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Research evidence for better experiments.

Represent → Simulate → Decide → Learn

These publications test the scientific foundations of the larger decision framework: represent incomplete evidence, model and compare possibilities, decide what to test, and use results to improve the next experiment.

Functional discovery and nitrogen fixation

Evidence for finding biological mechanisms when function is uncertain, signals are spread across data sources, and experiments are limited.

Scientific Reports 16(1), 11412 (2026)

Predicting FOX gene candidates for oxic nitrogen fixation using multi-omic machine learning and comparative bioinformatics

Open paper
bioRxiv 2026.05.23.727275 (2026)

Nitrosomes: protein language modeling and live-cell imaging reveal condensate-like nitrogenase organization in heterocysts

Open preprint
bioRxiv 2026.06.08.730779 (2026)

Nitrogen-Responsive Extracellular Proteomics Reveals Evidence for a Novel Heterocyst-Specific Protein Secretion Pathway in Anabaena

Open preprint
Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 100359 (2026)

Harnessing Nitrogen Fixing Plants for a Bio-Solar Nitrogen Economy

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In submission

Beyond nif: protein-family modeling reveals the accessory systems of cyanobacterial diazotrophy

Metabolites 15(9), 562 (2025)

Secondary Metabolites Predict Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria: A Model-Based Cheminformatic Approach

Open paper
PhD dissertation, South Dakota State University (2025)

Discovery of Photosynthetic Oxic N₂-Fixation in Cyanobacteria Using Wet Lab and Machine Learning Approaches

Open dissertation
Cyanobacteria Biotechnology, Wiley-VCH, 407-439 (2021)

Harnessing Solar-Powered Oxic N₂-fixing Cyanobacteria for the BioNitrogen Economy

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bioRxiv 619353 (2019)

Unicellular Cyanobacteria Exhibit Light-Driven, Oxygen-Tolerant, Constitutive Nitrogenase Activity Under Continuous Illumination

Open preprint
Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 97 (2018)

Identification of Cell Surface Sugars in N₂-Fixing Cyanobacterium Cyanothece ATCC 51142 Using Fluorescein Labeled Lectins

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Protein learning and engineering

Evidence for using learned protein representations to compare a large search space and choose more informative variants to test.

AI Chemistry 1(2), 7 (2026)

Active Learning on Protein Language Model Embeddings Accelerates Rubisco Variant Discovery for Desired Traits

Open paper

Comparative genomics and broader computational biology

Evidence for combining biological measurements across organisms, molecular layers, and collaborators to answer questions no single dataset can resolve.

Molecular Ecology Resources 22(4), 1596-1605 (2022)

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) provides insights into freshwater adaptation

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Cell Reports Medicine 2(6) (2021)

Crowdsourcing assessment of maternal blood multi-omics for predicting gestational age and preterm birth

Open paper