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Rolf Sommer Kaas

Technical University of DenmarkORCID 0000-0002-5050-8668Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:software / tool· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintOct 6, 2026

PanRes: A database of latent and acquired antimicrobial resistance allowing 3D-based protein homology search

Martina Vojtkova, Martynas Baltušis, Hannah-Marie Martiny…·Patrick Munk

PanRes is a curated database of antimicrobial resistance genes that uses structural clustering and HMMs to improve detection of resistance determinants in metagenomes.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.22.733705

metagenomicsstatistical model

BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewedMar 21, 2026

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Whole-genome prediction of bacterial pathogenic capacity on novel bacteria using protein language models, with PathogenFinder2

Alfred Ferrer Florensa, José Juan Almagro Armenteros, Rolf Sommer Kaas…·Frank M. Aarestrup

A ProtT5-embedding, ConvNext-plus-attention ensemble predicts human pathogenic capacity from whole bacterial genomes, outperforming prior predictors on species absent from training and flagging influential proteins.

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bacteria (other)protein sequence

BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJan 29, 2024

ListPred: A predictive ML tool for virulence potential and disinfectant tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes

Alexander Gmeiner, Mirena Ivanova, Rolf Sommer Kaas…·Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon

ListPred predicts virulence potential and disinfectant tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes using WGS data with minimal computational resources and expertise.

DOI 10.1101/2024.01.29.577690

whole-genome sequencingmachine learning (classical)

BioinformaticsDatabasePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2019

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Clara Amid, Nima Pakseresht, Nicole C. Silvester…·Guy Cochrane

The paper describes an informatics platform for structured data storage and pre-publication sharing of pathogen sequencing data with stakeholders.

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database / resource