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Edward James Schenck

Weill Cornell MedicineORCID 0000-0002-7950-5989Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Physiology· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:variant calling· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Christopher E. MasoniD· 2 shared Mirella SalvatoreiD· 2 shared Adrienne ChangiD· 1 shared Alain BorczukiD· 1 shared Alexander M. TataraiD· 1 shared Alexandre Pellan ChengiD· 1 shared Ali Ait HssainiD· 1 shared Alon ShaiberiD· 1 shared

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2021-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Genome-Wide Association Study of Sepsis Susceptibility in ICU Patients Identifies Arab Founder Loss-of-Function Variant in UBE2L3

Mahboubeh R. Rostami, Ali Ait Hssain, Amal Robay, Edward James Schenck, Jason G. Mezey, Ronald G. Crystal, Juan L. Rodríguez-Flores

medRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Lipid mobilization establishes metabolic tolerance and prevents autonomic collapse in infection

Ankita Sarkar, Shangkui Xie, Syed Kazim Rizvi, Tadiwanashe Gwatiringa, Sophie Heston, Samuel Piaker, Narges Alipanah, Jianyi Yin, Laurent Gautron, Soumya Kamath, Neena Alex, Ashutosh Shukla, Lin Jia, Rani Shiao, Lauren E Kemp, , Suraj J. Patel

This study identifies white adipose tissue lipolysis and circulating fatty acids as key mediators of metabolic tolerance to infection, showing improved survival in sepsis with beta3-adrenergic agonists.

bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology

A metagenomic DNA sequencing assay that is robust against environmental DNA contamination

Omary Mzava, Alexandre Pellan Cheng, Adrienne Chang, Sami Smalling, Liz-Audrey Djomnang Kounatse, Joan Sesing Lenz, Randy Longman, Amy E Steadman, Luis G. Gómez-Escobar, Edward James Schenck, Mirella Salvatore, Michael J. Satlin, Manikkam Suthanthiran, John R. Lee, Christopher E. Mason, , Iwijn De Vlaminck

The paper introduces Coffee-seq, a metagenomic DNA sequencing method that reduces environmental contamination, and applies it to detect infections and microbial signatures in clinical samples.

Nature Communications · Jul 21, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics

Shotgun Transcriptome and Isothermal Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Reveals Unique Host Responses, Viral Diversification, and Drug Interactions

Daniel Butler, Christopher Mozsary, Cem Meydan, Jonathan Foox, Joel A. Rosiene, Alon Shaiber, David Danko, Ebrahim Afshinnekoo, Matthew J. MacKay, Fritz Joachim Sedlazeck, Nikolay A. Ivanov, Maria A. Sierra, Diana Pohle, Michael Zietz, Undina Gisladottir, , Christopher E. Mason

This study uses rapid diagnostics and metatranscriptomics to analyze SARS-CoV-2 infection, revealing viral evolution, host responses, and drug interactions in NYC samples.

Nature Communications · Mar 12, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology