FlashDeconv enables atlas-scale, multi-resolution spatial deconvolution via structure-preserving sketching

FlashDeconv is a scalable, structure-preserving deconvolution method that enables accurate, atlas-scale spatial analysis of Visium HD data at multiple resolutions, revealing critical biological insights such as tissue-specific resolution horizons and previously undetectable immune microdomains that are missed by current classification-based approaches.

Yang, C., Chen, J., Zhang, X.2026-03-24💻 bioinformatics

A comprehensive reference database to support untargeted metabolomics in Pseuudomonas putida

To address the lack of comprehensive metabolomics resources for the model organism *Pseudomonas putida* KT2440, the authors developed the publicly available PPMDB v1, a reference database that integrates curated and computationally predicted metabolites with analytical properties and pathway annotations to facilitate untargeted metabolomics and biological interpretation.

Ross, D. H., Chang, C., Vasquez, J. + 4 more2026-03-24💻 bioinformatics

TCRseek: Scalable Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search for T-Cell Receptor Repertoires via Windowed k-mer Embeddings

TCRseek is a scalable, two-stage retrieval framework that combines biologically informed windowed k-mer embeddings with approximate nearest neighbor indexing and exact reranking to enable efficient, high-sensitivity search of large T-cell receptor repertoires, achieving significant speedups over brute-force methods while maintaining near-optimal accuracy.

Yang, Y.2026-03-24💻 bioinformatics

Micro16S: Universal Phylogenetic 16S rRNA Gene Representations for Deep Learning of the Microbiome

The paper introduces Micro16S, a deep learning framework that generates phylogenetically informed, region-invariant 16S rRNA embeddings to improve microbiome representation, though its current performance on classification tasks remains inferior to classical machine learning baselines due to challenges like class imbalance.

Bishop, H. V., Ogilvie, O. J., Dobson, R. C. J. + 1 more2026-03-24💻 bioinformatics

Variable performance of widely used bisulfite sequencing methods and read mapping software for DNA methylation

This study evaluates the performance of bisulfite sequencing methods (RRBS and WGBS) and mapping software in genetically diverse stickleback populations, revealing significant variations in methylation detection and tool accuracy to provide methodological recommendations for improving the reliability of DNA methylation profiles in non-model organisms.

Kerns, E. V., Weber, J. N.2026-03-23💻 bioinformatics

ChEA-KG: Human Transcription Factor Regulatory Network with a Knowledge Graph Interactive User Interface

The paper introduces ChEA-KG, an interactive web server that presents a high-quality, signed, and directed human gene regulatory network derived from ChEA3 enrichment analysis, featuring tools for network visualization, transcription factor queries, and specialized atlases covering cell types, cancers, mechanisms of action, and aging.

Byrd, A. I., Evangelista, J. E., Lachmann, A. + 3 more2026-03-23💻 bioinformatics

Identification of Distinct Topological Structures From High-Dimensional Data

This paper introduces "Identification of Distinct topological structures" (ID), a novel method that constructs alternative low-dimensional parametrizations and applies finite perturbations to identify gene sets governing simultaneous biological processes in high-dimensional single-cell RNA sequencing data, thereby revealing structures and cellular responses that are otherwise missed.

Xu, B., Braun, R.2026-03-23💻 bioinformatics

VINE: Variational inference for scalable Bayesian reconstruction of species and cell-lineage phylogenies

The paper introduces VINE, a novel variational inference method that leverages node embeddings and distance-based decoders to achieve orders-of-magnitude faster and scalable Bayesian reconstruction of both species and cell-lineage phylogenies while maintaining accuracy comparable to traditional Markov chain Monte Carlo approaches.

Siepel, A., Hassett, R., Staklinski, S. J.2026-03-23💻 bioinformatics