Biology Literature & Reproducibility Index · 26 Disciplines
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- BioinformaticsGigabytePeer-reviewedDOI 10.46471/gigabyte.195
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Pan-cancer estimation of prognostic immune biomarkers from histopathology using artificial intelligence
Yijun Li, Abdul Rahman Diab, Abdallah Lamane…·William E. Lotter
This paper develops an AI model to estimate immune biomarkers from H&E images, showing it can predict prognostic outcomes as effectively as costly mIF assays.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
REMAG: recovery of eukaryotic genomes from metagenomic data using non-contrastive self-supervised learning
Daniel Gómez‐Pérez, Sébastien Raguideau, Sally D. Warring…·Christopher Quince
REMAG improves eukaryotic genome recovery from metagenomic data by using non-contrastive self-supervised learning, outperforming existing tools in producing near-complete genomes.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.05.709928 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Imputing relative abundances via Gaussian random fields
Andrey Shternshis, Prashant Singh, Luisa Warchavchik Hugerth
The paper introduces a Gaussian random field model for imputing missing data in longitudinal microbiome studies, achieving comparable accuracy to baselines while modeling temporal and multivariate correlations.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.12.758512 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Deep-learning-driven tumor microenvironment profiling improves immunotherapy response prediction
Ruohan Wang, Brooks A. Benard, Ilayda Ilerten…·Andrew J. Gentles
EcoNet improves immunotherapy response prediction by modeling tumor microenvironment signaling networks, outperforming existing methods in AUC and stratifying ccRCC patients by clinical outcome.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
genomeRxiv: a genome-based identification web server that bridges the gap between taxonomy and strain typing
Reza Mazloom, Rituraj Sharma, Janet SH Lorv…·Lenwood S. Heath
The paper introduces genomeRxiv, a web server that enables precise strain-level identification of prokaryotes using ANI-based LINs, overcoming limitations of traditional taxonomic classification.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.09.757156 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Ontology-Driven Annotation of Key Events Enables Transcriptomics-Based Assessment of Adverse Outcome Pathway Networks
Sidra Adil, Theo M. C. M. de Kok, Egon Willighagen…·Marvin Martens
The paper enhances AOP networks by annotating Key Events with Gene Ontology terms, improving transcriptomics-based assessment of KE perturbation in pesticide-induced hepatotoxicity.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.756965 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Nucleic acid 3D structure search and alignment with GTalign
Mindaugas Margelevičius, Shikhar Rana
The paper extends GTalign to support nucleic acid structures, improving alignment accuracy and reducing runtime for large-scale 3D structure comparisons.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.01.729228 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
A split-control criterion for few-shot adaptation in single-cell perturbation prediction
Wanli Liang, Yabing Yang, Qiong-Yi Zhang…·Rong-Rong He
This paper introduces SafeDelta, a split-control criterion for few-shot adaptation in single-cell perturbation prediction, showing it improves reproducibility and identifies biological programs.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
RNA evidence supports clinical stage antibody drug targets in oncology
Daniele Pozzobon, Nichal Khusial, Roberto Spreafico, Attila Csala
The paper evaluates whether single-cell RNA-seq improves the prioritization of antibody-based oncology targets by combining tumor specificity, normal safety, and blood sink features.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.757024 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Towards Robust Automated Mouse Scratching Behavior Detection for Itch Research
Shu Yang, Anyu Pan, Hyowon Shin…·Li Shen
This paper develops Scratch-AID+, an automated mouse scratching detection framework, showing that fine-tuned video foundation models outperform classic models in generalizability and accuracy.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
A versatile set of computational tools for inference of genetic ancestry from human molecular data
Pascal Belleau, Xintong Li, Astrid Deschênes…·Alexander Krasnitz
The paper introduces RAIDS, a toolset for inferring genetic ancestry from various sequence data, including cancer and low-coverage scenarios.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.09.758080 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Hubness and local scaling in paired T cell receptor distance spaces
The paper quantifies hubness in T cell receptor distance spaces and evaluates local scaling as a correction, showing improvements in retrieval accuracy but no universal solution.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.13.758726 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
BioMod: Biological Module Tokenization for Single-Cell Foundation Modeling
Lingbei Meng, Jianqing Zhu, Bowen Han…·Jinchao Xu
BioMod introduces biological modules as intermediate units for single-cell foundation modeling, achieving state-of-the-art performance in cell-type annotation and drug-response prediction.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Lack of adoption of computational gene-panel-selection tools in targeted spatial transcriptomics
Ceyhun Alar, Lorenzo Venturelli, Jelle Jacobs, Alejandro Sifrim
This study examines the low adoption of computational gene-panel-selection tools in targeted spatial transcriptomics, finding that most researchers still use manual or vendor panels.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.757034 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
A multimodal foundation model to integrate histology with spatial molecular programs
Zongxu Zhang, Bowen Qin, Yu Zhao…·Zexian Zeng
SQUALL integrates histology and spatial transcriptomics to enable virtual spatial gene expression profiling and clinical prediction across cancers and platforms.
1 citation - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
PanTEon: a cross-kingdom framework to guide the design of transposable element classifiers
Simón Orozco-Arias, Iamil Ferrer-Pomer, Fabiana Rodrigues de Góes…·Toni Gabaldón
PanTEon provides a cross-kingdom framework for reproducible TE classification, benchmarking machine learning methods and highlighting performance variations across TE superfamilies and lineages.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.01.715927 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Robust ORF Deconvolution from Multiple Ribo-seq Datasets with Group LASSO Penalty
Kilian Maidhof, Andreas Schlösser, Florian Erhard
PRICE 2 improves detection of short and overlapping ORFs using group LASSO regularization, outperforming existing tools and enabling discovery of more cryptic MHC-I peptides.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
When label-free morphology is sufficient for targeted cellular measurements
Mengran Li, Jianqing Zhu, Bo Li…·Jinchao Xu
The paper evaluates whether label-free morphology can replace targeted cellular measurements by analyzing paired phase-reporter data across gene knockouts and screens.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
VirtualSkin integrates skin-cell identity with intervention-response prediction
Mira Velland, Elias Norwick, Sofia Ardene…·Marcus Elian
VirtualSkin predicts intervention responses in skin cells by integrating transcriptomic data with biological descriptions across multiple datasets.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.06.756877