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Riley Williamson

North Dakota State UniversityORCID 0009-0002-1672-5885Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1

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Barney A. GeddesiD· 3 shared Eglantina Lopez‐EcharteaiD· 2 shared Nicholas S. DusekiD· 2 shared Ahmad ArdiiD· 1 shared Emily Červenka· 1 shared Garrett LeviniD· 1 shared George Colin diCenzoiD· 1 shared Jake SchumacheriD· 1 shared

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Evaluation of Engineering Potential in Undomesticated Microbes with VECTOR

Riley Williamson, Nicholas S. Dusek, Eglantina Lopez‐Echartea, Megan K. Townsend Ramsett, Barney A. Geddes

The paper develops a high-throughput pipeline called VECTOR to evaluate and improve genetic engineering of undomesticated microbes using modular plasmid vectors and barcode-based screening.

Microbial Biotechnology · Aug 1, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology

Culturomics from field-grown crop plants using dilution-to-extinction, two-step library preparation and amplicon sequencing

Eglantina Lopez‐Echartea, Nicholas S. Dusek, Mallory Misialek, Mohammad Al Mahmud‐Un‐Nabi, Riley Williamson, Komal Marathe, Barney A. Geddes

This paper optimizes a culturomics protocol to isolate and identify hundreds of bacterial isolates from plant microbiomes using dilution-to-extinction culturing and a two-step barcoding PCR strategy with NGS and DADA2.

Microbiology · Jun 17, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

BEVA2.0: Modular Assembly of Golden Gate-Compatible Vectors with Expanded Utility for Genetic Engineering

Barney A. Geddes, Riley Williamson, Jake Schumacher, Ahmad Ardi, Garrett Levin, Emily Červenka, Rui Huang, George Colin diCenzo

BEVA2.0 expands the modular vector assembly platform with new parts and cloning plasmids, enhancing its utility for genetic engineering in proteobacteria and compatibility with other libraries.

Canadian Journal of Microbiology · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology