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Taoran Qu

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Amruta JoshiiD· 3 shared Ines YangiD· 3 shared Jasmin GrischkeiD· 3 shared Matthias SteglichiD· 3 shared Meike StieschiD· 3 shared Szymon P. SzafrańskiiD· 3 shared Jan HegermanniD· 2 shared Paula Schaefer-Dreyer· 2 shared

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High-resolution taxonomic profiling and metatranscriptomics identify microbial, biochemical, host and ecological factors in peri-implant disease

Szymon P. Szafrański, Amruta Joshi, Matthias Steglich, Ines Yang, Taoran Qu, Wiebke Behrens, Uthayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Damianos P. Melidis, Paula Schaefer-Dreyer, Jasmin Grischke, Jan Hegermann, Wolfgang Nejdl, Susanne Häußler, Meike Stiesch

mSystems · Jul 31, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Integrative microbiome- and metatranscriptome-based analyses reveal diagnostic biomarkers for peri-implantitis

Amruta Joshi, Szymon P. Szafrański, Matthias Steglich, Ines Yang, Taoran Qu, Paula Schaefer-Dreyer, Xing Xiao, Wiebke Behrens, Jasmin Grischke, Susanne Häußler, Meike Stiesch

This study identifies diagnostic biomarkers for peri-implantitis by analyzing microbiome and metatranscriptome data from biofilm samples.

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes · Aug 26, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Invasive species drive polymicrobial resistance to amoxicillin in oral biofilms through beta-lactamase release

Amy L. Seidel, Matthias Steglich, Taoran Qu, Amruta Joshi, Malina Schneider, Andrea Spaic, Ines Yang, Jasmin Grischke, Evgenii Rubalskii, Lothar Koch, Boris N. Chichkov, Jan Hegermann, Piotr Majewski, Elżbieta Anna Tryniszewska, Jørgen Slots, , Meike Stiesch

The paper develops a method to detect polymicrobial amoxicillin resistance in oral biofilms and identifies beta-lactamase-producing species that confer cross-protection to other microbes.

bioRxiv · Jun 24, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology