Recent publications by UBC members

Recent publications by UBC members

Below, you can find an overview of publications by UBC principal investigators during the period from December 2025 – February 2026.

Benchmarking fungal species classification using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read ITS metabarcodes

Fungal Genetics and Biology, Vol.181 , December 2025

Abigail Graetz et al. (With Duong Vu)

 

Matthews correlation coefficient-based feature ranking in recursive ensemble feature selection for high-dimensional and low-sample size data

Machine Learning with Applications, Volume 22, December 2025

David Rojas-Velazquez et al. (With Alejandro Lopez Rincon)

 

A computational framework to dissect imputation strategies for single-cell histone modification data

NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Volume 7, 1 December 2025 

Marta Moreno-González, Jeroen de Ridder, Jop Kind & Robin van der Weide

 

Closed-loop optogenetic control of cell biology enables outcome-driven microscopy

Nature Communications, 17, 23 December 2025 

Josiah B. Passmore et al. (With Ihor Smal)

 

Do we need a more structured system for gene names and pathways now that omics studies revealed a higher complexity of fungal carbon metabolism?

Fungal Biology Reviews, 55, 29 December 2025

Ronald P. de Vries and Jiajia Li

 

PLM-eXplain: divide and conquer the protein embedding space

Bioinformatics, Volume 42, 1 January 2026

Jan van Eck et al. (With Sanne Abeln)

 

VirJenDB: a FAIR (meta)data and bioinformatics platform for all viruses

Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 54, 6 January 2026

Shahram Saghaei et al. (With Bas Dutilh)

 

Proteomic Signatures Over Age Reveal Significant Changes From Infancy Till Late Adulthood

Advanced Biology, 10 January 2026

Eveline M. Delemarre et al. (With Julia Drylewicz)

 

Coccidiosis prevention strategies shape the microbiome, resistome and mobilome composition in the broiler gut

Animal Microbiome, Volume 8, 12 January 2026

Matteo Buffoni et al. (With Anita Schurch)

 

Mixed-effects additive Bayesian networks for the assessment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: Insights from multicenter data

Computers in Biology and Medicine, Volume 201, 15 January 2026

Matteo Delucchi et al. (With Mark Bakker & Ynte Ruigrok)

 

Extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes

Current Biology, Volume 36, 19 January 2026

Josje Romeijn, Iñigo Bañales, and Michael Seidl

 

Pangenome graph analysis reveals evolution of resistance breaking in spinach downy mildew 

PLOS Biology, 24, 20 January 2026

Petros Skiadas et al. (With Ronnie de Jonge & Michael Seidl)

 

3SD: Rotational symmetry single-shot denoising in fluorescence microscopy 

Journal of Microscopy, 23 January 2026

Tijmen H. de Wolf et al. (With Ihor Smal)

 

Induced uterine infection alters bovine endometrial function and embryonic competence

Reproduction, Volume 171, 23 January 2026

Zachary K Seekford et al. (With Belen Rabaglino)

 

Beyond olfaction: New insights into human odorant binding proteins

Protein Science, Volume 35, 28 January 2026

Mifen Chen et al. (With Sanne Abeln)

 

Pre-assembly of biomolecular condensate seeds drives RSV replication

Nature, 28 January 2026

Dhanushika Ratnayake et al. (With Geert Kops & Marvin Tanenbaum)

 

Major depression and atherosclerotic disease: Linking shared genetics to pathways in blood, brain, heart, and atherosclerotic plaques

European Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 106, 29 January 2026

Emma Pruin et al. (With Ernest Diez Benavente & Sander van der Laan)

 

AI‐driven antibody design from an antigen sequence

Vita, 2 February 2026 

Pavel Sinitcyn and Albert Heck

 

Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning

Nature, 4 February 2026

Lucía Barbadilla-Martínez et al. (With Jeroen de Ridder & Bas van Steensel)

 

Spectral Quality-Guided Optimization of Hybrid EAciD Fragmentation on the ZenoTOF 7600 System Enables Efficient Characterization of the Serum N-Glycoproteome

Analytical Chemistry, Volume 98, 10 February 2026

Shelley Jager et al. (With Albert Heck)

 

Monogenic no more: are all epilepsies polygenic?

Trends in Genetics, 10 February 2026

M. Martijn Piet et al. (With Bobby Koeleman & Remi Stevelink)

 

Spatial mapping of stability in human atherosclerosis for the next generation of patient stratification Get access

European Heart Journal, 18 February 2026

Gerard Pasterkamp, Minna U Kaikkonen & Michal Mokry

 

Immune responses may make HIV-1 therapeutic interfering particles less effective

Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 619, 21 February 2026

Griffin Kutler Dodd and Rob de Boer