K. L. Beck

Commensal or pathogen: computational vectorizing microbial genomes for de novo risk assessment and virulence feature discovery in Klebsiella pneumoniae

This paper predicts virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae using expanded gene function discoveries and machine learning, achieving higher accuracy than traditional methods.

Development and evaluation of statistical and Artificial Intelligence approaches with microbial shotgun metagenomics data as an untargeted screening tool for use in food production

This study evaluates AI and statistical methods on microbial shotgun metagenomics data to detect anomalies in fluid milk, showing explainable AI can classify anomalous samples and identify microbial drivers.

Bacterial metatranscriptomes in wastewater can differentiate virally infected human populations

The paper shows that bacterial metatranscriptomes in wastewater can distinguish SARS-CoV-2 infected from uninfected human populations without directly detecting viral transcripts.

Multi-omics profiling of Earth's biomes reveals patterns of diversity and co-occurrence in microbial and metabolite composition across environments

The paper performs a multi-omics meta-analysis of microbial and metabolite data from diverse environments, revealing patterns of diversity and co-occurrence across biomes.

Monitoring the microbiome for food safety and quality using deep shotgun sequencing

The paper uses deep shotgun sequencing to analyze food microbiomes, identifying microbial genera and observing shifts related to ingredient composition, but finds limited correlation between RNA sequencing and Salmonella growth.

Sleep deprivation rapidly upregulates serotonin 2A receptor expression via the immediate early gene Egr3

Sleep deprivation rapidly increases serotonin 2A receptor expression in the mouse frontal cortex through the immediate early gene Egr3.