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Giri Shan Rajahram

Ministry of HealthORCID 0000-0002-8123-476XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:virus· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Jacob A. F. WestawayiD· 4 shared Kim A. PieraiD· 4 shared Matthew J. GriggiD· 4 shared Nicholas M. AnsteyiD· 4 shared Timothy WilliamiD· 4 shared Bridget E. BarberiD· 3 shared Hidayat TrimarsantoiD· 3 shared Sarah AuburniD· 3 shared

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJun 19, 2026

Pfcrt copy number amplification detected in a Plasmodium falciparum outbreak

Anjana Rai, Chiyun Lee, Hidayat Trimarsanto…·Sarah Auburn

The paper identifies pfcrt copy number amplification as a new antimalarial resistance mechanism in Plasmodium falciparum and develops a TaqMan assay for its detection.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.18.732750

whole-genome sequencingexperimental assay

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintMar 23, 2026

Integrative genomics of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals parasite-intrinsic regulators of severe human malaria

Jacob A. F. Westaway, Ernest Diez Benavente, Michal Kucharski…·Matthew J. Grigg

This study identifies parasite-intrinsic transcriptional programs associated with severe P. knowlesi malaria through integrative GWAS, transcriptomic, and eQTL analyses of clinical isolates.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.22.713451

virusbulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsPLoS neglected tropical diseasesPeer-reviewedMar 12, 2025

Genomic epidemiology of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals putative genetic drivers of adaptation in Malaysia.

Jacob A. F. Westaway, Ernest Diez Benavente, Sarah Auburn…·Matthew J. Grigg

The paper analyzes P. knowlesi genomes from Sabah, Malaysia, to identify genetic subpopulations and introgression events linked to environmental factors and host adaptation.

4 citations

viruswhole-genome sequencing

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Evolutionary BiologyVirus EvolutionPeer-reviewedJan 1, 2024

A virus associated with the zoonotic pathogen Plasmodium knowlesi causing human malaria is a member of a diverse and unclassified viral taxon

Mary E. Petrone, Justine Charon, Matthew J. Grigg…·Edward Charles Holmes

The paper identifies a novel RNA virus in zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi isolates, showing it belongs to an unclassified viral taxon called ormycoviruses.

3 citations

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