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Samir F. Watson

Aarhus UniversityORCID 0000-0001-5073-2910Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Molecular Biology· 2 Synthetic Biology· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1

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Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 25, 2026

Splice-Aware Optimization Prevents Pervasive Missplicing of Natural and Synthetic cDNAs

Mohd Ahmad, Fernando Bellido Molías, Laura Cano-Aroca…·Grzegorz R. Kudla

The paper identifies missplicing as a common issue in heterologous gene expression and develops a splice-aware optimization algorithm to improve transgene performance.

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humanDNA methylation

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintApr 14, 2026

Fine-tuning m6A and METTL3 levels have profound impact on cellular proliferation and protein synthesis

Samir F. Watson, Johanna Luige, Sarah N’da Konan…·Ulf Andersson Ørom

The paper shows that altering m6A and METTL3 levels affects cellular proliferation and protein synthesis in TNBC cells.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.14.718245

humanlong-read sequencing

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Molecular BiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewedNov 4, 2019

ILF3 contributes to the establishment of the antiviral type I interferon program

Samir F. Watson, Nicolás Bellora, Sara Macías

The paper identifies ILF3 as a host factor essential for translating antiviral cytokines and interferon-stimulated genes during dsRNA-induced antiviral responses.

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humanbulk RNA-seq

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