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Charles M. A. P. Franz

Max Rubner InstitutORCID 0000-0001-9726-1845Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 3 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Frank HilleiD· 2 shared Áine O’Doherty· 1 shared Alexander Byth CarstensiD· 1 shared Alexia Beckmann· 1 shared Andrew Russell· 1 shared Ankita Athalye· 1 shared Anna Struebel· 1 shared Anton J. BlatnikiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMay 18, 2026

Danish profile of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae; A three-year field sampling study proving several clonal clades of soft rot isolates across diverse locations implicating a common origin

Julie Stenberg Pedersen, Laura Milena Forero Junco, Anna Struebel…·Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

The paper uses whole genome sequencing of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae isolates from Danish potato farms to trace disease spread and identify potential phage-based biocontrol strategies.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.11.724364

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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MicrobiologyJournal of Functional FoodsPeer-reviewedJun 7, 2025

Degradation of rutin and genistein and the effect on human bacterial fecal populations of obese and non-obese

Julia Jensen‐Kroll, Tobias J. Demetrowitsch, Sabrina Sprotte…·Karin Schwarz

This study examines the microbial degradation of rutin and genistein in fecal samples from obese and non-obese individuals, identifying metabolites and microbial shifts linked to health outcomes.

4 citations

humanbulk RNA-seq

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MicrobiologyMicrobiological ResearchPeer-reviewedMar 22, 2025

Isolation of phages infecting the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis reveals novel structural and genomic characteristics

Emmanuel Kuffour Osei, Reuben O’Hea, Christian Cambillau…·John G. Kenny

This study isolates and characterizes two novel phages infecting Streptococcus suis, revealing their genomic uniqueness and structural features relevant to phage therapy.

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zebrafishdeep learning

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Developmental BiologyDevelopmentPeer-reviewedJan 13, 2025

A Cardiac Transcriptional Enhancer is Repurposed During Regeneration to Activate an Anti-proliferative Program

Anupama Rao, Andrew Russell, Jose R. Segura-Bermudez…·Joseph Aaron Goldman

The paper identifies an enhancer, REN, that regulates gene expression during zebrafish heart regeneration by switching its target gene from adamts1 to runx1.

3 citations

zebrafishexperimental assay

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