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96
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848
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428

Overview

Owen White is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology as well as intersecting areas including Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, Neurology, and Information Systems.

Their recent scholarly output includes contributions to various peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Notable publications are:

  • A transcriptomic and epigenomic cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex, 2021, Nature
  • gEAR: Gene Expression Analysis Resource portal for community-driven, multi-omic data exploration, 2021, Nature Methods
  • A guide to the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network data ecosystem, 2023, PLoS Biology
  • HMPDACC: a Human Microbiome Project Multi-omic data resource, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Making Common Fund data more findable: catalyzing a data ecosystem, 2022, GigaScience

The corpus of their scientific work covers key topics such as:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Data Quality and Management
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Owen White frequently publishes in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Methods
  • PLoS Biology
  • Nucleic Acids Research

Collaborative efforts form an integral part of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Anup Mahurkar
  • Heather H. Creasy
  • Michelle Giglio
  • Seth A. Ament
  • Brian R. Herb

Their interdisciplinary approach incorporates advanced techniques and insights from molecular biology and biomedical engineering to explore complex biological systems through multi-omic data integration and computational methods. Emphasis on data management and quality underscores their research, contributing to evolving practices in scientific computing and resource accessibility within the biomedical field.

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.

    Fleischmann Rd;Adams;White O;Clayton Ra

  • Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  • Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea

    J. Craig Venter;Karin Remington;John F. Heidelberg;Aaron L. Halpern

  • The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

    Jean-F. Tomb;Owen White;Anthony R. Kerlavage;Rebecca A. Clayton

  • Automated eukaryotic gene structure annotation using EVidenceModeler and the Program to Assemble Spliced Alignments

    Brian J Haas;Brian J Haas;Steven L Salzberg;Wei Zhu;Mihaela Pertea

  • The minimal gene complement of Mycoplasma genitalium

    Claire M. Fraser;Jeannine D. Gocayne;Owen White;Mark D. Adams

  • Improved microbial gene identification with GLIMMER

    Arthur L. Delcher;Douglas Harmon;Simon Kasif;Owen White

  • Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae: Implications for the microbial “pan-genome”

    Hervé Tettelin;Vega Masignani;Michael J. Cieslewicz;Claudio Donati

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi

    Claire M. Fraser;Sherwood Casjens;Wai Mun Huang;Granger G. Sutton

  • DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae

    John F. Heidelberg;Jonathan A. Eisen;William C. Nelson;Rebecca A. Clayton

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • Improving the Arabidopsis genome annotation using maximal transcript alignment assemblies

    Brian J. Haas;Arthur L. Delcher;Stephen M. Mount;Jennifer R. Wortman

  • Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima

    Karen E. Nelson;Rebecca A. Clayton;Steven R. Gill;Michelle L. Gwinn

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

    Hans-Peter Klenk;Rebecca A. Clayton;Jean-Francois Tomb;Owen White

  • Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    H. Tettelin;K. E. Nelson;I. T. Paulsen;Jonathan A Eisen

  • Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of the metabolically versatile Pseudomonas putida KT2440

    K. E. Nelson;C. Weinel;I. T. Paulsen;R. J. Dodson

  • Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    William C. Nierman;William C. Nierman;Arnab Pain;Michael J. Anderson;Jennifer R. Wortman;Jennifer R. Wortman

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute
Ian T. Paulsen
Ian T. Paulsen Macquarie University
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Robert J. Dodson
Robert J. Dodson Northwestern University
Daniel H. Haft
Daniel H. Haft National Institutes of Health
William C. Nelson
William C. Nelson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson J. Craig Venter Institute

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