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Wessel Willemsen

Wageningen University & ResearchORCID 0009-0007-0049-4126Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Gorben P. PijlmaniD· 2 shared Jelke Jan FrosiD· 2 shared Marleen H. C. Abma-Henkens· 2 shared Monique M. van OersiD· 2 shared Alain KohliD· 1 shared Alyssa J. PetersoniD· 1 shared Barry RockxiD· 1 shared Carmen van de WaterbeemdiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintSep 24, 2026

sRNAMap: a lightweight, browser-based web application for small RNA mapping, analysis and visualisation

Melinda Reuter, Lachlan De Hayr, Christopher Chong Wei Ang…·Rhys H. Parry

sRNAMap is a browser-based tool for analyzing and visualizing small RNA sequencing data, offering alignment, coverage, and feature quantification with high concordance to existing methods.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.22.753470

bulk RNA-seqstatistical model

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 4, 2026

Sequence Homology and Tissue Tropism Determine Superinfection Exclusion of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti Mediated by an insect-specific Binjari-Zika Virus Chimera

Wessel Willemsen, Alyssa J. Peterson, Marleen H. C. Abma-Henkens…·Jelke Jan Fros

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.04.742677

Arabidopsisexperimental assay

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MicrobiologyJournal of VirologyPeer-reviewedSep 8, 2025

The effect of increased CpG and UpA dinucleotides in the West Nile virus genome on virus transmission by Culex mosquitoes and pathogenesis in a vertebrate host

Joyce W. M. van Bree, Imke Visser, Eleanor M. Marshall…·Jelke Jan Fros

This study examines how increasing CpG and UpA dinucleotides in West Nile virus affects replication in mosquitoes and vertebrates, showing differential attenuation and neuroinvasiveness outcomes.

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mousehuman

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