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Pia Aanstad

Natural History MuseumORCID 0000-0003-3893-2973Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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EcologybioRxivPreprintSep 3, 2026

City life: airborne DNA metagenomic biodiversity monitoring reveals dynamic changes across time and space

Ned Peel, Piotr Cuber, Darren Heavens…·Matthew D. Clark

This study uses airborne DNA metagenomics to monitor biodiversity across time and space, revealing seasonal and spatial shifts in species composition.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.31.747859

metagenomicsdeep learning

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintOct 15, 2021

How low can you go? Driving down the DNA input requirements for nanopore sequencing

Darren Heavens, Darren Chooneea, Michael Giolai…·Richard M. Leggett

This paper demonstrates a low-input DNA extraction and library preparation method for nanopore sequencing, enabling rapid de novo genome assembly from minimal DNA samples.

18 citations

Drosophilawhole-genome sequencing

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