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ANCHOR: haplotype-aware allelic and isoform inference from single-cell long-read RNA sequencing with de novo variant calling
Zhi-Can Fu, Chuanxin Zhang, Yelian Yan, Yuxin Xu, Xiaoyu Yin, Tietuo Tao, Peng Lu, Yalin Liang, Haiyang Wu, Wentao Cui, Runtong Hou, Xuepeng Chen, Yuwen Ke, Yanqiang Li, Z Chen, , Shenli Yuan
ANCHOR improves variant calling and allele-specific expression analysis in single-cell long-read RNA-seq by integrating haplotype-aware methods and beta-binomial modeling.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
Recovery of an 18th Century Rhinovirus Genome through Ancient RNA Isolation of Human Lungs
Erin Elizabeth Barnett, Alejandra Castillo, Isabelle A. Du Plessis, Kathryn E. Kistler, Laura Erika García Carrillo, Anahí Sanchez Leon, T Y Liu, Mike G. Rutherford, Jon Ploug, John T. McCrone, María C. Ávila‐Arcos, Daniel Blanco-Melo
This study recovers an 18th-century rhinovirus genome from ancient RNA isolated from human lung specimens, revealing insights into viral evolution.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
Long-read cross-platform validation reveals novel repeat features in myotonic dystrophy type 2
Marco Carlomagno, Francisco Javier Suarez Lopez, Simone Maestri, Alfonso Esposito, Vanja Obadovic, Virginia Veronica Visconti, Dario Ciabini, Luca Marcolungo, Niccolo Rossi, Mauro Casagrande, Luca Angheben, Lorenzo Spadoni, Maria Rosaria D’Apice, Giuseppe Novelli, Massimo Delledonne, , Marzia Rossato
The paper validates long-read sequencing methods for analyzing repeat expansions in DM2, identifying new repeat motifs and improving bioinformatic workflows.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
tRNA isodecoder analysis using Nanopore ionic current signals and deep learning
Stuart Akeson, Pooria Daneshvar Kakhaki, Neda Ghohabi Esfahani, James W. Reinsch, Margaret L. Barry, Maddy P. Zamecnik, Talia Tzadikario, Robin L. Abu-Shumays, David M. Garcia, Kristin S. Koutmou, Miten Jain
The paper introduces tRNAZAP, a deep learning method using nanopore ionic current signals to classify tRNA isodecoders, achieving better alignment results than BWA-MEM in E. coli and S. cerevisiae.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
Imputed graph-genotyped structural variants identify regulatory haplotypes associated with gene expression in Atlantic salmon
Maëlys Chapis, Domniki Manousi, Célian Diblasi, Cathrine Brekke, Jun Soung Kwak, Arturo Vera Ponce de León, Mariann Árnyasi, Randi Fenstad, Solomon Antwi Boison, Marie Saitou
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
Long-read cDNA sequencing reveals novel isoforms and spliceosome-mutant-enriched transcripts in AML and MDS
Christopher A. Miller, Sridhar Nonavinkere Srivatsan, Michael H. Kramer, Sai Mukund Ramakrishnan, Catrina C. Fronick, Robert S. Fulton, Casey D. S. Katerndahl, Nichole Helton, Timothy James Ley, Matthew J. Walter
This paper uses long-read cDNA sequencing to identify novel transcripts and spliceosome-mutant-enriched isoforms in AML and MDS, providing a resource for improving short-read RNA-seq analyses.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology
An integrated human immunoglobulin germline resource linking allele diversity to expressed repertoire structure
Ayelet Peres, Uddalok Jana, Oscar L. Rodriguez, Zachary Matthew Vanwinkle, Eric Engelbrecht, William S. Gibson, Kaitlyn M. Shields, Brandon Croslin, Steven Schultze, Chandrima Bharadwaj, Connor Murray, William Lees, Melissa L. Smith, Corey T. Watson, Gur Yaari
This paper constructs HUSA, a comprehensive germline resource linking allele diversity to expressed antibody repertoires by integrating long-read sequencing and AIRR-seq data.
bioRxiv · Jun 9, 2026 · PreprintImmunology
Transcriptionally Active HIV Reservoirs Enriched for Interferon-Inducible APOBEC3-Related Mutational Signatures Associate with Arterial Inflammation
Kazuo Suzuki, Angelique Levert‐Mignon, Emma Yoo, Shady Abohashem, John James Zaunders, Lucette A. Cysique, Hirotaka Ode, Yasumasa Iwatani, Ahmed A Tawakol, Priscilla Y. Hsue, Felicia C. Chow, Bruce James Brew
This study finds that APOBEC3-associated premature stop codon signatures in HIV reservoirs are linked to aortic inflammation in ART-suppressed individuals, suggesting a role in cardiovascular risk.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology
Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing Enables Reproducible, Site-Resolved Pseudouridine Quantification in Human Ribosomal RNA
Baudouin S de Préval, Laurence Faucher‐Giguère, Maxime Duval, Virginie Marchand, Pavan Lakshmi Narasimha, Nehal Thakor, Yuri Motorin, Sherif Abou Elela, Michelle S. Scott
This study benchmarks nanopore direct RNA sequencing for pseudouridine quantification in human ribosomal RNA, showing high accuracy and reproducibility across multiple cell types.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry
Transcript architecture sets the m6A landscape: CSTF2 and CSTF2T reshape m6A through cleavage-dependent and -independent mechanisms
Caroline J. Aufgebauer, Theodore M. Nelson, Nadia Houerbi, Seth D. Veenbaas, Matthew Tegowski, Esther Luo, Enakshi Sivasudhan, Michael Goneos, Paul G. Collier, Jacqueline Proszynski, Krista A. Ryon, Evan M Violette, Savanna A. Touré, Kate D. Meyer, Christopher E. Mason, Stacy M. Horner
The paper identifies CSTF2 and CSTF2T as factors that shape the m6A landscape through cleavage-dependent and -independent mechanisms by altering transcript architecture and polyadenylation sites.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology
Epigenetic conditioning improves sequence-based modeling of gene regulation across cell types and alleles
Oberon Dixon-Luinenburg, Ayesha Bajwa, Mitchell Robert Vollger, Andrew Stergachis, Aaron Streets, Nilah M. Ioannidis
This paper introduces MethylSeqNet, a model that improves sequence-based gene regulation predictions by conditioning on CpG methylation, showing benefits for cell-type-specific regulation and allele-specific phenomena.
bioRxiv · Jun 7, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
Long-read RNA-seq resolves isoform-level and context-specific regulatory architecture of complex traits in cattle
Weijie Zheng, Q Zhang, Jinfeng He, Xiaoning Zhu, Mian Gong, Houcheng Li, Lin Liu, Li J, Zhu Ma, Bo Han, Yu Zhang, Jingsheng Lu, Bingjin Lin, Bingxing An, Zijiao Guo, , Sun D
The paper uses long-read RNA-seq to uncover isoform-level and context-specific regulatory effects in cattle, improving the resolution of molecular atlases and GWAS loci.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintGenetics
SWARM resolves nanopore signal interference between RNA modification types and reveals splicing-shaped pseudouridylation
Stefan Prodic, Alice Cleynen, Shafi Mahmud, Akanksha Srivastava, Agin Ravindran, Madhu Mathi Kanchi, Arash Hajizadeh Dastjerdi, A.J. Sethi, Miona Ćorović, Ronit Jain, Marco Guarnacci, Gabriela Santos Rodriguez, Grazi Vieira, Thomas Preiß, Robert J. Weatheritt, , Eduardo Eyras
SWARM improves detection of RNA modifications by reducing false positives and reveals new splicing-related pseudouridylation patterns.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
De novo mutation of an RNA virus is increased in the presence of engineered synonymous mutations that disrupt RNA structural elements
Thompson, David W. Waite, Alex Y. Cha
The paper shows that engineered synonymous mutations disrupting RNA structural elements increase de novo mutations in a virus, suggesting structural perturbations affect genomic stability.
bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
RAD: A Read-structure Agnostic Demultiplexer for Single-Cell Long-Read Sequencing and Analysis
Chinmay Vaidya, Margaret C. Carpenter, Leena Abdullah, Fred Kolling, Yina H. Huang, Li Song, Margaret E. Ackerman
RAD is a demultiplexer for single-cell long-read sequencing that improves speed and sensitivity over existing methods while supporting complex read structures.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
High-accuracy hierarchical rRNA operon profiling resolves genomovar-level taxonomy and microdiversity using Nanopore sequencing.
Kaiqin Bian, Ashwin Sridhar Sudarshan, Zijun Meng, Jinhao Yang, Megan Bachmann, Charles Bott, Katherine E. Graham, Ameet J. Pinto
UltraRes-rrn uses Nanopore sequencing and hierarchical rRNA operon profiling to achieve genomovar-level taxonomy resolution and microdiversity detection in microbial communities.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology
Bayesian optimisation and graph-based rheology enable sequence-dependent modelling of DNA materials
Aaron Gadzekpo, Lennart Hilbert
This paper uses Bayesian optimisation and graph-based rheology to model DNA materials by linking sequence design to material properties.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics
FIRST-seq: a nanopore-based cDNA sequencing platform for RNA modification and structure profiling
Oguzhan Begik, Gregor Diensthuber, Ivana Borovská, John S. Mattick, Danny Incarnato, Eva Maria Novoa
FIRST-seq uses nanopore cDNA sequencing to profile RNA modifications and structures by analyzing RT errors, achieving single-nucleotide resolution without PCR or second-strand synthesis.
Genome biology · May 30, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology
Regulatory Genomics of Preeclampsia-Specific Risk Variants Highlights Immune and Endothelial Mechanisms
Mohammed A. Farahat, Malak Abbas, Gideon Akuamoah Wiafe, Taneisha R. Gillyard, Melissa Nel, Amadou Gaye
This study identifies PE-specific genetic variants and their regulatory effects, highlighting immune and endothelial mechanisms involved in preeclampsia.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
HyDRA: a pipeline for integrating long- and short-read RNAseq data for custom transcriptome assembly
Isabela Pimentel de Almeida, Xue Mei Lu, Stacey L. Edwards, Juliet D. French, Mainá Bitar
HyDRA integrates long- and short-read RNAseq data to improve transcriptome assembly, identifying over 50,000 new long noncoding RNAs in ovarian and fallopian tube samples.
iScience · May 29, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics
Sensitive long-read amplicon sequence variant recovery with savont
Jim Shaw, Marie Riisgaard-Jensen, Kasper Skytte Andersen, Rasmus Hansen Kirkegaard, Morten Simonsen Dueholm, Heng Li
Savont improves ASV recovery from long-read amplicon sequencing with high accuracy and lower sequencing depth.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
SQANTI-browser: visualization and curation of SQANTI3-classified long-read transcriptomes within the UCSC Genome Browser
Alejandro Paniagua, Carlos Blanco-Gómez, Andrés Colomer Fernández, Mark Diekhans, Ana Conesa, Carolina Monzó
SQANTI-browser converts SQANTI3 classifications into UCSC Genome Browser Track Hubs for visualizing and curating long-read transcriptomes with metadata and filtering capabilities.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
Long-read sequencing reveals transposable element-derived chimeric transcripts at zygotic genome activation in mammalian embryos
Saki Kawakami, K. Kitao, Shuntaro Ikeda, Shinnosuke Honda
This study uses long-read sequencing to identify chimeric transcripts from transposable elements in mouse and bovine embryos during zygotic genome activation, revealing species-specific patterns.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology
Unimeth: A unified transformer framework for accurate DNA methylation detection from nanopore reads
Shaokai Wang, Peng Ni, Yifu Xiao, Tao Sheng, Neng Huang, Yi Shu, Hong-Dong Li, Lu Shen, Xiao-Xin Yan, Jixian Zhai, Feng Luo, Jianxin Wang
Unimeth improves DNA methylation detection from nanopore reads across species and modification types by using a transformer framework with multi-phase training.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
Draft genome assembly of the Woolly bottlebrush (Greyia radlkoferi) using Pacbio long-read sequencing technology.
Annelin Molotsi, Tracy Madimabi Masebe, Lucky T. Nesengani, Sinebongo Mdyogolo, Thendo Stanley Tshilate, R.M. Smith, N. L Hlongwane, Sibusiso A. Hadebe, Tshepo Mafokwane, Ntanganedzeni Olivia Mapholi
This paper generates the first draft genome of Greyia radlkoferi using PacBio long-read sequencing, providing insights into its environmental resilience and medicinal properties.
bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintGenomics
Decoding the human PBMC isonome: Isoform-level resolution with single-cell long-read transcriptomics
Patricia Hayes Doyle, Madeline L. Page, J. Anthony Brandon, Bernardo Aguzzoli Heberle, Brendan J. White, Ann Marie Stowe, Mark Ebbert
This study uses long-read single-cell sequencing to analyze isoform-level diversity in human PBMCs, identifying novel isoforms and cell-type-specific patterns.
Frontiers in Genetics · May 27, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics
Pervasive bacterial and prophage hybridization during chronic gut inflammation
Marta Lourenço, Elsa Seixas, Patrícia Mexia, Minia Antelo-Varela, Patricia Morais, Karina B. Xavier, Nelson Frazão, Isabel Gordo
The paper shows that chronic gut inflammation drives bacterial and prophage hybridization in E. coli, leading to new genetic lineages associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology
Ghost in the Machine: Evidence for Non-Random Errors During Direct RNA Nanopore Sequencing Due to Post-Translocated RNA Folding
Jason M. Needham, Philip Z. Johnson, Anne E. Simon
The paper shows that direct RNA nanopore sequencing has non-random error patterns linked to RNA folding and sequence complexity, not random distribution as previously assumed.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics
Comparing fine-scale mutation and recombination landscapes in rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) populations of Chinese and Indian descent inferred from both short- and long-read sequencing data
Gabriella J. Spatola, Cyril J. Versoza, Vivak Soni, Erangi J. Heenkenda, Jeffrey D. Jensen, Susanne P. Pfeifer
This study compares mutation and recombination landscapes in rhesus macaques from Chinese and Indian populations using short- and long-read sequencing data, revealing population-specific recombination hotspots.
bioRxiv · May 26, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology