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Richard A Schäfer

Northwestern UniversityORCID 0000-0001-9938-1920Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJul 5, 2026

Analysis of isoform complexity in pan-transcriptome graphs with atroplex

Richard A Schäfer, Yangyang Li, Joshua Fry, Rendong Yang

This paper introduces atroplex, a framework for indexing and comparing isoform complexity across pan-transcriptomes, enabling cross-cohort structural analysis of alternative splicing.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.30.735696

long-read sequencingexperimental assay

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BioinformaticsBriefings in BioinformaticsPeer-reviewedJul 1, 2025

A Comprehensive Benchmark of Tools for Efficient Genomic Interval Querying

Richard A Schäfer, Rendong Yang

The paper benchmarks genomic interval querying tools using simulated datasets, evaluating performance, memory usage, and precision across different tools and data structures.

DOI 10.1093/bib/bbaf379

benchmark studybenchmarking

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