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Erik Garrison

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 5 Research Focus:variant calling· 4 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Structural Variant Aware Identity-by-Descent Detection on Pangenome Graphs

Uwaise Ibna Islam, Franco Marsico, Erik Garrison, Christina Boucher

GIBD detects IBD segments in pangenome graphs and annotates them with structural variants, outperforming existing methods in accuracy and speed.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

GBZ-base and GAF-base: Indexed pangenome file formats

Jouni Sirén, Benedict Paten, Derek Albracht, Ivan A Alexandrov, Jamie Allen, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Nicolas Altemose, Casey Andrews, Dmitry Antipov, Lucinda Antonacci-Fulton, Mobin Asri, Marcelo Ayllon, Jennifer R Balacco, Floris P Barthel, Edward A Belter, , Sergey Koren

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

Bioinformatics · Oct 24, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

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

A Graph Extension of the Positional Burrows-Wheeler Transform and its Applications

Adam M Novak, Erik Garrison, Benedict Paten

This paper generalizes the Positional Burrows-Wheeler Transform to genome graphs, enabling efficient haplotype consistency queries in graph-based read mappers.

bioRxiv · May 2, 2016Bioinformatics

Purging of deleterious variants due to drift and founder effect in Italian populations with extended autozygosity

Massimiliano Cocca, Marc Pybus, Pier Francesco Palamara, Erik Garrison, Michela Traglia, Cinzia F Sala, Sheila Uiivi, Yasin Memari, Anja Kolb-Kokocinski, Shane McCarthy, Richard Durbin, Paolo Gasparini, Daniela Toniolo, Nicole Soranzo, Vincenza Colonna

The paper analyzes whole-genome sequencing data from Italian founder populations to determine the cause of purging of deleterious variants, concluding that genetic drift and founder effect, not consanguinity, are responsible.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2015 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Human genomic regions with exceptionally high or low levels of population differentiation identified from 911 whole-genome sequences

Vincenza Colonna, Qasim Ayub, Yuan Chen, Luca Pagani, Pierre Luisi, Marc Pybus, Erik Garrison, Yali Xue, Chris Tyler-Smith

The paper identifies genomic regions with high or low population differentiation using 911 whole-genome sequences, finding that highly differentiated sites are enriched for positive selection.

Genome Biology · Jun 30, 2014Peer-reviewedGenomics