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Arnav Lal

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1653-4184Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ahmed M. MoustafaiD· 1 shared Daniel P. BeitingiD· 1 shared Ernesto Vaca· 1 shared Jade C. RiopelleiD· 1 shared Katherine Gilbert· 1 shared Katherine Villarin· 1 shared Kelly P. KennedyiD· 1 shared L. López Enríquez· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedAug 4, 2026

Human wastewater contamination drives the emergence of novel multidrug resistant bacteria in the Galapagos marine ecosystem.

Arnav Lal, Jade C. Riopelle, Katherine Villarin…·Daniel P. Beiting

This study maps wastewater contamination in the Galapagos and finds increased antimicrobial resistance genes and multidrug-resistant bacteria linked to human activity.

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bacteria (other)metagenomics

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJun 3, 2022

Efficient Pangenome Construction through Alignment-Free Residue Pangenome Analysis (ARPA)

Arnav Lal, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Paul Joseph Planet

ARPA uses residue counts to perform fast, alignment-free pangenome analysis, identifying homologous gene clusters more efficiently than standard methods.

DOI 10.1101/2022.06.03.494761

protein sequencestatistical model

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