Angie Huang + 8 more
The viability of any species including the human requires that the germline genome is kept stable as it is transmitted across generations by the germ cells. Failure to safeguard the genome integrity and stability would lead to inherited diseases and infertility. Thus, a better understanding of the mechanisms that alter…
Yiming Xue, Xiaojian Liu, Weimin Zhu, Shengfan Wang + 2 more
While protein-RNA interactions are fundamental to post-transcriptional processes, achieving a holistic understanding of their regulatory logic remains challenging. Current computational models often treat binding affinity, interface mapping, and RNA design as isolated tasks, thereby failing to provide a unified…
Hayden Johnson, Boris A. Vinatzer, Reza Mazloom, Kassaye Belay + 2 more
Rapid and accurate microbial identification is critical for interpreting biological data in basic research and when making applied decisions on how to effectively treat patients and control human, animal, and plant diseases. Advancements in high-throughput sequencing have the potential to expedite fungal species…
Jeremy Yuan-Sheng Leow, Nancy Choon-Si Ng, Rebecca Shin-Yee Wong, Long Chiau Ming + 2 more
Ovarian cancer (OC) remains difficult to detect at an early stage, and current screening approaches using CA125 and transvaginal ultrasonography have not demonstrated sufficient benefit for population screening. DNA methylation is a promising biomarker class because epigenetic alterations may arise early in…
Ana Mattioli Laborne, John S. Heslop-Harrison, Gustavo C. S. Kuhn
Satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are non-coding tandem repeats that can comprise more than 20% of eukaryotic genomes. They contribute to structural and regulatory processes in the genome and often evolve rapidly, shaping early stages of genetic differentiation between populations and species. Although Drosophila has long…
Boyi Li, Luyao Liu, Kaikai Jin, Zanheng Huang + 8 more
In 2024, Monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade I has triggered outbreaks in several countries world-wide. MPXV clade I demonstrates enhanced virulence and transmissibility, with a case fatality rate reaching 10%. In response, we have developed a one-pot detection assay specifically targeting MPXV clade I, combining recombinase…