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Yicong Mao

Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China

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Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Chang Su (170990)· 1 shared Colleen F. Kelley· 1 shared Mengyu HeiD· 1 shared Vanessa Van DoreniD· 1 shared Yi-Juan Hu· 1 shared Yi‐Juan HuiD· 1 shared

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TestNet-PA: Sampling-Zero-Aware Inference of Microbial Presence-Absence Networks

Yicong Mao, Yi-Juan Hu

TestNet-PA addresses sampling zeros in microbial presence-absence networks by modeling them as structural or sampling zeros, improving FDR control and sensitivity compared to Fisher's exact test.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

TestNet: A Testing Method for Inferring Microbial Networks with False Discovery Rate Control, for Clustered and Unclustered Samples

Chang Su (170990), Yicong Mao, Mengyu He, Vanessa Van Doren, Colleen F. Kelley, Yi‐Juan Hu

TestNet infers microbial networks with FDR control, handling clustered and unclustered samples by generating null replicates that account for compositional effects and clustering.

Genome biology · Jun 4, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics