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Brian S. Leander

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0003-0798-0470Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alana M. Closs· 1 shared Alfredo Rodriguez RuiziD· 1 shared Dagmar JírsováiD· 1 shared Danja Currie‐OlseniD· 1 shared Eunji ParkiD· 1 shared Gianluca Fuggiti· 1 shared Gordon LaxiD· 1 shared Ina NaiD· 1 shared

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Evolutionary BiologyJournal of Eukaryotic MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedFeb 26, 2026

Phylogenomic placement and morphological description of a novel phagotrophic euglenid from Hawaii: Hokulea waialensis n. gen. et sp.

Alfredo Rodriguez Ruiz, Maia V. Palka, Gordon Lax…·Jeremy G. Wideman

The paper describes a new euglenid species, Hokulea waialensis, and places it phylogenomically within the ploeotid group using single-cell sequencing and phylogenetic analysis.

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scRNA-seqexperimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintApr 8, 2025

Single-cell phylogenomics identifies major groups of marine eugregarine parasites (Apicomplexa)

Eunji Park, Ina Na, Alana M. Closs…·Brian S. Leander

The paper uses single-cell transcriptomes to identify five new superfamily-level groups of marine eugregarine parasites, expanding phylogenomic data and classification.

2 citations

scRNA-seqdeep learning

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