Mahendra Mariadassou

R package NeighborFinder infers a focal species' co-abundance neighbors via repeated cross-validated ℓ1 regression, reaching F1 ≥ 0.95 on simulated cohorts of 250 to 1000 samples.

This study measures the mutation rate of phage lambda and finds it is higher than its host E. coli but not significantly increased by MMR inactivation.

OneNet infers consensus microbial interaction networks by combining seven methods, achieving higher precision and sparser networks than individual methods on synthetic and gut microbiome data.