Differential allele-specific expression (ASE) is a powerful tool to study context-specific cis-regulation of gene expression. Such effects can reflect the interaction between genetic or epigenetic factors...
Read More »FWP – feature-weight based measurement of cancerous transcriptome using cohort-wide and sample-specific information
Identifying cancerous samples or cells using transcriptomic data is critical for cancer related basic research, early diagnosis, and targeted therapy. However, the high transcriptional heterogeneity of...
Read More »Single-cell transcriptomic atlas reveals correlates of high cognitive function, dementia, and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, but the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment remain poorly understood. To address this, MIT...
Read More »DeepCCI – a deep learning framework for identifying cell–cell interactions from single-cell RNA sequencing data
Cell-cell interactions (CCIs) play critical roles in many biological processes such as cellular differentiation, tissue homeostasis, and immune response. With the rapid development of high throughput single-cell RNA..
Read More »Deciphering RNA splicing logic with interpretable machine learning
Machine learning methods, particularly neural networks trained on large datasets, are transforming how scientists approach scientific discovery and experimental design. However, current state-of-the...
Read More »STREAK – A supervised cell surface receptor abundance estimation strategy for single cell RNA-sequencing data using feature selection and thresholded gene set scoring
The accurate estimation of cell surface receptor abundance for single cell transcriptomics data is important for the tasks of cell type and phenotype categorization and cell-cell interaction quantification. Dartmouth...
Read More »New technique could help make precision medicine more widely available
Simple CUT&Tag adaptation gives information about genetic regulatory elements in formalin-fixed tumor samples. Tumor samples usually get soaked in formalin and then embedded in paraffin wax, ready for a pathologist to examine under a microscope...
Read More »SCINPAS – single cell identification of novel PolyA sites
Alternative polyadenylation is a main driver of transcriptome diversity in mammals, generating transcript isoforms with different 3′ ends via cleavage and polyadenylation at distinct...
Read More »INVADEseq – invasion adhesion directed expression sequencing
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) technologies have been beneficial in revealing and describing cellular heterogeneity within mammalian tissues, including solid tumors. However, many of these...
Read More »Strand-specific RNA sequencing unveils wheat’s long non-coding RNAs : A leap in understanding grain development
Wheat is a global staple food and plays a pivotal role in the livelihoods of billions of people. Although long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recognized as crucial regulators of numerous biological processes...
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