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D M Francis

The Ohio State University

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:Ribo-seq· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alexander A. GreeniD· 1 shared Francesca Rotondo· 1 shared Gabrielle Moussas· 1 shared Hannah Toth· 1 shared James M. RobsoniD· 1 shared Jonathan M. JacobsiD· 1 shared Mary Rodriguez· 1 shared Sally Ann MilleriD· 1 shared

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Crowdsourced riboregulators reveal design principles for programmable RNA switching

James M. Robson, Gabrielle Moussas, D M Francis, Alexander A. Green

The paper demonstrates that community-designed riboregulators outperform canonical designs and identifies structural features that influence translational activation.

bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Metagenomics for bacterial spot pathogen and virulence factor tracking for Ohio fresh market tomato and pepper production

Hannah Toth, Taylor Klass, Verónica Román-Reyna, Francesca Rotondo, D M Francis, Mary Rodriguez, Sally Ann Miller, Jonathan M. Jacobs

The paper develops and validates a metagenomics workflow to identify bacterial spot pathogens and virulence factors in Ohio tomato and pepper production using shotgun sequencing.

bioRxiv · May 6, 2026 · PreprintGenomics