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Christopher Brown

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Detecting Extrachromosomal DNA from Routine Histopathology

Muhammad Anwaar Khalid, Michael Gratius, Christopher Brown, Raneen Younis, Zahra Ahmadi, Lukas Chávez

This paper develops a deep learning framework to detect extrachromosomal DNA from histopathology images, identifying ecDNA-amplified tumours across twelve cancer types.

bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Shifts in microbial transcription patterns prior to onset of Necrotizing enterocolitis may indicate low oxygen levels in the gut

Yonatan Sher, Matthew R. Olm, Tali Raveh-Sadka, Christopher Brown, Ruth Sher, Brian Firek, Robyn Baker, Michael Morowitz, Jillian F. Banfield

The paper identifies shifts in microbial transcription patterns in preterm infants prior to NEC onset, suggesting hypoxic conditions in the gut.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology

QuASAR-MPRA: Accurate allele-specific analysis for massively parallel reporter assays

Cynthia A. Kalita, Gregory A. Moyerbrailean, Christopher Brown, Xiaoquan Wen, Francesca Luca, Roger Piqué-Regi

The paper develops QuASAR-MPRA to analyze allele-specific effects in MPRA data, finding 602 SNPs with significant allele-specific regulatory function in LCLs.

Bioinformatics · Sep 19, 2017Peer-reviewedBioinformatics