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Robert C. Jones
Stanford UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7235-9854Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2019-2026 · peak 6/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
10 top collaborators · 27 mutual co-author links23 papers
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- NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
- GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Single-cell splice isoform usage reveals distinct axes of cellular identity and senescence
Madhav Mantri, Angela M. Detweiler, Jaeyoon Lee…·Stephen R. Quake
The paper presents a single-cell long-read isoform atlas across 26 human tissues, revealing novel isoforms and their role in cellular identity and senescence.
- Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Hypothalamic Cell Type Evolution across Vertebrates
Yunming Wu, Prateek R Kalakuntla, Billie C. Goolsby…·Liqun Luo
This study identifies conserved and clade-specific hypothalamic cell types across vertebrates using single-cell transcriptomics, revealing conserved transcription factors and rewired regulatory linkages.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.23.746350 - Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
Tabula Sapiens reveals the non-coding RNA landscape across 22 human organs and tissues
Jaeyoon Lee, Madhav Mantri, Kavita Murthy…·Stephen R. Quake
The paper expands Tabula Sapiens to include non-coding RNA data from 22 human tissues, revealing cell type-specific expression and subcellular localization patterns of non-coding RNAs.
- BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Benchmarking Cell Type and Gene Set Annotation by Large Language Models with AnnDictionary
George Crowley, Robert C. Jones, Mark A. Krasnow…·David Seong
The paper benchmarks large language models for cell-type and gene set annotation using AnnDictionary, finding high accuracy in cell-type annotation and strong functional gene set recovery.
- Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
Linking molecular pathways and islet cell dysfunction in human type 1 diabetes
Theodore dos Santos, Xiao Qing Dai, Robert C. Jones…·Patrick E. MacDonald
This study investigates islet cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetes by integrating electrophysiological, transcriptomic, and machine learning analyses of human islet cells from T1D donors.
1 citation - Developmental BiologySciencePeer-reviewed
Aging Fly Cell Atlas Identifies Exhaustive Aging Features at Cellular Resolution
Tzu‐Chiao Lu, Maria Brbić, Ye-Jin Park…·Hongjie Li
The paper presents an aging Drosophila cell atlas, identifies cell type-specific aging patterns, and shows ribosomal gene expression as a conserved aging predictor.
118 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsNature Computational SciencePeer-reviewed
Adversarial domain translation networks for fast and accurate integration of large-scale atlas-level single-cell datasets
Jia Zhao, Gefei Wang, Jingsi Ming…·Patricia Kim Phuong Nguyen
Portal integrates large-scale single-cell datasets efficiently and accurately by preserving biological variation across samples, platforms, and species.
- Cell BiologySciencePeer-reviewed
The Tabula Sapiens: a multiple organ single cell transcriptomic atlas of humans
Robert C. Jones, Jim Karkanias, Mark A. Krasnow…·Andrea R. Yung
Nearly 500,000 cells from 24 human tissues, many from one donor, characterize over 400 cell types and enable within-donor study of T-cell clones, B-cell mutation rates and splicing.
- Molecular BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Inhibiting USP16 rescues stem cell aging and memory in an Alzheimer's model
Felicia Reinitz, Elizabeth Y. Chen, Benedetta Nicolis di Robilant…·Michael F. Clarke
The paper shows reducing USP16 improves neural precursor cell function and memory in an Alzheimer's model by affecting Cdkn2a and BMP signaling.
16 citations - GenomicsSciencePeer-reviewed
Fly Cell Atlas: a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly
Hongjie Li, Jasper Janssens, Maxime De Waegeneer…·Kai Li
The paper creates a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, identifying over 250 cell types and analyzing gene signatures and sexual dimorphism across tissues.
847 citationstop 1% - GenomicsNaturePeer-reviewed
Molecular hallmarks of heterochronic parabiosis at single cell resolution
Róbert Pálovics, Andreas Keller, Nicholas Schaum…·Rahul Sinha
This study uses single-cell RNA-sequencing to analyze cell type-specific responses to young or aged blood in heterochronic parabiosis, identifying mitochondrial function as a key factor in rejuvenation.
- Developmental BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Coronary blood vessels from distinct origins converge to equivalent states during mouse and human development
Ragini Phansalkar, Josephine Krieger, Mingming Zhao…·Kristy Red‐Horse
The paper shows that coronary endothelial cells in mouse and human hearts initially show lineage-specific transcriptional differences but later become influenced by location, with adult cells becoming more homogeneous.
- Cell BiologybioRxivPreprint
Lung mesenchymal cell diversity rapidly increases at birth and is profoundly altered by hyperoxia
Fabio Zanini, Xibing Che, Nina E. Suresh…·David N. Cornfield
The paper uses single-cell transcriptomics and in-situ imaging to study lung mesenchymal cell diversity during development and hyperoxia, finding delayed diversity and emergence of Acta1+ cells under hyperoxic conditions.
- GeneticsGenome ResearchPeer-reviewed
A plug and play microfluidic platform for standardized sensitive low-input Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
René A. M. Dirks, Peter C. Thomas, Haoyu Wu…·Hendrik Marks
This paper introduces a microfluidic platform for standardized, sensitive ChIP-Seq on low-input samples, enabling high-throughput and reproducible epigenetic profiling.
8 citations - Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprint
Developmental diversity and unique sensitivity to injury of lung endothelial subtypes during a period of rapid postnatal growth
Fabio Zanini, Xibing Che, Carsten Knutsen…·Cristina M. Alvira
The paper profiles the transcriptional development and injury sensitivity of lung endothelial subtypes during postnatal growth, revealing distinct transcriptomic changes and differential responses to hyperoxia.
3 citations - NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Single-cell transcriptomes of developing and adult olfactory receptor neurons in Drosophila
Colleen N. McLaughlin, Maria Brbić, Qijing Xie…·Hongjie Li
The paper generates single-cell transcriptomes of Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons across development and adulthood, revealing stable receptor expression and cell-type-specific transcriptomic features.
119 citationstop 1% - NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Temporal evolution of single-cell transcriptomes of Drosophila olfactory projection neurons
Qijing Xie, Maria Brbić, Felix Horns…·Hongjie Li
The paper analyzes single-cell transcriptomes of Drosophila olfactory projection neurons across developmental stages to identify transcriptomic changes and cellular diversity patterns.
72 citationstop 3% - NeuroscienceSciencePeer-reviewed
Cerebellar nuclei evolved by repeatedly duplicating a conserved cell type set
Justus M. Kebschull, Ethan B. Richman, Noam Ringach…·Liqun Luo
The paper identifies a conserved cell type set in cerebellar nuclei across species and shows how it was duplicated to form new regions, with a shift in dominance in humans.
- BioinformaticsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Northstar enables automatic classification of known and novel cell types from tumor samples
Fabio Zanini, Bojk A. Berghuis, Robert C. Jones…·Stephen R. Quake
Northstar automatically classifies known and novel cell types from tumor samples with high accuracy and robustness.
- Developmental BiologyeLifePeer-reviewed
Diverse homeostatic and immunomodulatory roles of immune cells in the developing mouse lung revealed at single cell resolution
Racquel Domingo-Gonzalez, Fabio Zanini, Xibing Che…·Cristina M. Alvira
This study uses single-cell transcriptomics to reveal diverse immune cell roles in the developing mouse lung, showing dynamic changes in macrophage subtypes and their functions during lung development.
- GenomicsNature BiotechnologyPeer-reviewed
Benchmarking Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Protocols for Cell Atlas Projects
Elisabetta Mereu, Atefeh Lafzi, Cátia Moutinho…·Holger Heyn
This study benchmarks 13 scRNA-seq protocols to evaluate their effectiveness in characterizing cell types and states for cell atlas projects.
- BioinformaticsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Modeling Spatial Correlation of Transcripts With Application to Developing Pancreas
Ruishan Liu, Marco Mignardi, Robert C. Jones…·James Zou
The paper develops a tool to analyze spatial gene expression correlations in tissue sections, applied to human fetal pancreas development.
8 citations