{"id":9275,"date":"2026-07-08T12:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:26:26","slug":"recent-publications-by-ubc-members-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/recent-publications-by-ubc-members-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent publications by UBC members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9275\" class=\"elementor elementor-9275\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b713381 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b713381\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-172f0c5\" data-id=\"172f0c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98fda25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98fda25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Below, you can find an overview of publications by UBC principal investigators during the period from February 2026 &#8211; July 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bfec9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bfec9c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-505158f\" data-id=\"505158f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8600699 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8600699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41837270\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>gplasCC: classification and recovery of plasmids from short-read sequencing data for any bacterial species.<\/strong><\/a><br>NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2026<br>Paganini JA et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Anita Schurch<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41639451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature, 2026<br>Barbadilla-Mart\u00ednez L et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Jeroen de Ridder<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41883747\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CAZome comparison in relation to host plant for selected &lt;i&gt;Sordariomycete&lt;\/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Dothidiomycete&lt;\/i&gt; plant pathogenic fungi.<\/strong><\/a><br>Frontiers in fungal biology, 2026<br>Kandemir H et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Ronald de Vries<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41308914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Beyond similarity: Unveiling the distinctive transcriptional regulatory roles of ARA1 in plant biomass utilization by Myceliophthora thermophila and related fungi.<\/strong><\/a><br>New biotechnology, 2026<br>Benocci T et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Ronald de Vries<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41903026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Univariate- and machine learning-based plasma metabolite signature differentiates PSC-IBD from IBD and is predicted to be driven by gut microbial changes.<\/strong><\/a><br>Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society, 2026<br>Wolthuis JC et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Jeroen de Ridder<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41917433\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Large-scale exome analyses reveal new rare variant contributions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature genetics, 2026<br>Hop PJ et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Jan Veldink<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41791256\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Genetically determined ancestry associates with morphological and molecular carotid plaque features.<\/strong><\/a><br>Atherosclerosis, 2026<br>Fahim N et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Sander van der Laan<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41952634\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>UV-induced mutations accumulate during early clonal expansion in aneuploid subtypes of pediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.<\/strong><\/a><br>Haematologica, 2026<br>Suurenbroek LC et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Roland Kuiper<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42125417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The genome-scale sugar metabolic model from <i>Neurospora crassa<\/i>&nbsp;reveals lower gene redundancy than that of <i>Aspergillus niger<\/i>.<\/strong><\/a><br>Current research in microbial sciences, 2026<br>Li J et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Ronald de Vries<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42011025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Single-cell co-mapping reveals relationship between chromatin state and gene expression in early zebrafish development.<\/strong><\/a><br>eLife, 2026<br>Bhardwaj V et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Alexander van Oudenaarden<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42066410\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>A transcriptomic atlas of conserved responses in mushroom-forming fungi during interaction with competitors.<\/strong><\/a><br>Microbiological research, 2026<br>van Maanen MH et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Robin Ohm<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41963556\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The H3K36me3 methyltransferase SETD2 contributes to PAF1C interactions with RNA Pol II and is required for neuronal differentiation.<\/strong><\/a><br>The EMBO journal, 2026<br>Ambrosi C et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Tuncay Baubec<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42131447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Machine learning identifies differences between breast milk and formula in the gut microbiome.<\/strong><\/a><br>Gut microbiome (Cambridge, England), 2026<br>Chia Liu T et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Alejandro Lopez Rincon<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42090256\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Structural promiscuity in the human circulatory IgA1 clonal repertoire.<\/strong><\/a><br>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026<br>Rolland AD et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Albert Heck<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42173868\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Structural basis of signal peptide recognition by the signal peptidase complex.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature communications, 2026<br>Manuel Liaci A et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Friedrich Forster<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42213849\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eco-evolutionary dynamics of massive, parallel bacteriophage outbreaks in compost communities.<\/strong><\/a><br>Science advances, 2026<br>Meijer J et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Bas E. Dutilh<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42218393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New genomic insights into long-chain alkenone biosynthesis by the coccolithophorid marine alga Gephyrocapsa huxleyi.<\/strong><\/a><br>BMC genomics, 2026<br>P\u00e9rez Gallego R et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Laura Villanueva<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42233292\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Barbell reveals and resolves demultiplexing and trimming issues in Nanopore data.<\/strong><\/a><br>Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2026<br>Beeloo R et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Bas E. Dutilh<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41704561\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Impact of reducing colistin use on colistin resistance in <em>Escherichia coli <\/em>isolated from humans and poultry in Indonesia (COINCIDE): A protocol for a multisectoral, transdisciplinary One Health study.<\/strong><\/a><br>One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2026<br>Naing SY et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Jaap Wagenaar<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42084878\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LGL-1 and the RhoGAP protein PAC-1 redundantly polarize the Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic epidermis.<\/strong><\/a><br>The Journal of cell biology, 2026<br>Jarosi\u0144ska OD et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Mike Boxem<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42330089\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Towards modeling phage therapy.<\/strong><\/a><br>PLoS computational biology, 2026<br>de Boer RJ et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Rob de Boer<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42176514\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Data-driven causal structure discovery to generate causal hypotheses and strengthen causal inference in exposome studies.<\/strong><\/a><br>Environment international, 2026<br>Kakhaia S et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Roel Vermeulen<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42109517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Untargeted metabolomic profiling of childhood asthma: An exploratory analysis of anthropogenic chemicals and the serum metabolome.<\/strong><\/a><br>Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2026<br>Oosterwegel MJ et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Roel Vermeulen<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42092140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Expanding the human proteome with microproteins and peptideins.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature, 2026<br>Deutsch EW et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Sebastiaan van Heesch<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41826712\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Genetic basis of the circle of Willis characteristics in the healthy and intracranial aneurysm population.<\/strong><\/a><br>European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2026<br>Bakker MK et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Ynte Ruigrok<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42230751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DeepRank-Ab: a scoring function for antibody-antigen complexes based on geometric deep learning.<\/strong><\/a><br>Communications biology, 2026<br>Xu X et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Alexandre Bonvin<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42231115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gene expression profiles of carotid plaques differ between patients with amaurosis fugax and those with cerebral transient ischemic attack or stroke.<\/strong><\/a><br>Cardiovascular research, 2026<br>Lan T et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Michal Mokry<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42259789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Single-cell whole-genome sequencing reveals convergent evolution in Burkitt lymphoma.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature communications, 2026<br>Steemers AS et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Ruben van Boxtel<\/strong>)<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42149613\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Identification of <em>iso<\/em>-diabolic acid-based tetraester and mixed ether\/ester membrane-spanning lipids in members of the Bacillota provides insight into the biosynthesis of bacterial branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers.<\/strong><\/a><br>Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026<br>Sahonero-Canavesi DX et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Laura Villanueva<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s44222-026-00464-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Integrating experimental and computational approaches for protein\u2013protein interaction discovery<\/strong><\/a><br>nature reviews bioengineering, 2026<br>Anastasia Rapti et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Alexandre Bonvin<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42337254\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Investigating the relationship between ATP synthase and the TCA cycle by crosslinking mass spectrometry.<\/strong><\/a><br>Nature communications, 2026<br>P\u00e9rez Pa\u00f1eda L et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Albert Heck<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42308049\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Non-cell-autonomous mechanisms of tumor initiation and relapse by chromosomal instability.<\/strong><\/a><br>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026<br>Lafirenze SJA et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Geert Kops<\/strong>)<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/42360915\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Embrace Open, Collaborative, Discovery-Based Exposomics.<\/strong><\/a><br>Environmental science &amp;amp; technology, 2026<br>Schymanski EL et al. (With&nbsp;<strong>Roel Vermeulen<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-026-72392-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Mapping functional non-coding variation in individual human genomes through haplotyping, multiomics, and deep learning.<\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;\"><br>Nature communications, 2026<br><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;\">Magnitov, M.D., <b>van der Weide, R.H.<\/b>, Witvliet, A.F. <\/span><i style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;\">et al.<\/i><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below, you can find an overview of publications by UBC principal investigators during the period from February 2026 &#8211; July 2026 gplasCC: classification and recovery of plasmids from short-read sequencing data for any bacterial species.NAR genomics and bioinformatics, 2026Paganini JA et al. (With&nbsp;Anita Schurch) &nbsp; Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning.Nature, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":6628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"page_builder":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[398,27,408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-highlights","category-news_freestyle"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-15-at-11.48.41.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9275"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9341,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions\/9341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubc.uu.nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}