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Rachel N. Martini

Morehouse School of MedicineORCID 0000-0002-8921-0041Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Cancer Biology· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Assay:organoid / primary culture· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Melissa Boneta DavisiD· 3 shared Nicolas RobineiD· 2 shared Abdulfatai TijjaniiD· 1 shared Adriana IrizarryiD· 1 shared Alexandria Awai· 1 shared André CorveloiD· 1 shared Andrea SboneriD· 1 shared Baffour AwuahiD· 1 shared

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintMar 16, 2026

An explainable boosting machine model for identifying artifacts caused by formalin-fixed paraffin embedding

Valentina Grether, Zoe R. Goldstein, Jennifer Marie Shelton…·Will Liao

This paper introduces an explainable boosting machine model to identify and filter variant artifacts caused by formalin-fixed paraffin embedding in cancer genomics.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.10.710815

humanwhole-exome sequencing

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintAug 15, 2025

African Pan Genome Contigs Expose Biologically Relevant Sequence Still Hidden from Human Reference Frameworks

Rachel N. Martini, Abdulfatai Tijjani, Kyriaki Founta…·Melissa Boneta Davis

The paper identifies African Pan Genome contigs that are missing from current human reference genomes, showing they contain functionally relevant sequences and are enriched in African ancestry.

DOI 10.1101/2025.08.15.670543

humanwhole-genome sequencing

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Cancer BiologyCancer ResearchPeer-reviewedFeb 1, 2025

Kinome focused CRISPR-Cas9 screens in African ancestry patient-derived breast cancer organoids identifies essential kinases and synergy of EGFR and FGFR1 inhibition.

Florencia P. Madorsky Rowdo, Rachel N. Martini, Sarah E. Ackermann…·M. Laura Martín

The paper uses CRISPR-Cas9 screens in breast cancer organoids from African ancestry patients to identify essential kinases and show synergy between EGFR and FGFR1 inhibitors.

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