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Ben Langmead

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Ben LangmeadiD64 papers · Johns Hopkins University

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Bioinformatics· 2 Genomics· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Steven Salzberg· 2 shared Adam Novak· 1 shared Alex Szalay· 1 shared Ali GhaffaariiD· 1 shared Bas E Dutilh· 1 shared Benedict PateniD· 1 shared Can AlkaniD· 1 shared Corinna Ernst· 1 shared

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2014-2016 · peak 2/yr

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Computational Pan-Genomics: Status, Promises and Challenges

Tobias Marschall, Manja Marz, Thomas Abeel, Louis Dijkstra, Bas E Dutilh, Ali Ghaffaari, Paul Kersey, Wigard Kloosterman, Veli Makinen, Adam Novak, Benedict Paten, David Porubsky, Eric RIVALS, Can Alkan, Jasmijn Baaijens, , Pisan

This paper reviews computational pan-genomics, discussing its status, potential, and challenges across multiple biological disciplines.

Briefings in Bioinformatics · Oct 21, 2016Peer-reviewedGenomics

HISAT: Hierarchical Indexing for Spliced Alignment of Transcripts

Daehwan Kim, Ben Langmead, Steven Salzberg

HISAT is a fast and accurate RNA-seq aligner using hierarchical indexing, achieving 50x speed improvement over TopHat2 with comparable accuracy.

bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2014Bioinformatics

Faster sequence alignment through GPU-accelerated restriction of the seed-and-extend search space

Richard Wilton, Tamas Budavari, Ben Langmead, Sarah J Wheelan, Steven Salzberg, Alex Szalay

The paper introduces A21, a GPU-accelerated read aligner that improves speed and sensitivity by restricting the seed-and-extend search space using parallel sort and reduction techniques.

bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2014Bioinformatics