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Tijs Watzeels

University of AntwerpORCID 0000-0002-0232-5269Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Bert De RybeliD· 1 shared Carolin SeyfferthiD· 1 shared Clara Levit· 1 shared Deepali VasoyaiD· 1 shared Fahri KüçükaliiD· 1 shared Frank Van BreusegemiD· 1 shared Geert JorisiD· 1 shared Jasper Van DongeniD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Cross-protocol comparison of iPSC-microglia reveals hypofunction contributes to neuronal vulnerability and synaptic alterations in the MAPT-S305N model of frontotemporal dementia.

Deepali Vasoya, Lois Keavey, Clara Levit, Tijs Watzeels, Samuel Heron, Justyna Cholewa-Waclaw, Owen Dando, Renzo Mancuso, Kathryn R. Bowles

The paper compares two iPSC-microglia protocols to assess how the MAPT-S305N mutation affects microglial function and neuronal health in a frontotemporal dementia model.

bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Scywalker: scalable end-to-end data analysis workflow for nanopore single-cell transcriptome sequencing

Peter De Rijk, Tijs Watzeels, Fahri Küçükali, Jasper Van Dongen, Júlia Faura, Patrick Willems, Lara De Deyn, Lena Duchateau, Carolin Seyfferth, Thomas Eekhout, Tim De Pooter, Geert Joris, Stéphane Rombauts, Bert De Rybel, Rosa Rademakers, , Wouter De Coster

Scywalker provides a scalable analysis pipeline for nanopore single-cell transcriptome data, showing good correlation with short-read analyses and enabling isoform-level cell-type-specific expression identification.

bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics