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Amanda Xu

Cornell University

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Testing the reliability of AI-generated protein structures

Amanda Xu, Steven L. Salzberg

The paper tests AlphaFold2 and ColabFold's reliability by using false protein sequences and finds a low false positive rate, while also discovering new pseudogenes in the human genome.

bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Rad54 separation of function mutation highlights unique roles during homologous recombination

Jingyi Hu, David A. Moraga, Amanda Xu, Lauren Peysakhova, J. Brooks Crickard

This study identifies a Rad54 mutation that separates its function during homologous recombination, revealing a novel intermediate essential for stabilizing D-loop structures.

bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry