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Venesa Sahibdeen

Lancet LaboratoriesORCID 0000-0002-5907-7147Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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Ovokeraye H. OduaraniD· 2 shared Shane Anthony NorrisiD· 2 shared Alexia J. Murphy‐AlfordiD· 1 shared Alisha N. WadeiD· 1 shared Ami Siddharth BhattiD· 1 shared Claudine K. Nkera-GutabaraiD· 1 shared Douglas J. MombergiD· 1 shared Dylan G. MaghiniiD· 1 shared

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From Growth Faltering to Recovery: Gut Microbial and Body Composition Signatures of Early Childhood Malnutrition Phenotypes

Evelyn Takyi, Douglas J. Momberg, Rihlat Said Mohamed, Jonathan Bernard, Shane Norris, Linda Richter, Julian May, Alexia J. Murphy‐Alford, Lutricia Rakgoale, Venesa Sahibdeen, Claudine K. Nkera-Gutabara, Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, Lee E. Voth‐Gaeddert

The paper identifies distinct gut microbial and body composition signatures associated with different growth trajectories in South African infants during their first year of life.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Short- and long-read metagenomics of South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and novel taxa

Fiona B. Tamburini, Dylan G. Maghini, Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Ryan Brewster, Michaella Hulley, Venesa Sahibdeen, Shane Anthony Norris, Stephen M. Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Ryan Gregory Wagner, Alisha N. Wade, Floidy Wafawanaka, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Rhian Twine, Zané Lombard, , Ami Siddharth Bhatt

This study uses short- and long-read metagenomics to analyze gut microbiomes in South African populations, revealing intermediate composition and novel taxa not captured by existing reference databases.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2020 · PreprintGenomics