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Samuel Wilkinson

University of BirminghamORCID 0000-0002-6944-5927Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Organism:virus· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Library preparation strategy critically impacts RNA virus sensitivity in clinical metagenomics

Dominika Stępniak, Bede Constantinides, Mia Weaver, Samantha Treagus, Samuel Wilkinson, Samuel Quarton, Mahboobeh Behruznia, Nicola Cumley, John Tyson, Alan McNally, Nicholas James Loman, Steven Pullan, Joshua Quick

This study shows that library preparation methods significantly affect RNA virus detection in clinical metagenomics, with SISPA-based approaches outperforming others in most scenarios.

medRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

PrimalScheme: open-source community resources for low-cost viral genome sequencing

Chris Kent, Andrew D. Smith, John R. Tyson, Dominika Stepniak, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Tracy D. Lee, Mia Weaver, Natalie Sparks, Lauren Landsdowne, Samuel Wilkinson, Thomas Brier, Rachel Colquhoun, Aine Niamh O’Toole, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Ian Goodfellow, , Joshua Quick

PrimalScheme provides open-source tools for designing low-cost viral genome sequencing primers, generating over 67,000 schemes and enabling large-scale genomic surveillance.

bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2024 · PreprintGenomics