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Haithem Afli

Munster Technological UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7449-4707Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Bruno Gabriel Nascimento AndradeiD· 2 shared Alberto M. R. DávilaiD· 1 shared Felipe H. CoutinhoiD· 1 shared Francesca BottaciniiD· 1 shared Jamie A. FitzGeraldiD· 1 shared Keith CoughlaniD· 1 shared Mike LeskeiD· 1 shared Rafael R. C. CuadratiD· 1 shared

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Alignment-free Bacterial Taxonomy Classification with Genomic Language Models

Mike Leske, Jamie A. FitzGerald, Keith Coughlan, Francesca Bottacini, Haithem Afli, Bruno Gabriel Nascimento Andrade

This paper evaluates genomic language models for bacterial classification using 16S rRNA sequences, showing they match or outperform BLAST+ and VSEARCH in species-level classification.

bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics

Putative mobilized colistin resistance genes in the human gut microbiome

Bruno Gabriel Nascimento Andrade, Tobias Goris, Haithem Afli, Felipe H. Coutinho, Alberto M. R. Dávila, Rafael R. C. Cuadrat

The paper identifies and characterizes putative colistin resistance genes (MCR) in the human gut microbiome using bioinformatics analysis of metagenome assembled genomes.

BMC Microbiology · Jul 22, 2021Peer-reviewedBioinformatics