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Sascha D. Braun

Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:long-read sequencing· 2 Research Focus:software / tool· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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AssayBLAST v2: Major update improving reliability and reporting of the in silico analysis of molecular multi-parameter assays

Tom Eulenfeld, Maximilian Collatz, Sascha D. Braun, Ralf Ehricht

AssayBLAST v2 improves the reliability and reporting of in silico analysis for molecular multi-parameter assays through enhanced validation and computational performance.

BMC Bioinformatics · Aug 31, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Targeted decontamination of sequencing data with CLEAN

Marie Lataretu, Sebastian Krautwurst, Matthew R. Huska, Mike Marquet, Adrian Viehweger, Sascha D. Braun, Christian Brandt, Martin Hölzer

The paper introduces CLEAN, a pipeline to remove contaminants from sequencing data, improving reproducibility and analysis quality.

NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics · Jul 4, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Accurate bacterial outbreak tracing with Oxford Nanopore sequencing and reduction of methylation-induced errors

Mara Lohde, Gabriel E. Wagner, Johanna Dabernig‐Heinz, Adrian Viehweger, Sascha D. Braun, Stefan Monecke, Celia Diezel, Claudia Stein, Mike Marquet, Ralf Ehricht, Mathias Wilhelm Pletz, Christian Brandt

This study evaluates Oxford Nanopore sequencing for outbreak tracing, identifies methylation-induced errors, and proposes a masking workflow to improve accuracy.

bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2023Molecular Biology