Lakshmanan K. Iyer

The paper identifies six reproducible nasopharyngeal community state types (NPCSTs) that explain most microbiome variance and develop a health index to assess nasopharyngeal wellness.

The paper uses 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize vaginal microbiomes in BV-diagnosed samples, showing strong concordance with PCR-based tests and identifying BV-associated microbial and metabolic signatures.

VCFCons generates consensus sequences from VCF files with customizable filtering for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance, producing accurate sequences accepted by GISAID and NCBI.