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Pavel Skums

University of Connecticut
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[HTML][HTML] Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science

…, N Beerenwinkel, A Mahfouz, L Pinello, P Skums… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
The recent boom in microfluidics and combinatorial indexing strategies, combined with low
sequencing costs, has empowered single-cell sequencing technology. Thousands—or even …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking capacities of genomics for the COVID-19 response and future pandemics

…, VM Pak, SH Nagaraj, AL Smith, P Skums… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomics and bioinformatics have emerged as essential
public health tools. The genomic data acquired using these methods have supported the …

Good laboratory practice for clinical next-generation sequencing informatics pipelines

…, RB Resnick, PG Ridge, ML Salit, P Skums… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We report principles and guidelines (Supplementary Note) that were developed by the Next-Generation
Sequencing: Standardization of Clinical Testing II (Nex-StoCT II) informatics …

[HTML][HTML] Technology dictates algorithms: recent developments in read alignment

…, S Knyazev, BD Singer, B Balliu, D Koslicki, P Skums… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Aligning sequencing reads onto a reference is an essential step of the majority of genomic
analysis pipelines. Computational algorithms for read alignment have evolved in accordance …

Accurate genetic detection of hepatitis C virus transmissions in outbreak settings

…, S Ramachandran, H Thai, P Skums… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Hepatitis C is a major public health problem in the United States and worldwide. Outbreaks
of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are associated with unsafe injection practices, drug …

QUENTIN: reconstruction of disease transmissions from viral quasispecies genomic data

P Skums, A Zelikovsky, R Singh, W Gussler… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Genomic analysis has become one of the major tools for disease outbreak
investigations. However, existing computational frameworks for inference of transmission history …

Epidemiological data analysis of viral quasispecies in the next-generation sequencing era

S Knyazev, L Hughes, P Skums… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The unprecedented coverage offered by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has
facilitated the assessment of the population complexity of intra-host RNA viral populations at …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient error correction for next-generation sequencing of viral amplicons

P Skums, Z Dimitrova, DS Campo, G Vaughan… - BMC …, 2012 - Springer
Background Next-generation sequencing allows the analysis of an unprecedented number
of viral sequence variants from infected patients, presenting a novel opportunity for …

Sensory nerves impede the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures and development of protective antimelanoma immune responses

…, J Zhang, GV Shurin, UR Chandran, P Skums… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - AACR
Pavel SkumsPavel Skums … Chandran, Pavel Skums, Michael R. Shurin, Alex
Zelikovsky, Walter J. Storkus, Yuri L. …

[HTML][HTML] Excess mortality in Belarus during the COVID-19 pandemic as the case study of a country with limited non-pharmaceutical interventions and limited reporting

…, TA Weppelmann, AP Tchernov, P Skums… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Public health intervention to contain the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic significantly differed
by country since the SARS-CoV-2 spread varied regionally in time and in scale. Since …