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Crystal Chapagain

University of Inland NorwayORCID 0009-0002-1899-9484Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:deconvolution· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Jawad AliiD· 3 shared Rafi AhmadiD· 3 shared Anurag Basavaraj BellankimathiD· 2 shared Abdolrahman KhezriiD· 1 shared Jonathan HiraiD· 1 shared Liv Synnøve Sølverød· 1 shared Marit SmistadiD· 1 shared Robert C. WilsoniD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 19, 2025

Optimizing Sample Preparation for Direct Nanopore Sequencing to Enable Rapid Pathogen and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling in Bovine Mastitis

Crystal Chapagain, Abdolrahman Khezri, Jawad Ali…·Rafi Ahmad

This study optimizes DNA extraction and sample preparation for long-read metagenomic sequencing of mastitis milk to improve pathogen and AMR detection.

DOI 10.1101/2025.08.19.671071

metagenomicsexperimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJul 14, 2025

Development and optimization of the host DNA depletion in blood cultures using a saponin and SAN nucleases-based method

Jawad Ali, Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath, Jonathan Hira…·Rafi Ahmad

This paper develops and optimizes a method using saponin and SAN nucleases to deplete host DNA from blood cultures, improving bacterial DNA extraction for sepsis diagnosis.

4 citations

DNA methylationwhole-genome sequencing

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MicrobiologyEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious DiseasesPeer-reviewedSep 16, 2024

Detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistant genes from urine within 5 hours using Nanopore sequencing

Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath, Crystal Chapagain, Sverre Branders…·Rafi Ahmad

This study demonstrates rapid detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes in urine using Nanopore sequencing within five hours.

19 citations

humanlong-read sequencing

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