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Jingyi Jessica Li
University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0000-0002-9288-5648Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2017-2026 · peak 14/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Synthetic Control Enables Reliable Cluster Validation and Marker Discovery in Omics Data: From Single-Cell and Spatial to Population-Scale
Dongyuan Song, Siqi Chen, Christy Lee…·Jingyi Jessica Li
ClusterDE identifies reliable markers and validates clusters in omics data by controlling false discovery rates through synthetic control, improving accuracy in single-cell, spatial, and bulk transcriptomics.
- BioinformaticsNature BiotechnologyPeer-reviewed
A unified framework of realistic in silico data generation and statistical model inference for single-cell and spatial omics
Dongyuan Song, Qingyang Wang, Guanao Yan…·Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper introduces scDesign3, a statistical simulator that generates realistic single-cell and spatial omics data and infers biologically meaningful parameters for benchmarking computational tools.
151 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
scDEED: a statistical method for detecting dubious 2D single-cell embeddings and optimizing t-SNE and UMAP hyperparameters
Lucy Xia, Christy Lee, Jingyi Jessica Li
scDEED detects unreliable 2D single-cell embeddings and optimizes t-SNE and UMAP hyperparameters using a reliability score across multiple scRNA-seq datasets.
5 citations - BioinformaticsComputational and Structural Biotechnology JournalPeer-reviewed
Exploring the Optimization of Autoencoder Design for Imputing Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data
Nan Miles Xi, Jingyi Jessica Li
This study evaluates how autoencoder architecture and hyperparameters affect scRNA-seq imputation performance and provides guidelines for optimization.
6 citations - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Single-cell generalized trend model (scGTM): a flexible and interpretable model of gene expression trend along cell pseudotime
Elvis Han Cui, Dongyuan Song, Weng Kee Wong, Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper introduces scGTM, a model for capturing interpretable gene expression trends along pseudotime, showing it can reveal molecular insights in single-cell data.
5 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Markonv: a novel convolutional layer with inter-positional correlations modeled
Jingyi Jessica Li, Yuhao Tan, Zheng-Yang Wen…·Ge Gao
The paper introduces Markonv, a convolutional layer that models inter-positional correlations using Markov transition matrices, showing effectiveness in analyzing omics data and decoding electrical signals.
DOI 10.1101/2022.06.09.495500 - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Wilcoxon rank-sum test still outperforms dearseq after accounting for the normalization impact in semi-synthetic RNA-seq data simulation
Yumei Li, Xinzhou Ge, Fanglue Peng…·Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper re-evaluates differential expression methods on semi-synthetic RNA-seq data without normalization, finding the Wilcoxon rank-sum test still outperforms dearseq in FDR control and power.
2 citations - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
scSampler: fast diversity-preserving subsampling of large-scale single-cell transcriptomic data
Dongyuan Song, Nan Miles Xi, Jingyi Jessica Li, Lin Wang
scSampler is a fast diversity-preserving subsampling method for single-cell transcriptomic data that outperforms existing methods in speed and accuracy.
14 citations - BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
A large-sample crisis? Exaggerated false positives by popular differential expression methods
Yumei Li, Xinzhou Ge, Fanglue Peng…·Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper shows that popular differential expression methods like DESeq2 and edgeR have high false discovery rates in population-level RNA-seq data, recommending the Wilcoxon rank-sum test instead.
303 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
PCA outperforms popular hidden variable inference methods for QTL mapping
Heather J. Zhou, Lei Li, Yumei Li…·Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper benchmarks PCA against hidden variable inference methods for QTL mapping, finding PCA to be faster, better-performing, and more interpretable.
- BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
Statistics or biology: the zero-inflation controversy about scRNA-seq data
Ruochen Jiang, Tianyi Sun, Dongyuan Song, Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper discusses the controversy around zero-inflation in scRNA-seq data, evaluates impacts of non-biological zeros, and benchmarks different data types.
614 citationstop 1% - GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
CAMO: A molecular congruence analysis framework for evaluating model organisms
Wei Zong, Tanbin Rahman, Li Zhu…·George C. Tseng
CAMO evaluates omics congruence between model organisms and humans by analyzing differential analysis, concordance, pathway investigations, and subnetwork detection.
- BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
Clipper: p-value-free FDR control on high-throughput data from two conditions
Xinzhou Ge, Yiling Elaine Chen, Dongyuan Song…·Jingyi Jessica Li
Clipper provides a p-value-free FDR control method for high-throughput data from two conditions, outperforming existing approaches without relying on p-values or distributional assumptions.
52 citations - GenomicsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
mbImpute: an accurate and robust imputation method for microbiome data
Ruochen Jiang, Wei Vivian Li, Jingyi Jessica Li
mbImpute improves microbiome data analysis by accurately imputing non-biological zeros, enhancing the detection of disease-related taxa in type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer data.
61 citationstop 4% - BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
scDesign2: a transparent simulator that generates high-fidelity single-cell gene expression count data with gene correlations captured
Tianyi Sun, Dongyuan Song, Wei Vivian Li, Jingyi Jessica Li
scDesign2 generates high-fidelity synthetic single-cell gene expression data with gene correlations, enabling benchmarking of experimental protocols and computational methods.
111 citationstop 2% - BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
PseudotimeDE: inference of differential gene expression along cell pseudotime with well-calibrated p-values from single-cell RNA sequencing data
Dongyuan Song, Jingyi Jessica Li
PseudotimeDE identifies differentially expressed genes along cell pseudotime using single-cell RNA-seq data with well-calibrated p-values, outperforming existing methods in false discovery rate control and power.
79 citationstop 4% - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
scPNMF: sparse gene encoding of single cells to facilitate gene selection for targeted gene profiling
Dongyuan Song, Kexin Li, Zachary Hemminger…·Jingyi Jessica Li
scPNMF selects informative genes from scRNA-seq data to improve cell type distinction and enable alignment with targeted gene profiling data.
26 citations - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
RAD: a web application to identify region associated differentially expressed genes
Yixin Guo, Ziwei Xue, Ruihong Yuan…·Wanlu Liu
RAD identifies region-associated differentially expressed genes by linking genomic regions to gene expression changes, providing visualization and statistical analysis.
23 citations - BioinformaticsScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
DORGE: Discovery of Oncogenes and Tumor SuppressoR Genes Using Genetic and Epigenetic Features
Jie Lyu, Jingyi Jessica Li, Jianzhong Su…·Wei Li
DORGE identifies cancer driver genes by integrating genetic and epigenetic data, finding histone modifications predict TSGs and missense mutations predict OGs.
63 citations - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Bipartite Tight Spectral Clustering (BiTSC) Algorithm for Identifying Conserved Gene Co-clusters in Two Species
Yidan Eden Sun, Heather J. Zhou, Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper introduces BiTSC, an algorithm for identifying conserved gene co-clusters across two species using orthology and expression data, showing its accuracy and biological relevance.
6 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
DreamAI: algorithm for the imputation of proteomics data
Weiping Ma, Sunkyu Kim, Shrabanti Chowdhury…·Pei Wang
An ensemble of six imputation methods, built through the NCI-CPTAC Proteogenomics DREAM Challenge, fills missing values in labeled LC-MS/MS proteomics data, helping most for low-abundance proteins.
51 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Cellular heterogeneity-adjusted clonal methylation (CHALM) provides better prediction of gene expression
Jianfeng Xu, Jiejun Shi, Xiaodong Cui…·Wei Li
The paper introduces CHALM, a methylation quantification method that accounts for cellular heterogeneity, improving the correlation between methylation and gene expression.
- BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Annotating Gene Ontology terms for protein sequences with the Transformer model
Dat Duong, Lisa Gai, Ankith Uppunda…·Kai-Wei Chang
The paper introduces a Transformer-based model for annotating Gene Ontology terms in protein sequences, showing improved accuracy over CNN-based methods and incorporating additional features like BLAST motifs and structural data.
6 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Evaluating Representations for Gene Ontology Terms
Dat Duong, Ankith Uppunda, Lisa Gai…·Kai-Wei Chang
This paper evaluates neural network models for embedding Gene Ontology terms and introduces new models based on GCN, ELMo, and BERT, finding that BERT-based embeddings perform best for rare labels.
- BioinformaticsGenome ResearchPeer-reviewed
AIDE: annotation-assisted isoform discovery with high precision
Wei Vivian Li, Shan Li, Xin Tong…·Jingyi Jessica Li
AIDE improves mRNA isoform discovery by using annotation to enhance precision and reduce errors in RNA-seq data analysis.
14 citations - GenomicsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
Quantitative Principles of cis-translational control by general mRNA sequence features in eukaryotes
Jingyi Jessica Li, Guo-Liang Chew, Mark D. Biggin
The paper quantifies how general mRNA sequence features control translation rates across eukaryotes and identifies key structural and compositional elements involved.
39 citations - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
A statistical simulator scDesign for rational scRNA-seq experimental design
Wei Vivian Li, Jingyi Jessica Li
scDesign is a statistical simulator that helps optimize scRNA-seq experimental design by assessing sequencing parameters and generating synthetic datasets for method development.
76 citations - BioinformaticsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
EpiAlign: an alignment-based bioinformatic tool for comparing chromatin state sequences
Xinzhou Ge, Haowen Zhang, Lingjue Xie…·Jingyi Jessica Li
EpiAlign is a new alignment tool for comparing chromatin state sequences across epigenomic data, identifying common patterns and cell-type-specific features.
7 citations - BioinformaticsJournal of Computational BiologyPeer-reviewed
Word and sentence embedding tools to measure semantic similarity of Gene Ontology terms by their definitions
Dat Duong, Wasi Uddin Ahmad, Eleazar Eskin…·Jingyi Jessica Li
The paper introduces two NLP-based methods to measure semantic similarity of Gene Ontology terms using their definitions, achieving better classification accuracy than tree-based methods.