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Sarah Ahannach

University of AntwerpORCID 0000-0002-8274-5342Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 3 Bioinformatics· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Sarah LebeeriD· 4 shared Eline CauwenberghsiD· 2 shared Irina SpacovaiD· 2 shared Isabel ErreygersiD· 2 shared Margo HieliD· 2 shared Sam BakelantsiD· 2 shared Sandra Condori-CatachuraiD· 2 shared Sarah Van den BoschiD· 2 shared

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Vitamin B2 Production by Vaginal Lactobacilli Promotes Symbiosis

Caroline E. M. K. Dricot, Denise Medeiros Selegato, Tim Van Rillaer, Eline Cauwenberghs, Isabel Erreygers, Margo Hiel, Amber Brauer-Nikonow, Annelies Breynaert, Stefanie Wijnants, Isabel Pintelon, Sandra Condori-Catachura, Sarah Ahannach, Thies Gehrmann, Sam Bakelants, Nina Hermans, , Sarah Lebeer

This study identifies riboflavin production by vaginal lactobacilli and shows its role in modulating host immune responses and redox balance.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

The female intimate microbiome space

Leonore Vander Donck, Thies Gehrmann, Sarah Ahannach, Sarah Van den Bosch, Margo Hiel, Lize Delanghe, Camille Nina Allonsius, Eline Cauwenberghs, Irina Spacova, Eline F. M. Oerlemans, Stijn Wittouck, Ilke De Boeck, Gilbert G.G. Donders, Véronique Verhoeven, Sarah Lebeer

The paper examines microbial dispersal across female intimate body sites and finds lactobacilli are unexpectedly abundant on breast skin.

npj Women s Health · Oct 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

First-void urine and cervicovaginal brushes as sampling devices for vaginal microbiome studies: a proof-of-concept study

María Pinedo-Bardales, Anne Van Caesbroeck, Sarah Ahannach, Margo Bell, Severien Van Keer, Laura Téblick, Isabel Erreygers, Sam Bakelants, Sarah Van den Bosch, Sandra Condori-Catachura, Stijn Wittouck, Alex Vorsters, Sarah Lebeer

This study compares first-void urine and cervicovaginal brushes to vaginal swabs for microbiome profiling in ten women, finding comparable results but highlighting storage effects and the need for optimized self-sampling techniques.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Standardising a microbiome pipeline for body fluid identification from complex crime scene stains

Meghna Swayambhu, Mario Gysi, Cordula Haas, Larissa Schuh, Larissa Walser, Fardin Javanmard, Tamara Flury, Sarah Ahannach, Sarah Lebeer, Eirik Nataas Hanssen, Lars Gustav Snipen, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Rolf Kümmerli, Natasha Arora

This study develops a random forest classifier to identify body fluids from complex crime scene stains using microbiome data, achieving an F1 score of 0.89 on forensic samples.

bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2024 · PreprintBioinformatics