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Conditional Filamentation of Paraburkholderia elongata 5N - Data Container

Overview of Dataset This narrative contains assemblies for all Paraburkholderia discussed in Karasz et al. 2022, where their phosphate-solubilizing activity was measured. Assemblies were downloaded from NCBI and annotated with Prokka. These genomes were created in many Narratives and collected here to be more accessible Note: The following naming of assemblies does not correspond with current taxonomic names for the following: Paraburkholderia 5N = Paraburkholderia elongata 5NT Paraburkholderia 1N = Paraburkholderia solitsuga 1NT Paraburkholderia vancouverensis = Paraburkholderia madseniana RL16

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XRF-ROI Finder: Machine Learning to Guide Region-of-Interest Scanning for X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy

The ROI-finder software is being developed for use by several Microscopy Group beamlines at Argonne National Laboratory, including 2-ID microprobes and 9-ID-B Bionanoprobe which use multi-scale scanning fluorescence microscopy to acquire elemental maps (multi-modal image data). Microscopy experiments require scan of samples at a coarse resolution followed by ROI identification using feature detection based on domain expertise. Finer resolution scans are then conducted based on identified ROI. The decision-making process based on domain expertise will be difficult to perform for faster data rates and much larger sampling volumes anticipated after APS-U necessitating the need for the ROI-finder software. The ROI- finder detects regions of interest through a continuous learning process, starting with a unsupervised representation learning and improving its recommendations through supervised learning and an interactive tool for user annotation. The scope of ongoing development efforts includes the integration of image registration module to correlate optical and X-ray images, extraction of feature morphology as well as elemental signatures in the image space and incorporation of beamtime streaming data by the scanning probe via EPICS.

CHOWDHURY, M. ARSHAD ZAHANGIR↗

Small-wedge synchrotron and serial XFEL datasets for Cysteinyl leukotriene GPCRs

Structural studies of challenging targets such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have accelerated during the last several years due to the development of new approaches, including small-wedge and serial crystallography. Here, we describe the deposition of seven datasets consisting of X-ray diffraction images acquired from lipidic cubic phase (LCP) grown microcrystals of two human GPCRs, Cysteinyl leukotriene receptors 1 and 2 (CysLT 1 R and CysLT 2 R), in complex with various antagonists. Five datasets were collected using small-wedge synchrotron crystallography (SWSX) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility with multiple crystals under cryo-conditions. Two datasets were collected using X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) at the Linac Coherent Light Source, with microcrystals delivered at room temperature into the beam within LCP matrix by a viscous media microextrusion injector. All seven datasets have been deposited in the open-access databases Zenodo and CXIDB. Here, we describe sample preparation and annotate crystallization conditions for each partial and full datasets. We also document full processing pipelines and provide wrapper scripts for SWSX and SFX data processing. A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00759-w

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CasCollect: targeted assembly of CRISPR-associated operons from high-throughput sequencing data

Abstract CRISPR arrays and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins comprise a widespread adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea. These systems function as a defense against exogenous parasitic mobile genetic elements that include bacteriophages, plasmids and foreign nucleic acids. With the continuous spread of antibiotic resistance, knowledge of pathogen susceptibility to bacteriophage therapy is becoming more critical. Additionally, gene-editing applications would benefit from the discovery of new cas genes with favorable properties. While next-generation sequencing has produced staggering quantities of data, transitioning from raw sequencing reads to the identification of CRISPR/Cas systems has remained challenging. This is especially true for metagenomic data, which has the highest potential for identifying novel cas genes. We report a comprehensive computational pipeline, CasCollect, for the targeted assembly and annotation of cas genes and CRISPR arrays—even isolated arrays—from raw sequencing reads. Benchmarking our targeted assembly pipeline demonstrates significantly improved timing by almost two orders of magnitude compared with conventional assembly and annotation, while retaining the ability to detect CRISPR arrays and cas genes. CasCollect is a highly versatile pipeline and can be used for targeted assembly of any specialty gene set, reconfigurable for user provided Hidden Markov Models and/or reference nucleotide sequences.

Podlevsky, Joshua D.↗

Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses of Himalayan Hot Springs at Manikaran Modulate Host Genomes

Hot spring-associated viruses, particularly the archaeal viruses, remain under-examined compared to bacteriophages. Previous metagenomic studies of the Manikaran hot springs in India suggested an abundance of viral DNA, which prompted us to examine the virus–host (bacterial and archaeal) interactions in sediment and microbial mat samples collected from the thermal discharges. Here, we characterize the viruses (both bacterial and archaeal) from this Himalayan hot spring using both metagenomics assembly and electron microscopy. We utilized four shotgun samples from sediment (78–98°C) and two from microbial mats (50°C) to reconstruct 65 bacteriophage genomes (24–200 kb). We also identified 59 archaeal viruses that were notably abundant across the sediment samples. Whole-genome analyses of the reconstructed bacteriophage genomes revealed greater genomic conservation in sediments (65%) compared to microbial mats (49%). However, a minimal phage genome was still maintained across both sediment and microbial mats suggesting a common origin. To complement the metagenomic data, scanning-electron and helium-ion microscopy were used to reveal diverse morphotypes of Caudovirales and archaeal viruses. The genome level annotations provide further evidence for gene-level exchange between virus and host in these hot springs, and augments our knowledgebase for bacteriophages, archaeal viruses and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat cassettes, which provide a critical resource for studying viromes in extreme natural environments.

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Geology of the One Earth Energy Site

The One Earth Energy site is one of two sites in the Illinois Storage Corridor (ISC) project. The objectives of the ISC project is to accelerate commercial deployment of carbon capture utilization and storage at two individual sites and receive approvals for Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits for construction at each site. At the One Earth Energy site, an extensive data collection program was undertaken, which included the drilling of a test well (One Earth Energy #1 [OEE #1]), four 2D seismic lines, and a small 3D seismic survey. The OEE #1 well was drilled in 2022 and acquired extensive core, log, and testing data to characterize the subsurface geology of the site. Coring was focused on the storage interval, the Mt. Simon Sandstone, and the confining interval, the Eau Claire Formation. The core and log data were used to evaluate the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, as well as to develop the conceptual geologic model. This report includes the geological summaries of the Mt. Simon Sandstone and the Eau Claire Formation. The extensive analysis of the log data is included in the petrophysical section, showing ranges of porosity, estimated pore size, and the mineral content of selected zones in the well. The separate petrographic technical report entitled “Petrographic and Advanced Geologic Characterization Report on One Earth Energy #1 (API# 1211325373)”, report number DOE-UIUC-0031892-04, details thin section point-counting analysis that includes mineralogical and pore space analysis, including grain size analysis, annotated thin section photomicrographs, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and statistics of grain size analysis on Mt. Simon thin sections from OEE #1. The final OEE #1 well data to be included in this geology report is the routine core analysis of both whole core plugs and rotary sidewall core plugs. In addition to the OEE #1 well, four 2D seismic lines and a small 3D survey were acquired as part of the overall subsurface geological characterization. This geology report references the seismic interpretation report, entitled “One Earth Energy Site Seismic Interpretation Task 5.0”, report number DOE-UIUC-0031892-07. This report details the stratigraphic and structural interpretation of the 2D and 3D seismic data acquired at the One Earth Energy site. The 2D seismic data was acquired in 2019 and 2021, and the 3D survey was acquired in 2022. The objectives of the seismic programs were to contribute to the subsurface characterization of the Mt. Simon-Eau Claire Storage Complex by evaluating the continuity of potential storage reservoirs and containment intervals across the project area, and to determine if any geologic features are present that would increase containment risk to the proposed carbon storage project.

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GapMind: Automated Annotation of Amino Acid Biosynthesis

ABSTRACT GapMind is a Web-based tool for annotating amino acid biosynthesis in bacteria and archaea ( http://papers.genomics.lbl.gov/gaps ). GapMind incorporates many variant pathways and 130 different reactions, and it analyzes a genome in just 15 s. To avoid error-prone transitive annotations, GapMind relies primarily on a database of experimentally characterized proteins. GapMind correctly handles fusion proteins and split proteins, which often cause errors for best-hit approaches. To improve GapMind’s coverage, we examined genetic data from 35 bacteria that grow in defined media without amino acids, and we filled many gaps in amino acid biosynthesis pathways. For example, we identified additional genes for arginine synthesis with succinylated intermediates in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron , and we propose that Dyella japonica synthesizes tyrosine from phenylalanine. Nevertheless, for many bacteria and archaea that grow in minimal media, genes for some steps still cannot be identified. To help interpret potential gaps, GapMind checks if they match known gaps in related microbes that can grow in minimal media. GapMind should aid the identification of microbial growth requirements. IMPORTANCE Many microbes can make all of the amino acids (the building blocks of proteins). In principle, we should be able to predict which amino acids a microbe can make, and which it requires as nutrients, by checking its genome sequence for all of the necessary genes. However, in practice, it is difficult to check for all of the alternative pathways. Furthermore, new pathways and enzymes are still being discovered. We built an automated tool, GapMind, to annotate amino acid biosynthesis in bacterial and archaeal genomes. We used GapMind to list gaps: cases where a microbe makes an amino acid but a complete pathway cannot be identified in its genome. We used these gaps, together with data from mutants, to identify new pathways and enzymes. However, for most bacteria and archaea, we still do not know how they can make all of the amino acids.

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Processes in DNA damage response from a whole-cell multi-omics perspective

Technological advances have made it feasible to collect multi-condition multi-omic time courses of cellular response to perturbation, but the complexity of these datasets impedes discovery due to challenges in data management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation. Here, we report a whole-cell mechanistic analysis of HL-60 cellular response to bendamustine. We integrate both enrichment and network analysis to show the progression of DNA damage and programmed cell death over time in molecular, pathway, and process-level detail using an interactive analysis framework for multi-omics data. Our framework, Mechanism of Action Generator Involving Network analysis (MAGINE), automates network construction and enrichment analysis across multiple samples and platforms, which can be integrated into our annotated gene-set network to combine the strengths of networks and ontology-driven analysis. Taken together, our work demonstrates how multi-omics integration can be used to explore signaling processes at various resolutions and demonstrates multi-pathway involvement beyond the canonical bendamustine mechanism.

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Data Exploration of UAV Flights Recorded on Smartphones

The increasing accessibility and technological advancements of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pose legitimate concerns to nuclear non-proliferation efforts. To deter and combat unwanted or nefarious UAV activity near or around nuclear sensitive sites, the ability to quickly and easily detect drones becomes vital. Our team is exploring the use of ubiquitous smartphones as multi-modal sensors (microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.) to meet this challenge. In conjunction with Idaho National Lab, two UAV flight tests and one stationary in-air test were conducted and recorded with eight Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphones. This work presents initial characterization and annotation of acoustic signals associated with UAV activity.

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Sensitive and error-tolerant annotation of protein-coding DNA with BATH

We present BATH, a tool for highly sensitive annotation of protein-coding DNA based on direct alignment of that DNA to a database of protein sequences or profile hidden Markov models (pHMMs). BATH is built on top of the HMMER3 code base, and simplifies the annotation workflow for pHMM-based translated sequence annotation by providing a straightforward input interface and easy-to-interpret output. BATH also introduces novel frameshift-aware algorithms to detect frameshift-inducing nucleotide insertions and deletions (indels). BATH matches the accuracy of HMMER3 for annotation of sequences containing no errors, and produces superior accuracy to all tested tools for annotation of sequences containing nucleotide indels. These results suggest that BATH should be used when high annotation sensitivity is required, particularly when frameshift errors are expected to interrupt protein-coding regions, as is true with long-read sequencing data and in the context of pseudogenes.

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A haplotype‐resolved reference genome of Quercus alba sheds light on the evolutionary history of oaks

Summary White oak ( Quercus alba ) is an abundant forest tree species across eastern North America that is ecologically, culturally, and economically important. We report the first haplotype‐resolved chromosome‐scale genome assembly of Q. alba and conduct comparative analyses of genome structure and gene content against other published Fagaceae genomes. We investigate the genetic diversity of this widespread species and the phylogenetic relationships among oaks using whole genome data. Despite strongly conserved chromosome synteny and genome size across Quercus , certain gene families have undergone rapid changes in size, including defense genes. Unbiased annotation of resistance (R) genes across oaks revealed that the overall number of R genes is similar across species – as are the chromosomal locations of R gene clusters – but, gene number within clusters is more labile. We found that Q. alba has high genetic diversity, much of which predates its divergence from other oaks and likely impacts divergence time estimations. Our phylogenetic results highlight widespread phylogenetic discordance across the genus. The white oak genome represents a major new resource for studying genome diversity and evolution in Quercus . Additionally, we show that unbiased gene annotation is key to accurately assessing R gene evolution in Quercus .

Larson, Drew A. [Department of Biology Indiana Uni↗

Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of trans-kingdom pathogen Fusarium solani species complex reveal degrees of compartmentalization

Background: The Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) comprises fungal pathogens responsible for mortality in a diverse range of animals and plants, but their genome diversity and transcriptome responses in animal pathogenicity remain to be elucidated. We sequenced, assembled and annotated six chromosome-level FSSC clade 3 genomes of aquatic animal and plant host origins. We established a pathosystem and investigated the expression data of F. falciforme and F. keratoplasticum in Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) host. Results: Comparative analyses between the FSSC genomes revealed a spectrum of conservation patterns in chromosomes categorised into three compartments: core, fast-core (FC), and lineage-specific (LS). LS chromosomes contribute to variations in genomes size, with up to 42.2% of variations between F. vanettenii strains. Each chromosome compartment varied in structural architectures, with FC and LS chromosomes contain higher proportions of repetitive elements with genes enriched in functions related to pathogenicity and niche expansion. We identified differences in both selection in the coding sequences and DNA methylation levels between genome features and chromosome compartments which suggest a multi-speed evolution that can be traced back to the last common ancestor of Fusarium. We further demonstrated that F. falciforme and F. keratoplasticum are opportunistic pathogens by inoculating P. sinensis eggs and identified differentially expressed genes also associated with plant pathogenicity. These included the most upregulated genes encoding the CFEM (Common in Fungal Extracellular Membrane) domain. Conclusions: The high-quality genome assemblies provided new insights into the evolution of FSSC chromosomes, which also serve as a resource for studies of fungal genome evolution and pathogenesis. This study also establishes an animal model for fungal pathogens of trans-kingdom hosts.

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PyCMG-based Simulation of Volumetric Concrete Microstructure

Concrete is a complex, heterogeneous material with a microstructure composed of aggregates, cement paste, and pores spanning multiple length scales. Understanding this microstructure is critical for advancing the performance, durability, and modeling of concrete-based systems. While experimental imaging such as X-ray computed tomography (XCT) provides valuable insights, generating large datasets with detailed ground truth annotations is both costly and labor-intensive due to challenges in segmenting similar phases, such as aggregates and cement paste, that often share similar attenuation properties. To address this, we developed a pipeline to simulate realistic 3D concrete microstructures using the open-source Python package PyCMG. This simulation effort focuses on generating high-fidelity, annotated microstructures that can serve as training or benchmarking datasets for image analysis, segmentation algorithms, and machine learning models, particularly in scenarios where experimental data is scarce.

Ziabari, Amir [Oak Ridge National Laboratory; ORNL↗

Poplar Interactome: Project Final Report

The feedstock plant Poplar has many advantages over traditional crop plants. Not only Poplar needs low energy input and off season storage as compared to feedstocks such as corn, in the winter season Poplar biomass is stored on the stem/trunk, and Poplar plantations serve as large carbon sink. A key constraint to the expansion of cellulosic bioenergy sources such as in Poplar however, is the negative consequence of converting land use from food crops to energy crops. Therefore in order for Poplar to become a viable energy crop it needs to be grown mostly on marginal land unsuitable agricultural crops. For this we need a better understanding of abiotic stress and adaptation response in poplar. In the process we expected to find new and existing poplar genes and their function that respond to sustain abiotic stress. We carried out an extensive gene expression study on the control untreated and stress (drought, salinity, cold and heat) treated poplar plants. The samples were collected from the stem, leaf and root tissues. The RNA of protein coding genes and regulatory smallRNA genes were sequenced generating more than a billion reads. This is the first such known study in Poplar plants. These were used for quantification and genomic analysis to identify stress responsive genes in poplar. Based on the quantification and genomic analysis, a select set of genes were studied for gene-gene interactions to find their association to stress response. The data was also used to find novel stress responsive genes in poplar that were previously not identified in the Poplar reference genome. The data is made available to the public through the national and international genomic data archives.

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Per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules are disclosed. A computing system includes a plurality of processing units coupled to a plurality of memory modules. A determination is made as to which physical address space distribution granularity to implement for physical memory pages allocated for a first data structure. The determination can be made on a per-data-structure basis (e.g., file, page, block, etc.) or on a per-application-basis. A physical address space distribution granularity is encoded as a property of each physical memory page allocated for the first data structure, and physical memory pages of the first data structure distributed across the plurality of memory modules based on a selected physical address space distribution granularity. Page table entries (PTEs) may be annotated with the selected physical address space distribution granularity, using an addressing mapping granularity (AMG) field of a page table entry, where the granularity may be, for example, a fine-grain distribution granularity or a coarse-grain distribution granularity.

Jayasena, Nuwan S.↗

SoyCSN: Soybean context-specific network analysis and prediction based on tissue-specific transcriptome data

The Soybean Gene Atlas project provides a comprehensive map for understanding gene expression patterns in major soybean tissues from flower, root, leaf, nodule, seed, and shoot and stem. The RNA-Seq data generated in the project serve as a valuable resource for discovering tissue-specific transcriptome behavior of soybean genes in different tissues. We developed a computational pipeline for Soybean context-specific network (SoyCSN) inference with a suite of prediction tools to analyze, annotate, retrieve, and visualize soybean context-specific networks at both transcriptome and interactome levels. BicMix and Cross-Conditions Cluster Detection algorithms were applied to detect modules based on co-expression relationships across all the tissues. Soybean context-specific interactomes were predicted by combining soybean tissue gene expression and protein–protein interaction data. Functional analyses of these predicted networks provide insights into soybean tissue specificities. For example, under symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing conditions, the constructed soybean leaf network highlights the connection between the photosynthesis function and rhizobium–legume symbiosis. SoyCSN data and all its results are publicly available via an interactive web service within the Soybean Knowledge Base (SoyKB) at http://soykb.org/SoyCSN. SoyCSN provides a useful web-based access for exploring context specificities systematically in gene regulatory mechanisms and gene relationships for soybean researchers and molecular breeders.

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Single-molecule Real-time (SMRT) Isoform Sequencing (Iso-Seq) in Plants: The Status of the Bioinformatics Tools to Unravel the Transcriptome Complexity

Background: The advent of the Single-Molecule Real-time (SMRT) Isoform Sequencing(Iso-Seq) has paved the way to obtain longer full-length transcripts. This method was found tobe much superior in identifying full-length splice variants and other post-transcriptional events ascompared to the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based short read sequencing (RNA-Seq).Several different bioinformatics tools to analyze the Iso-Seq data have been developed and someof them are still being refined to address different aspects of transcriptome complexity. However, acomprehensive summary of the available tools and their utility is still lacking. Objective: Here, we summarized the existing Iso-Seq analysis tools and presented an integratedbioinformatics pipeline for Iso-Seq analysis, which overcomes the limitations of NGS and generateslong contiguous Full-Length Non-Chimeric (FLNC) reads for the analysis of posttranscriptionalevents. Results: In this review, we summarized recent applications of Iso-Seq in plants, which include improvedgenome annotations, identification of novel genes and lncRNAs, identification of fulllengthsplice isoforms, detection of novel Alternative Splicing (AS) and Alternative Polyadenylation(APA) events. In addition, we also discussed the bioinformatics pipeline for comprehensiveIso-Seq data analysis, including how to reduce the error rate in the reads and how to identify andquantify post-transcriptional events. Furthermore, the visualization approach of Iso-Seq was discussedas well. Finally, we discussed methods to combine Iso-Seq data with RNA-Seq for transcriptomequantification. Conclusion: Overall, this review demonstrates that the Iso-Seq is pivotal for analyzing transcriptomecomplexity and this new method offers unprecedented opportunities to comprehensively understandtranscripts diversity.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology↗

Deep active learning for classifying cancer pathology reports

Abstract Background Automated text classification has many important applications in the clinical setting; however, obtaining labelled data for training machine learning and deep learning models is often difficult and expensive. Active learning techniques may mitigate this challenge by reducing the amount of labelled data required to effectively train a model. In this study, we analyze the effectiveness of 11 active learning algorithms on classifying subsite and histology from cancer pathology reports using a Convolutional Neural Network as the text classification model. Results We compare the performance of each active learning strategy using two differently sized datasets and two different classification tasks. Our results show that on all tasks and dataset sizes, all active learning strategies except diversity-sampling strategies outperformed random sampling, i.e., no active learning. On our large dataset (15K initial labelled samples, adding 15K additional labelled samples each iteration of active learning), there was no clear winner between the different active learning strategies. On our small dataset (1K initial labelled samples, adding 1K additional labelled samples each iteration of active learning), marginal and ratio uncertainty sampling performed better than all other active learning techniques. We found that compared to random sampling, active learning strongly helps performance on rare classes by focusing on underrepresented classes. Conclusions Active learning can save annotation cost by helping human annotators efficiently and intelligently select which samples to label. Our results show that a dataset constructed using effective active learning techniques requires less than half the amount of labelled data to achieve the same performance as a dataset constructed using random sampling.

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