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Keith Walcott

University of California, San FranciscoORCID 0000-0003-2896-2431Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Genetics· 1

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Anita SiliD· 2 shared Christina M. HomeriD· 2 shared Mark VoorhiesiD· 2 shared Anna Kurianowicz· 1 shared Annette ChoiiD· 1 shared Bastian JoehnkiD· 1 shared Brian ImbiakhaiD· 1 shared Bridget M. BarkeriD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyPLoS BiologyPeer-reviewedApr 15, 2025

Transcriptomic atlas of the morphologic development of the fungal pathogen Coccidioides reveals key phase-enriched transcripts

Christina M. Homer, Mark Voorhies, Keith Walcott…·Anita Sil

This study creates a transcriptomic atlas of Coccidioides development, identifying spherule-enriched transcripts and RYP1-regulated genes critical for virulence.

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C. elegansbulk RNA-seq

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MicrobiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedMar 31, 2025

Enhanced RNA replication and pathogenesis in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring the L260F mutation in NSP6

Taha Y. Taha, Shahrzad Ezzatpour, Jennifer M. Hayashi…·Mélanie Ott

This study identifies the L260F mutation in NSP6 as enhancing RNA replication and pathogenesis in recent SARS-CoV-2 variants, independent of Spike function.

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humanwhole-genome sequencing

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintAug 5, 2024

Inferring the composition of a mixed culture of natural microbial isolates by deep sequencing

Mark Voorhies, Bastian Joehnk, Jessie Uehling…·Anita Sil

The paper develops a method to infer strain composition in microbial mixed cultures using natural SNPs as barcodes, validated on Coccidioides posadasii isolates and applied to GWAS.

DOI 10.1101/2024.08.05.606565

fungi (other)whole-genome sequencing

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