The human microbiome, the community of microorganisms that reside on and inside the human body, is critically important for health and disease. However, it is influenced by various factors and may vary among individuals residing in distinct geographi...
In the process of oxygen reduction, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as intermediates, including superoxide anion (O), hydrogen peroxide (HO), and hydroxyl radicals (OH). ROS can be destructive, and an imbalance between oxidants and antiox...
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming more common in infection biology laboratories around the world. Yet, as they gain traction in research, novel frontiers arise. Novel artificial intelligence algorithms are capable of addr...
antibiotic susceptibility testing often fails to accurately predict drug efficacies, in part due to differences in the molecular composition between standardized bacteriologic media and physiological environments within the body. Here, we investiga...
The antigenic diversity of influenza A viruses (IAV) circulating in swine challenges the development of effective vaccines, increasing zoonotic threat and pandemic potential. High-throughput sequencing technologies can quantify IAV genetic diversity,...
The use of deep neural networks (DNNs) for analysis of complex biomedical images shows great promise but is hampered by a lack of large verified data sets for rapid network evolution. Here, we present a novel strategy, termed "mimicry embedding," for...
Artur Yakimovich works in the field of computational virology and applies machine learning algorithms to study host-pathogen interactions. In this mSphere of Influence article, he reflects on two papers "Holographic Deep Learning for Rapid Optical Sc...
Transposon insertion sequencing (TIS) is a widely used technique for conducting genome-scale forward genetic screens in bacteria. However, few methods enable comparison of TIS data across multiple replicates of a screen or across independent screens,...
There is growing evidence that individuals with colonic adenomas and carcinomas harbor a distinct microbiota. Alterations to the gut microbiota may allow the outgrowth of bacterial populations that induce genomic mutations or exacerbate tumor-promoti...