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Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath

University of Inland NorwayORCID 0000-0002-0301-6441Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:deconvolution· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Rafi AhmadiD· 3 shared Jawad AliiD· 2 shared Can ImirzaliogluiD· 1 shared Crystal ChapagainiD· 1 shared Emil Varman Manivannan· 1 shared Florian WagenlehneriD· 1 shared Gunnar Skov SimonseniD· 1 shared Isabell Kegel· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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From culture to clarity in four hours: accelerating clinical management of bloodstream infections using metagenomics

Jawad Ali, Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath, Silje Therese Opgård, Emil Varman Manivannan, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Rafi Ahmad

This paper develops and evaluates a method for rapid metagenomic sequencing of blood cultures to identify pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections within 4 hours.

bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Rapid clinical metagenomics enables early tailored therapy in complicated urinary tract infections and strengthens antimicrobial stewardship

Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath, Isabell Kegel, Sverre Branders, Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen, Can Imirzalioglu, Torsten Hain, Florian Wagenlehner, Rafi Ahmad

This paper evaluates URINN, a metagenomic workflow for rapid UTI diagnosis, showing high accuracy in pathogen detection and antibiotic resistance prediction.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Development and optimization of the host DNA depletion in blood cultures using a saponin and SAN nucleases-based method

Jawad Ali, Anurag Basavaraj Bellankimath, Jonathan Hira, Crystal Chapagain, Rafi Ahmad

This paper develops and optimizes a method using saponin and SAN nucleases to deplete host DNA from blood cultures, improving bacterial DNA extraction for sepsis diagnosis.

bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology