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J.Z. Alex Cheong

University of Wisconsin–MadisonORCID 0000-0002-1127-9970Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Lindsay KalaniD· 3 shared Rauf SalamzadeiD· 3 shared Shelby SandstromiD· 3 shared Cameron R. CurrieiD· 2 shared Mary Hannah SwaneyiD· 2 shared Sherrie Y. WuiD· 2 shared Aiping Liu· 1 shared Angela L. F. GibsoniD· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

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MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMay 25, 2026

Large-scale investigation for antimicrobial activity reveals novel defensive species across the healthy skin microbiome

Uyen Thy Nguyen, Rauf Salamzade, Shelby Sandstrom…·Lindsay Kalan

The paper investigates antimicrobial activity in the skin microbiome, identifies novel defensive species, and highlights dry skin sites as rich sources of bioactive metabolites.

3 citations

humanmetagenomics

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MicrobiologyFungal Genetics and BiologyPeer-reviewedMay 28, 2024

The Porcine Skin Microbiome Exhibits Broad Fungal Antagonism

Karinda De La Cruz, Elizabeth C. Townsend, J.Z. Alex Cheong…·Lindsay Kalan

This study characterizes the porcine skin microbiome, identifies antifungal bacterial isolates, and discovers novel fungal and bacterial species with potential for antifungal applications.

9 citations

non-human primatebulk RNA-seq

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BioinformaticsMicrobial GenomicsPeer-reviewedApr 28, 2023

Evolutionary investigations of the biosynthetic diversity in the skin microbiome using lsaBGC

Rauf Salamzade, J.Z. Alex Cheong, Shelby Sandstrom…·Lindsay Kalan

The paper introduces lsaBGC, a bioinformatics tool for analyzing BGCs in skin microbiomes, revealing evolutionary patterns and novel SNVs in key species.

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humanmetagenomics

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