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David Finkelstein

St. Jude Children's Research HospitalORCID 0000-0002-5196-6556Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1

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CanID: a robust and accurate RNAseq Expression-based diagnostic classification scheme for pediatric malignancies

Daniel K. Putnam, Alexander M. Gout, Delaram Rahbarinia, Meiling Jin, David Finkelstein, Xiaotu Ma, Jinghui Zhang, David A. Wheeler, Larissa V. Furtado, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen

CanID is a machine learning classifier for pediatric cancer subtypes using RNAseq data, achieving 99% accuracy for solid tumors and 92-93% for hematologic malignancies.

Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics · Nov 29, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Surprising Phenotypic Diversity of Cancer-associated mutations of Gly 34 in the Histone H3 tail

Brandon R. Lowe, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Ryan A. Henry, Patrick A. Schreiner, Atsushi Matsuda, Alfonso G. Fernandez, David Finkelstein, Margaret Campbell, Satish Kallappagoudar, Carolyn M. Jablonowski, Andrew J. Andrews, Yasushi Hiraoka, Janet F. Partridge

The paper shows that different mutations at Gly 34 of histone H3 cause distinct phenotypes in cancer, affecting DNA repair and genomic stability.

eLife · Feb 1, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology