C. R. Armour

The paper evaluates OptiFit, a method to fit new sequences to existing OTUs, finding it performs as well or better than de novo and database-reference-based clustering in classifying colonic screen relevant neoplasia.

This study finds that optimal taxonomic resolution for microbiome-based colorectal cancer classification is at the family level, with performance decreasing at finer resolutions like ASVs.

The paper develops a two-day workshop curriculum for teaching reproducible research using R, Unix, git, and GitHub, addressing content overload and integration challenges in existing curricula.

This study compares gut metagenomes across 10 vertebrate species to identify conserved and variable microbial functional pathways, showing general similarity to human gut microbiomes but with notable differences in disease-related pathways.