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Tess Gunnels

Santa Clara UniversityORCID 0009-0001-4508-1209Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Systems Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Justen B. WhittalliD· 2 shared Amir H. MoarefiiD· 1 shared Amir Momen-RoknabadiiD· 1 shared Amy S. FabritiusiD· 1 shared Ariana A. NagainisiD· 1 shared Brian A. BaylessiD· 1 shared Chidambaram Nachiappan· 1 shared Christopher C. EbmeieriD· 1 shared

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Systems BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 14, 2026

A massively parallel synthetic gene atlas for learning compact cis-regulatory grammar across cellular contexts

Timo Hagen, Isabelle Liu, Ariana A. Nagainis…·Hani Goodarzi

The paper introduces a synthetic gene atlas to study cis-regulatory elements across cell lines, enabling virtual-cell modeling by expanding gene regulatory networks with defined regulatory codes.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.13.751267

humanbulk RNA-seq

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Molecular BiologyMolecular Biology of the CellPeer-reviewedAug 18, 2021

Proteomic analysis of microtubule inner proteins (MIPs) in Rib72 null Tetrahymena cells reveals functional MIPs

Amy S. Fabritius, Brian A. Bayless, Sam Li…·Mark Winey

The paper identifies and functionally characterizes MIPs lost in RIB72A/B knockout Tetrahymena cells using proteomics and cryo-electron tomography.

19 citations

proteomicsexperimental assay

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GeneticsPLoS ONEPeer-reviewedNov 12, 2020

The ITS region provides a reliable DNA barcode for identifying reishi/lingzhi (Ganoderma) from herbal supplements

Tess Gunnels, Matthew Creswell, Janis McFerrin, Justen B. Whittall

The paper uses ITS DNA barcoding to authenticate Ganoderma species in herbal supplements, finding that ITS reliably identifies G. lingzhi despite some sequence variation.

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DNA methylationstatistical model

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