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Brandon Niese

The University of Texas at Austin

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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RNA Binding Proteins KhpA and KhpB Interact with Small Regulatory RNAs and Affect Global Gene Expression in Deinococcus radiodurans

Runhua Han, Blanca I. Quiñones-Díaz, Antonio Córdova, Brandon Niese, Philip Sweet, Jaden Fang, Sean M. Engels, Angela Chen, Vernita Diane Gordon, Lydia M. Contreras

This study identifies and characterizes two sRNA-binding proteins, KhpA and KhpB, in Deinococcus radiodurans, showing their roles in sRNA stability, target interactions, and global gene regulation.

bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Predicting characterization of microbiome taxonomy from imaging using machine learning approaches

Brandon Niese, Philip Sweet, Bryan Dinh, Amanda N. Scholes, Danielle S. LeSassier, Krista L. Ternus, Lydia M. Contreras, Vernita Diane Gordon

This paper uses machine learning on microscopy images to predict microbial community taxonomic diversity and dominant bacterial classes, achieving high accuracy and low error.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Geometric changes in the nucleoids of Deinococcus radiodurans reveal involvement of new proteins in recovery from ionizing radiation.

Antonio Córdova, Brandon Niese, Philip Sweet, Pratik Kamat, Jude M. Phillip, Vernita Diane Gordon, Lydia M. Contreras

This paper quantifies geometric changes in D. radiodurans nucleoids under ionizing radiation using a new high-throughput method, revealing sub-population shifts and roles of nucleic acid binding proteins in nucleoid condensation.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology