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Benjamin P. Vandervalk

BC Cancer AgencyORCID 0000-0002-3082-3476Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:genome assembly· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Approach:matrix factorization· 1

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İnanç BiroliD· 3 shared René L. WarreniD· 3 shared Justin ChuiD· 2 shared Lauren CoombeiD· 2 shared Shaun D. JackmaniD· 2 shared Andrew J. J. MungalliD· 1 shared Branden V. Walle· 1 shared Caren C. HelbingiD· 1 shared

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Tigmint: Correcting Assembly Errors Using Linked Reads From Large Molecules

Shaun D. Jackman, Lauren Coombe, Justin Chu, René L. Warren, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Sarah Yeo, Zhuyi Xue, Hamid Mohamadi, Jöerg Bohlmann, Steven J.M. Jones, İnanç Birol

Tigmint corrects genome assembly errors using linked reads from long molecules, improving assembly contiguity and reducing misassemblies.

BMC Bioinformatics · Oct 26, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics

ARKS: chromosome-scale scaffolding of human genomedrafts with linked read kmers

Lauren Coombe, Jessica J Zhang, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Justin Chu, Shaun D. Jackman, İnanç Birol, René L. Warren

ARKS improves human genome assemblies using linked read kmers, achieving five-fold better contiguity than baseline methods.

BMC Bioinformatics · Jun 20, 2018Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

It’s okay to be green: Draft genome of the North American bullfrog (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana)

S. Austin Hammond, René L. Warren, Benjamin P. Vandervalk, Erdi Küçük, Hamza Ali Khan, Ewan A. Gibb, Pawan K. Pandoh, Heather Kirk, Yongjun Zhao, Martin R. Jones, Andrew J. J. Mungall, Robin Coope, Stephen Pleasance, Richard A. Moore, Robert A. Holt, , İnanç Birol

The paper reports the first draft genome of the North American bullfrog, providing genomic resources for amphibian research and supporting taxonomic classification.

Nature Communications · Nov 10, 2017Peer-reviewedGenomics