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Thomas M. Kuntz

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0823-0340Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Curtis HuttenhoweriD· 2 shared Elizabeth A. PhelpsiD· 1 shared Emily A. GreeniD· 1 shared Eric A. FranzosaiD· 1 shared Himel MallickiD· 1 shared Jacob T. NearingiD· 1 shared Javiera P. OyarzúniD· 1 shared Jiaxian SheniD· 1 shared

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Item recognition is associated with gut microbiota composition in healthy humans

Javiera P. Oyarzún, Thomas M. Kuntz, Xochitl C. Morgan, Emily A. Green, Lila Davachi, Curtis Huttenhower, Joseph E. LeDoux, Elizabeth A. Phelps

The paper investigates the link between gut microbiota composition and item recognition in healthy humans, finding that alpha diversity and beta diversity are associated with memory performance.

Learning & Memory · Jun 4, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

MaAsLin 3: Refining and extending generalized multivariable linear models for meta-omic association discovery

William A. Nickols, Thomas M. Kuntz, Jiaxian Shen, Sagun Maharjan, Himel Mallick, Eric A. Franzosa, Kelsey N. Thompson, Jacob T. Nearing, Curtis Huttenhower

MaAsLin 3 fits hurdle models separating microbial prevalence (augmented logistic) and abundance (median-adjusted log-linear) associations, improving precision over existing differential abundance tools and showing 77% of IBD associations are prevalence-driven.

Nature Methods · Jan 15, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology✦ In-depth digest