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Vikrant Minhas

University of LausanneORCID 0000-0002-2750-4677Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Jan‐Willem VeeningiD· 3 shared Albanne Gaudio· 1 shared Antoine GuilloniD· 1 shared Antoine HankardiD· 1 shared Bart DeplanckeiD· 1 shared Camilla Ciolli MattioliiD· 1 shared Charity S. G. GanskowiD· 1 shared Christophe PagetiD· 1 shared

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Genome-wide interrogation of genetic requirements for root colonization by CRISPRi-seq in Bacillus subtilis

Vikrant Minhas, Wiem Abidi, Jesús Cámara-Almirón, Huei-Hsuan Merissa Tsai, Valérie Dénervaud Tendon, Dimitra Synefiaridou, Jan‐Willem Veening, Niko Geldner

The paper uses CRISPRi-seq to identify genes required for Bacillus subtilis root colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana, revealing roles in cell envelope remodeling and metabolic shifts.

bioRxiv · Sep 11, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Epithelial innate immune sensing of pneumococci is inherently restricted to a small cellular minority across species and infection niches

Vikrant Minhas, Vincent de Bakker, Kin Ki Jim, Jun Kurushima, Joern Pezoldt, Rengifo-Gonzalez Monica, Camilla Ciolli Mattioli, Roi Avraham, Bart Deplancke, Jan‐Willem Veening

The paper shows pneumococcal infection activates innate immune genes in only 1-4% of lung epithelial cells, contrasting with E. coli's 40% response, and identifies prostaglandin signaling as protective during invasive disease.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

MAIT cells protect in severe pneumococcal pneumonia by regulating neutrophil/macrophage antimicrobial activities

Emilie Barsac, Loïc Gonzalez, Guy Ilango, Antoine Hankard, Youenn Jouan, Roxane Lemoine, Vikrant Minhas, Marion Lenain, Matthieu Bénard, Mégane Fernandez, Albanne Gaudio, Mustapha Si‐Tahar, Antoine Guillon, Thierry Mallevaey, Charity S. G. Ganskow, , Christophe Paget

bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2025 · PreprintImmunology