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Georgi Merhi

Lebanese American UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5558-4088Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Sima T. TokajianiD· 2 shared Ana Victoria Ibarra‐MenesesiD· 1 shared Atia B. Amin· 1 shared Balig PanossianiD· 1 shared Christopher Fernandez‐PradaiD· 1 shared David LanglaisiD· 1 shared Elio IssaiD· 1 shared George Farah ArajiD· 1 shared

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GenomicsCell ReportsPeer-reviewedFeb 1, 2026

Telomere-to-telomere assembly detects genomic diversity in Canadian strains of Borrelia burgdorferi

Atia B. Amin, Ana Victoria Ibarra‐Meneses, Simon Gagnon…·David Langlais

The paper develops a genome assembly pipeline to analyze Borrelia burgdorferi strains, revealing genomic diversity at telomeres and plasmids across Canadian isolates.

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bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJun 17, 2022

Whole genome-based characterization of multi-drug resistant Enterobacter and Klebsiella aerogenes isolates from Lebanon

Georgi Merhi, Sara Amayri, Ibrahim Bitar…·Sima T. Tokajian

This study characterizes multi-drug resistant Enterobacter and Klebsiella aerogenes isolates from Lebanon using whole-genome sequencing, identifying resistance mechanisms and plasmid profiles.

DOI 10.1101/2022.06.17.496657

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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GenomicsmSystemsPeer-reviewedMay 5, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 and ORF3a: Non-Synonymous Mutations and Polyproline Regions

Elio Issa, Georgi Merhi, Balig Panossian…·Sima T. Tokajian

The paper analyzes non-synonymous mutations and polyproline regions in ORF3a of SARS-CoV-2 genomes to assess their impact on B-cell epitope formation and immune evasion.

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