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Claire M. Buchanan

Northwestern UniversityORCID 0000-0003-3725-3469Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 1 Genomics· 1 Synthetic Biology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:protein sequence· 1 Research Focus:sequence-to-function modeling· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Approach:transformer / foundation model· 1

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Clayton M. DilksiD· 3 shared Erik C. AnderseniD· 2 shared Adrian Lange· 1 shared Andrew L. FergusoniD· 1 shared Anthony Beardsworth CostaiD· 1 shared Asher D. CutteriD· 1 shared Ayeh KhorshidianiD· 1 shared Bowen WangiD· 1 shared

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GenomicsGeneticsPeer-reviewedJul 28, 2026

Global genomic diversity of the selfing nematode Caenorhabditis tropicalis correlates with geography

Bowen Wang, Nicolas D. Moya, Robyn E. Tanny…·Erik C. Andersen

The paper analyzes the genomic diversity of C. tropicalis, finding geographic correlation and hyper-divergent regions linked to environmental adaptation.

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C. eleganswhole-genome sequencing

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Synthetic BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewedOct 6, 2025

ProT-VAE: Protein Transformer Variational AutoEncoder for Functional Protein Design

Emre Sevgen, Joshua Moller, Adrian Lange…·Andrew L. Ferguson

ProT-VAE designs functional proteins by learning sequence-function relationships using a transformer-based variational autoencoder, enabling conditional generation of novel sequences with high functionality.

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protein sequencevariational autoencoder

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GeneticsInternational Journal for Parasitology Drugs and Drug ResistancePeer-reviewedOct 9, 2021

Newly identified parasitic nematode beta-tubulin alleles confer resistance to benzimidazoles

Clayton M. Dilks, Emily J. Koury, Claire M. Buchanan, Erik C. Andersen

This study identifies four new beta-tubulin alleles in parasitic nematodes that confer resistance to benzimidazoles and show no significant fitness costs.

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C. elegansexperimental assay

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