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A. D. Willis

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Assay:metagenomics· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:deep learning· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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A. M. Eren· 4 shared A. R. Watson· 2 shared E. C. Fogarty· 2 shared E. Kiefl· 2 shared I. Veseli· 2 shared K. Lolans· 2 shared M. K. Yu· 2 shared M. S. Schechter· 2 shared

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Microbes with higher metabolic independence are enriched in human gut microbiomes under stress

I. Veseli, Y. T. Chen, M. S. Schechter, C. Vanni, E. C. Fogarty, A. R. Watson, B. A. Jabri, R. Blekhman, A. D. Willis, M. K. Yu, A. Fernandez-Guerra, J. Fussel, A. M. Eren

The paper identifies high metabolic independence as a marker of gut microbiome changes in IBD, using a software framework to analyze metagenomic data from healthy and IBD patients.

bioRxiv · May 10, 2023Microbiology

A highly conserved and globally prevalent cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous mobile genetic elements in the human gut

E. C. Fogarty, M. S. Schechter, K. Lolans, M. L. Sheahan, I. Veseli, R. Moore, E. Kiefl, T. Moody, P. A. Rice, M. K. Yu, M. Mimee, E. B. Chang, S. L. McLellan, A. D. Willis, L. E. Comstock, A. M. Eren

The paper identifies a highly prevalent cryptic plasmid in the human gut that is more numerous than crAssphage and has potential applications in detecting fecal contamination and inflammatory states.

bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Structure-informed microbial population genetics elucidate selective pressures that shape protein evolution

E. Kiefl, O. C. Esen, S. E. Miller, K. L. Kroll, A. D. Willis, M. S. Rappe, T. Pan, A. M. Eren

The paper uses structure-informed metagenomic analysis to study evolutionary pressures in a marine microbial population, revealing links between protein structure, selective pressures, and environmental factors.

bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2022Microbiology

Functional and genetic markers of niche partitioning among enigmatic members of the human oral microbiome

A. Shaiber, A. D. Willis, T. O. Delmont, S. Roux, L.-X. Chen, A. C. Schmid, M. Yousef, A. R. Watson, K. Lolans, O. C. Esen, S. T. Lee, N. Downey, H. G. Morrison, F. Dewhirst, J. L. Mark Welch, A. M. Eren

The paper analyzes oral microbiome metagenomes to identify niche partitioning among TM7 taxa, revealing distinct ecological and genetic patterns between plaque and tongue-associated TM7.

bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2020Microbiology