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Christopher Tam

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Genetics· 1 Genomics· 1 Immunology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:scRNA-seq· 1

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Alexandra MorganiD· 1 shared Arthur L. BassiD· 1 shared Christoph DeegiD· 1 shared Daniel Burukhin· 1 shared Devanshee Sanghvi· 1 shared Diane Balallo· 1 shared Dinesh KumariD· 1 shared Elisa Contreras· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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HuBIE: The Human Blood Immunome Encyclopedia Of TCRs and BCRs in Bloodstream Infections and Cancer

Vahid Akbari, Alexandra Morgan, Michie Yasuda, Ulrich Schlecht, Sylvie McNamara, Hossein Asgharian, Christopher Tam, Rena Adachi, Elisa Contreras, Zhipei Gracie Du, Sandra Siemann, Hahn Zhao, Jeyashree Ashok Balasubramanian, Diane Balallo, Devanshee Sanghvi, , Ramy Arnaout

HuBIE provides a large-scale immune-repertoire dataset from 1,941 participants, revealing ethnic and age-related differences in TCR and BCR diversity and linking immunological diversity to survival in elderly patients.

Frontiers in Immunology · Jun 18, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology

Uncovering functional insights into human pathogenic variants in CDK19 using Drosophila models

Karampal S. Grewal, Christopher Tam, Jenny Zhe Liao, Esther M. Verheyen

The paper evaluates two CDK19 variants in Drosophila models to determine their functional impact and therapeutic potential.

Human Molecular Genetics · Nov 18, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics

eDNA sampling systems for salmon ecosystem monitoring

Christoph Deeg, Robert G. Saunders, Christopher Tam, Karia H. Kaukinen, Shaorong Li, Arthur L. Bass, Uu‐a‐thluk Fisheries, Kristina M. Miller

This study develops and tests modular eDNA sampling systems that enable high filtration volumes and rapid sample collection, demonstrating their utility for ecosystem monitoring in diverse aquatic environments.

Environmental DNA · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics