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Mikhail R. Plaza

University of California, RiversideORCID 0000-0002-2587-8464Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Bioinformatics· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Assay:metabolomics· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:large language model· 1

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Assaf ZemachiD· 2 shared Bong Seop LeeiD· 2 shared Dior Simmons· 2 shared Dodanim Talavera‐AdameiD· 2 shared Melissa PalomaresiD· 2 shared Nathan NewmaniD· 2 shared Efrain Santiago-RodrigueziD· 1 shared Erin McAuley· 1 shared

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Yeast-Plant-Derived Consortia Factors Exhibit A Distinct And Enriched Beneficial Metabolome For Health And Beauty

Assaf Zemach, Mikhail R. Plaza, Melissa Palomares, Dior Simmons, Bong Seop Lee, Dodanim Talavera‐Adame, Nathan Newman

This study co-cultures yeast and plant cells to generate consortia factors with a distinct metabolome enriched in antioxidants, showing stronger antioxidant activity than individual cultures.

Cosmetics · Oct 26, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology

Expanded unbiased population-genomic summary statistics in pixy

Kieran Samuk, Matt Stone, Erin McAuley, Nicholas P. Bailey, Gina Lucas, Mikhail Plaza

The paper updates the pixy software to compute unbiased population-genomic summary statistics from all-sites VCFs, supporting new estimators, ploidy, multiallelic sites, and optimizations.

bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

From Metabolomics to Function: Ranking Plant Stem Cell Metabolomes for Use in Health and Cosmetics

Assaf Zemach, Mikhail R. Plaza, Bong Seop Lee, Leo Little Dod, Efrain Santiago-Rodriguez, Dior Simmons, Melissa Palomares, Dodanim Talavera‐Adame, Nathan Newman

The paper ranks plant callus metabolomes for health and cosmetic applications by identifying functionally relevant metabolites using a new pipeline.

Biomolecules · May 7, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry