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Michael Hoptroff

Unilever (United Kingdom)ORCID 0000-0003-4437-6221Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Martyn WinniD· 2 shared Amitabha MajumdariD· 1 shared Amitabha Majumdar· 1 shared Ana K. PitoliD· 1 shared Andrew E. MayesiD· 1 shared Anna Paola CarrieriiD· 1 shared Ashley MacGuire-Flanagan· 1 shared Barry MurphyiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyPLoS ONEPeer-reviewedJun 20, 2025

SARS-CoV-2 Survival on Skin and its Transfer from Contaminated Surfaces

Ana K. Pitol, Samiksha Venkatesan, Siobhan Richards…·Grant L. Hughes

This study examines SARS-CoV-2 transfer efficiency from different surfaces to human skin and its survival on skin under varying temperatures.

3 citations

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Molecular BiologyBiophysical JournalPeer-reviewedDec 23, 2021

Small molecules enhance the potency of natural antimicrobial peptides

Valeria Losasso, Khushbu Agarwal, Morris Waskar…·Michael Hoptroff

The paper shows that certain small molecules, like niacinamide, enhance the activity of antimicrobial peptides against Staphylococcus aureus by altering bacterial membrane properties.

14 citations

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BioinformaticsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedFeb 25, 2021

Explainable AI reveals changes in skin microbiome compositionlinked to phenotypic differences

Anna Paola Carrieri, Niina Haiminen, Sean Maudsley-Barton…·Edward O. Pyzer‐Knapp

The paper develops an explainable AI approach to predict skin-related phenotypes from leg skin microbiome data and identifies microbial composition changes linked to these traits.

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