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Michael Harris

National Institutes of Health

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1

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Alex RosenthaliD· 2 shared Brendan M. JeffreyiD· 2 shared Maha Reda FarhatiD· 2 shared Maximillian G. MariniD· 2 shared Adrian J. F. LutyiD· 1 shared Ajith Kumar Muthukumar· 1 shared Amy J. PickeringiD· 1 shared Bernadin Bouko· 1 shared

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Causal role for pulvinar burst firing in thalamo-cortical attention control

Rober Boshra, Michael Harris, Kacie Dougherty, Melissa R. Berg, Britney M. Morea, Henry J. Alitto, Mario C. Rodriguez, W. Martin Usrey, Sabine Kästner

This study shows that pulvinar bursts modulate attention and improve behavioral performance in macaques.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2025 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Analysis of the limited M. tuberculosis accessory genome reveals potential pitfalls of pan-genome analysis approaches

Maximillian G. Marin, Natalia Quinones‐Olvera, Christoph Wippel, Mahboobeh Behruznia, Brendan M. Jeffrey, Michael Harris, Brendon Mann, Alex Rosenthal, Karen Rita Jacobson, Robin M. Warren, Heng Li, Conor Joseph Meehan, Maha Reda Farhat

The paper evaluates pan-genome analysis methods using M. tuberculosis isolates, finding that annotation discrepancies and assembly quality affect results, and introduces panqc to address these issues.

Bioinformatics · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Environmental surveillance of soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in settings without networked wastewater infrastructure

Edoux Joel Siko, Kendra J. Gallo, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Heather K. Amato, Christopher LeBoa, Michael Harris, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Malathi Manuel, Tintu Varghese, Parfait Houngbégnon, Nils Pilotte, Bernadin Bouko, Souad Saïdou, Adrian J. F. Luty, , Amy J. Pickering

The paper evaluates sampling strategies for detecting soil-transmitted helminths and other enteric pathogens in non-networked sanitation settings using wastewater and soil samples.

PLOS Water · Jan 23, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Genomic sequence characteristics and the empiric accuracy of short-read sequencing

Maximillian G. Marin, Roger Vargas, Michael Harris, Brendan M. Jeffrey, L. Elaine Epperson, David Durbin, Michael Strong, Max Salfinger, Zamin Iqbal, İrada Akhundova, Sergo A. Vashakidze, Valeriu Crudu, Alex Rosenthal, Maha Reda Farhat

The paper evaluates short-read variant calling accuracy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using Illumina and PacBio data, finding high precision with optimized mapping thresholds and identifying 68% of excluded repetitive regions as accurately called.

bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2021 · PreprintBioinformatics