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R. da Silva

McGill University Health Centre

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:eQTL / molecular QTL mapping· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Common germline polymorphisms and somatic cancer mutations exhibit non-random positional overlap across the human genome

Thais Silva Tavares, Daniela Souza Lima Barbosa, Renan Pedra de Souza, R. da Silva, Thiago Peixoto Leal, Maycon Douglas de Oliveira, Carolina Silva-Carvalho, Luigi Marchionni, Mateus Henrique Gouveia, Francisco Pereira Lobo

The paper identifies non-random positional overlap between common germline polymorphisms and somatic cancer mutations, suggesting intrinsically vulnerable genomic loci.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

The Molecular and Microbial Microenvironments in Chronically Diseased Lungs

N. Garg, A. V. Melnik, Y. Vasquez-Baeza, A. Aksenov, E. R. Hyde, A. C. McAvoy, M. Wang, R. da Silva, I. Protsyuk, J. V. Wu, A. Bouslimani, Y. W. Lim, T. Luzzatto-Knaan, W. Comstock, R. A. Quinn, , R. Knight

The paper generates 3D maps of microbiomes and metabolomes in cystic fibrosis lungs, revealing personalized and regiospecific chemical environments and microbial interactions.

bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology

Chemical Impacts of the Microbiome Across Scales Reveal Novel Conjugated Bile Acids

R. A. Quinn, A. Vrbanac, A. V. Melnik, K. A. Patras, M. Christy, A. T. Nelson, A. A. Aksenov, A. Tripathi, G. Humphrey, R. da Silva, R. Bussell, T. Thron, M. Wang, F. Vargas, J. Gauglitz, , P. C. Dorrestein

The paper identifies novel conjugated bile acids produced by the microbiome in mice and humans using mass spectrometry and a murine 3D model.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology