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M. A. Sze

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Organism:human· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 4 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Fecal short-chain fatty acids are not predictive of colonic tumor status and cannot be predicted based on bacterial community structure

M. A. Sze, B. D. Topcuoglu, N. A. Lesniak, M. T. Ruffin, P. D. Schloss

This study finds that fecal SCFA concentrations are not associated with colonic tumor status and cannot be predicted from bacterial community structure.

mBio · Aug 27, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

The impact of DNA polymerase and number of rounds of amplification in PCR on 16S rRNA gene sequence data

M. A. Sze, P. D. Schloss

This study evaluates how DNA polymerase fidelity and PCR amplification rounds affect 16S rRNA gene sequencing data quality in mock communities and human stool samples.

bioRxiv · May 9, 2019Microbiology

Leveraging Existing 16S rRNA Gene Surveys to Identify Reproducible Biomarkers in Individuals with Colorectal Tumors

M. A. Sze, P. D. Schloss

This paper identifies 8 bacterial taxa associated with colorectal carcinoma using meta-analysis of 16S rRNA gene data and validates them with Random Forest classification models.

bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2018Microbiology

Normalization of the microbiota in patients after treatment for colonic lesions

M. A. Sze, N. T. Baxter, M. T. Ruffin, M. A. Rogers, P. D. Schloss

This study examines microbiota changes in patients after treatment for colonic lesions, finding significant normalization in carcinomas but not adenomas or advanced adenomas.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2017Microbiology