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S. Akther

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Microbiology· 3 Evolutionary Biology· 2 Physiology· 1

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Organism:mouse· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Organism:virus· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2

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L. Di· 5 shared W. Qiu· 5 shared L. Li· 4 shared B. Sulkow· 3 shared E. Bezrucenkovas· 3 shared A. Asiminas· 1 shared A. Konno· 1 shared A. Larracuente· 1 shared

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L. Di

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Development of recombinant monoclonal antibodies targeting conserved VlsE epitopes in Lyme disease pathogens

L. Li, L. Di, S. Akther, B. M. Zeglis, W. Qiu

This study develops recombinant monoclonal antibodies targeting conserved VlsE epitopes in Lyme disease pathogens, showing they react strongly with human and rabbit sera and are promising for diagnostics and therapeutics.

bioRxiv · May 5, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Liver-secreted fluorescent blood plasma markers enable chronic imaging of microcirculation

X. Wang, C. Delle, A. Asiminas, S. Akther, M. Vittani, P. Brogger, P. Kusk, C. T. Vo, A. Konno, H. Hirai, M. Fukuda, P. Weikop, S. A. Goldman, M. Nedergaard, H. Hirase

This paper introduces a method to chronically image blood microcirculation using liver-secreted fluorescent proteins, enabling long-term observation of vascular functions in mice.

bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2022Physiology

Following the Trail of One Million Genomes: Footprints of SARS-CoV-2 Adaptation to Humans

S. Akther, E. Bezrucenkovas, L. Li, B. Sulkow, L. Di, D. Pante, C. L. Martin, B. J. Luft, W. Qiu

This study analyzes one million SARS-CoV-2 genomes to identify human-adaptive mutations and develop a simulator to predict viral evolution under different models.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Maximum Antigen Diversification in a Lyme Bacterial Population and Evolutionary Strategies to Overcome Pathogen Diversity

L. Di, S. Akther, E. Bezrucenkovas, L. Ivanova, B. Sulkow, B. Wu, M. Gomes-Solecki, W. Qiu

The paper shows evolution-based synthetic antigen designs can overcome pathogen diversity by generating broadly reactive OspC analogs against Lyme disease strains.

bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2020Microbiology

CoV Genome Tracker: tracing genomic footprints of Covid-19 pandemic

S. Akther, E. Bezrucenkovas, B. Sulkow, C. Panlasigui, L. Li, W. Qiu, L. Di

CoV Genome Tracker tracks SARS-CoV-2 genomic changes using haplotype networks and provides evolutionary rates to support pandemic response.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Identification and quantification of Lyme pathogen strains by deep sequencing of outer surface protein C (ospC) amplicons

L. Di, Z. Wan, S. Akther, C. Ying, A. Larracuente, L. Li, C. Di, R. Nunez, D. M. Cucura, N. L. Goddard, K. Krampis, W. Qiu

The paper develops a deep sequencing method to identify and quantify Lyme pathogen strains by analyzing the ospC gene in ticks, revealing mixed infections and a new strain related to Borreliella bissettiae.

bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2018Microbiology