Onikepe A. Folarin

The paper investigates how silent mutations in SARS-CoV-2 affect RNA-binding protein interactions by generating synthetic variants and analyzing RBP binding patterns.

This study evaluates how different synonymous codon substitution strategies affect SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein expression in E. coli, identifying key parameters and RNA structures influencing expression and folding.

This study uses genomic data from 8746 SARS-CoV-2 genomes across 33 African countries to show that most epidemics were initiated by European importations and later driven by local transmission and mobility, leading to the spread of variants of concern.

The paper uses metagenomic sequencing to identify a yellow fever outbreak in Edo State, Nigeria, from undiagnosed fever cases.

The paper introduces CATCH, a method for designing compact and scalable probe sets to enhance metagenomic sequencing sensitivity, demonstrating improved viral genome recovery and diversity preservation.