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Mingjia Yao

University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0009-0006-9572-6737Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Developmental Biology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Amin HaghaniiD· 2 shared Cynthia J. DeLongiD· 2 shared Joshua D. WelchiD· 2 shared Kun H. LeeiD· 2 shared Steve HorvathiD· 2 shared A ArnesoniD· 1 shared Ake Tzu-Hui LuiD· 1 shared Bret Barnes· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 23, 2026

Human and Mouse Models of the Bipolar Disorder-Associated ANK3 p.W1989R Variant Display Altered Somatostatin Interneuron Connectivity and Function

Kendall P. Dean, Sarah C. Verduci, Clayton C. Kramm…·Paul M. Jenkins

This study investigates the effects of the ANK3 p.W1989R variant in human and mouse models, showing altered somatostatin interneuron connectivity and function linked to bipolar disorder.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.23.760718

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 3, 2025

VISTA-FISH: Video Imaging with Spatial-Temporal Analysis by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization

Kun H. Lee, Mingjia Yao, Javid Ghaemmaghami…·Joshua D. Welch

VISTA-FISH links live-cell imaging with gene expression in neurons to study differentiation and cellular activity.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.03.686351

humanspatial transcriptomics

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BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedFeb 10, 2022

A mammalian methylation array for profiling methylation levels at conserved sequences

A Arneson, Amin Haghani, Michael James Thompson…·Steve Horvath

The paper develops a mammalian methylation array to profile methylation levels at conserved sequences across species, enabling cross-species comparisons and epigenetic biomarker development.

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multiple speciesDNA methylation

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Developmental BiologyAging CellPeer-reviewedJun 12, 2021

Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in elephants

Natalia A. Prado, Janine L. Brown, Joseph Alan Zoller…·Steve Horvath

This paper develops epigenetic clocks for African and Asian elephants using DNA methylation data to estimate age and identify age-related CpGs and their associated genes.

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ArabidopsisDNA methylation

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