James M. Wainaina

CheckAMG: Accurate Identification of Auxiliary Viral Genes with Genome-Language Models

CheckAMG identifies auxiliary viral genes by combining annotation-based prediction with a genome-language model, improving accuracy and uncovering novel genes with no sequence similarity to references.

RNA virus ecogenomics along a subarctic permafrost thaw gradient

The paper identifies and characterizes RNA viruses in permafrost soil over four years, showing their diversity is structured by habitat and linked to greenhouse gas emissions.

A novel method for single whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) transcriptomes reveals an eleven amino acid deletion in the NusG protein in the bacterial endosymbiont Portiera aleyrodidarum

This paper develops a method to sequence single whitefly transcriptomes, revealing an eleven amino acid deletion in the NusG protein of the endosymbiont Portiera aleyrodidarum in field-collected specimens.