Aram Avila-Herrera

This study shows selenium deficiency in mice increases viral mutation diversity and generates mutations seen in SARS-CoV-2 pandemic variants.

Meta2DB provides a curated metagenomic database with 13,897 samples across 84 studies for predicting human health states using ML models.

The paper develops new Centrifuge-compatible nt databases to improve metagenomic classification accuracy by addressing reference database inconsistencies and growth challenges.

The paper shows that passaging SARS-CoV-2 viral stocks under antiserum selection pressure increases genetic diversity and antibody escape mutations, making them more representative of circulating viruses.

The paper identifies shared and distinct evolutionary solutions for chemosensory processing and courtship inhibition in two Drosophila species.

The paper identifies and prioritizes conserved protein families with no known domains using metagenomics data and phylogenetic analysis.