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Chenyang Tao

University of Cambridge

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Bioengineering· 1 Bioinformatics· 1 Cancer Biology· 1

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 2 Approach:contrastive learning· 1

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Jianguo XuiD· 3 shared Chao LiiD· 2 shared Hanyu Liu· 2 shared Jianzhong XiiD· 2 shared Ningfeng QueiD· 2 shared Pinan Zhu· 2 shared Stephen Price· 2 shared Xiaofei WangiD· 2 shared

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Histology-aware Inference of Cell-cell Communication in Spatial Transcriptomics

Xiaofei Wang, Chenyang Tao, Yu Jiang, Yixuan Jiang, Hanyu Liu, Zheng Jiang, Pinan Zhu, Ningfeng Que, Jianzhong Xi, Stephen Price, Binzhi Qian, Jianguo Xu, Chao Li

This paper introduces HARMONIC, a framework that improves cell-cell communication inference in spatial transcriptomics by incorporating histology data, showing it better captures anatomical context.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Coordinated Enhancement of Molecular and Spatial Fidelity for Biological Inference in Spatial Transcriptomics

Xiaofei Wang, Ningfeng Que, Hanyu Liu, Chenyang Tao, Yu Jiang, Yixuan Jiang, Pinan Zhu, Jianguo Xu, Huachao Yan, Buqing Ye, Stephen Price, Jianzhong Xi, Xinjie Wang, Chao Li

FOCUS improves spatial transcriptomics by coordinating molecular and spatial fidelity across multiple tasks and datasets, revealing clearer biological patterns in immunology, development, and oncology.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Multimodal spatial-omics reveal the heterogeneity and intercellular network characteristics of papillary craniopharyngiomas.

Yu Jiang, Hao Luo, Hui Zheng, Chengxi Li, Xin Zan, Chenyang Tao, Chao Li, Jianguo Xu, Yaohui Chen

This study uses multimodal spatial-omics to analyze papillary craniopharyngiomas, identifying tumor cell states and microenvironment interactions.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology