Kathryn Kananen

This study identifies C. scindens as the first anaerobe to catabolize riboflavin into lumichrome, revealing a novel gene neighborhood for anaerobic flavin degradation in Lachnospiraceae.

Phylogenize2 links microbial gene families to abundance phenotypes across diverse environments, identifying genes associated with specific ecological roles.

The paper develops a new statistical method for metagenomic gene-level analysis that reduces false positives and identifies a novel transcription factor linked to liver cirrhosis.

The paper improves microbial gene annotations by adaptively adjusting significance thresholds, enhancing sensitivity without sacrificing accuracy, especially for non-model organisms and underrepresented protein families.