Derek Albracht

The paper introduces GBZ-base and GAF-base, indexed pangenome file formats for efficient subgraph and alignment extraction.

The paper assembles and characterizes 2,110 human centromeres, revealing novel haplotypes, mobile element insertions, and mutation rate variation across chromosomes.

460 haplotypes from 230 genomes, selected to maximize common-variant coverage, capture 99.43% of All of Us common small variants and halve structurally unreliable regions and base errors versus HPRC1.

The paper analyzes chromosome 22q11.2 haplotypes to show how structural variations in specific regions correlate with microdeletion and inversion risks across populations.

The paper uses long-read sequencing to identify pathogenic variants in autism cases, finding three pathogenic mutations and nine candidate structural variants missed by short-read sequencing.

This study shows that using graph-based pangenomes and inferred donor-specific assemblies improves somatic variant detection compared to GRCh38.

This paper evaluates GRCh38 and de novo haploid assemblies, finding that GRCh38 remains superior for complex genomic regions and coding sequences despite improvements in newer assemblies.