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Eric Waltari

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San FranciscoORCID 0000-0001-6930-9645Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 3 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:benchmark study· 1

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJun 19, 2026

RNAquarium: an archive-scale atlas of zebrafish gene expression coupled with pan-taxonomic profiling reveals diverse viral drivers of transcriptomic states

Yttria Aniseia, Eric Waltari, H. H. HUANG…·Keir M. Balla

RNAquarium integrates zebrafish and metatranscriptomic data to identify viral drivers of transcriptomic states and support foundation-model training.

1 citation

zebrafishbulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintDec 21, 2024

Discovery of a novel bandavirus using metagenomic sequencing in a retrospective analysis of an unresolved 2020 mortality event involving black vultures in the northeastern United States.

Lusajo L. Mwakibete, Axel O. G. Hoarau, Vida Ahyong…·Cristina M. Tato

The paper identifies a novel bandavirus as the likely cause of a 2020 black vulture mortality event using metagenomic sequencing.

DOI 10.1101/2024.12.21.629921

virusmetagenomics

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BioinformaticsBMC BioinformaticsPeer-reviewedJan 30, 2024

PoMeLo: a systematic computational approach to predicting metabolic loss in pathogen genomes

Abigail Leigh Glascock, Eric Waltari, Gytis Dudas…·Vida Ahyong

PoMeLo predicts metabolic loss in pathogen genomes by analyzing gene and pathway degradation across bacterial species.

1 citation

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintAug 1, 2023

Evolutionary genomics identifies host-directed therapeutics to treat intracellular bacterial infections

Josette V. Medicielo, Eric Waltari, Abigail Leigh Glascock…·Vida Ahyong

This paper uses evolutionary genomics to identify host metabolic pathways critical for intracellular bacterial survival, validating them through in vitro assays and metabolomics.

3 citations

bacteria (other)metabolomics

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