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Xiaoliang Ba

University of CambridgeORCID 0000-0002-3882-3585Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Andrew J. GrantiD· 2 shared Mark A. HolmesiD· 2 shared Aaron R. JeffriesiD· 1 shared Alexander W. TuckeriD· 1 shared Audrey FarbosiD· 1 shared Bing ZhangiD· 1 shared Duncan J. MaskelliD· 1 shared Elizabeth M. Lay· 1 shared

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Prophage and metabolic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus survival to vancomycin identified via TraDIS screening

Sophia Zborowsky, Urszula Łapińska, Paul O'Neill, Audrey Farbos, Aaron R. Jeffries, Xiaoliang Ba, Mark A. Holmes, Maisem Laabei, Bing Zhang, Mark A. T. Blaskovich, Andrew J. Grant, Stefano Pagliara

This study identifies 52 genes in MRSA associated with reduced vancomycin survival, emphasizing the role of prophage loci, metabolism, and stress responses over discrete resistance mechanisms.

mSystems · Sep 16, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

HAM-ART: An optimised culture-free Hi-C metagenomics pipeline for tracking antimicrobial resistance genes in complex microbial communities.

Lajos Kalmár, Srishti Gupta, Iain Robert Louis Kean, Xiaoliang Ba, Nazreen F. Hadjirin, Elizabeth M. Lay, Stefan P. W. de Vries, Michael Bateman, Harriet Bartlet, Juan Hernandez-Garcia, Alexander W. Tucker, Olivier Restif, Mark P. Stevens, James L. N. Wood, Duncan J. Maskell, , Mark A. Holmes

HAM-ART improves metagenomics by linking AMR genes to host chromosomes and plasmids, showing differences in AMR gene distribution between pig farms with varying antibiotic use.

PLoS Genetics · Mar 14, 2022Peer-reviewedBioinformatics