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Nicholas Loman

University of Birmingham

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Human outbreak detection and best practice MPXV analysis and interpretation with squirrel

Aine Niamh O’Toole, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Rachel Colquhoun, Connor Chato, Emily Scher, Chris Kent, Sam Wilkinson, Joshua Quick, Nicholas Loman, Ana T. Duggan, Placide Mbala, Andrew Rambaut

This paper introduces squirrel, a tool for analyzing MPXV genomes to detect outbreaks and classify APOBEC3 mutations, aiding public health responses.

Virus Evolution · Dec 10, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

A reference bacterial genome dataset generated on the MinION™ portable single-molecule nanopore sequencer

Josh Quick, Aaron Quinlan, Nicholas Loman

The paper presents a reference bacterial genome dataset generated using the MinION™ sequencer for Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655, including base-called sequences and raw event data for method development.

bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2014Genomics

Poretools: a toolkit for analyzing nanopore sequence data

Nicholas Loman, Aaron Quinlan

Poretools provides a toolkit for analyzing nanopore sequencing data, offering format conversion and visualization tools for quality control and downstream analysis.

bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2014Bioinformatics