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James Gurtowski

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Verified email at columbia.edu
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GenomeScope: fast reference-free genome profiling from short reads

…, CJ Underwood, H Fang, J Gurtowski… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
GenomeScope is an open-source web tool to rapidly estimate the overall characteristics of a
genome, including genome size, heterozygosity rate and repeat content from unprocessed …

[HTML][HTML] KBase: the United States department of energy systems biology knowledgebase

…, W Gerlach, M Gerstein, A Greiner, J Gurtowski… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Although similar integrative tools exist (Supplementary Note 2), no other open platform
shares all KBase’s features, which include the following:(i) comprehensive support for data …

[HTML][HTML] The pineapple genome and the evolution of CAM photosynthesis

…, A Sharma, X Min, Y Zheng, H Lee, J Gurtowski… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is the most economically valuable crop possessing
crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic carbon assimilation pathway with …

Oxford Nanopore sequencing, hybrid error correction, and de novo assembly of a eukaryotic genome

S Goodwin, J Gurtowski, S Ethe-Sayers… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Monitoring the progress of DNA molecules through a membrane pore has been postulated
as a method for sequencing DNA for several decades. Recently, a nanopore-based …

[HTML][HTML] Whole genome de novo assemblies of three divergent strains of rice, Oryza sativa, document novel gene space of aus and indica

…, LG Maron, JC Stein, AH Wences, J Gurtowski… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
… Hybrids of genotype S5-i/S5-j are mostly sterile, whereas hybrids of genotypes consisting
of S5-n with either S5-i or S5-j are mostly fertile. The S5 locus contains three tightly linked …

Complex rearrangements and oncogene amplifications revealed by long-read DNA and RNA sequencing of a breast cancer cell line

…, T Garvin, H Fang, J Gurtowski… - Genome …, 2018 - genome.cshlp.org
The SK-BR-3 cell line is one of the most important models for HER2+ breast cancers, which
affect one in five breast cancer patients. SK-BR-3 is known to be highly rearranged, although …

Third-generation sequencing and the future of genomics

H Lee, J Gurtowski, S Yoo, M Nattestad, S Marcus… - BioRxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
Third-generation long-range DNA sequencing and mapping technologies are creating a
renaissance in high-quality genome sequencing. Unlike second-generation sequencing, which …

Genome and transcriptome of the regeneration-competent flatworm, Macrostomum lignano

K Wasik, J Gurtowski, X Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The free-living flatworm, Macrostomum lignano has an impressive regenerative capacity.
Following injury, it can regenerate almost an entirely new organism because of the presence of …

Error correction and assembly complexity of single molecule sequencing reads

H Lee, J Gurtowski, S Yoo, S Marcus, WR McCombie… - BioRxiv, 2014 - biorxiv.org
Third generation single molecule sequencing technology is poised to revolutionize
genomics by enabling the sequencing of long, individual molecules of DNA and RNA. These …

The DOE systems biology knowledgebase (KBase)

…, PM Frybarger, W Gerlach, M Gerstein, J Gurtowski… - BioRxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
The US Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) is an open-source
software and data platform designed to meet the grand challenge of systems biology — …