Branden S. Hunter

This paper develops genetic-information-free protein-only phages (POPs) that inhibit bacteria without replicating, showing comparable antimicrobial effects to wild-type phages.

This study evaluates nanopore sequencing's ability to classify and assemble hypervariable genomes from metagenomic samples, showing high accuracy in identifying Trypanosoma brucei in infected mouse blood.

The paper analyzes the underrepresentation of ESKAPE bacteriophages in public databases and shows its impact on machine learning models.