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Austin Varela

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterORCID 0000-0002-9068-7605Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Genetics· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Caleb A. LareauiD· 2 shared Laura C. KidaiD· 2 shared Allison J. Vela· 1 shared Andrew S. Kohlway· 1 shared Ann Le· 1 shared Benan N. NalbantiD· 1 shared Brooke E. HowittiD· 1 shared C. Cole HoneycuttiD· 1 shared

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2021-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Caleb A. LareauORCID

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintNov 9, 2026

Host control and regulation of human anellovirus persistence

Jacob C. Gutierrez, Thahmina A. Ali, C. Cole Honeycutt…·Caleb A. Lareau

This study identifies host factors and cellular contexts governing anellovirus persistence through genomic, transcriptomic, and functional analyses.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.05.764726

humanbulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJul 3, 2026

Scalable genotyping in fixed transcriptomes resolves clonal heterogeneity via single-cell sequencing

Sydney B. Blattman, Nabih Maslah, Austin Varela…·Caleb A. Lareau

GIFT enables high-accuracy genotyping in single cells, revealing mutation-dependent hematopoietic responses in MPN patients.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.11.717967

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BioinformaticsPeerJPeer-reviewedSep 15, 2021

Evolutionary Inference Predicts Novel ACE2 Protein Interactions Relevant to COVID-19 Pathologies

Austin Varela, Sammy Cheng, John H. Werren

This paper predicts novel ACE2 protein interactions using evolutionary inference, linking them to COVID-19 pathologies like coagulation and immune responses.

7 citations

humanprotein sequence

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