A Global Discovery of Antimicrobial Peptides in Deep-Sea Microbiomes Driven by an ESM-2 and Transformer-based Dual-Engine Framework

This study introduces XAMP, a dual-engine AI framework integrating ESM-2 and Transformer models to overcome prediction biases and rapidly identify novel, broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides from deep-sea microbiomes, which were experimentally validated for their potent activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens.

Chen, B., Mou, X., Song, Z. + 6 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

ARCADIA Reveals Spatially Dependent Transcriptional Programs through Integration of scRNA-seq and Spatial Proteomics

ARCADIA is a novel generative framework that integrates unpaired single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial proteomics data by aligning modality-specific archetypes to reconstruct tissue architecture and uncover spatially dependent transcriptional programs without requiring cell barcode pairing or direct feature correspondence.

Rozenman, B., Hoffer-Hawlik, K., Djedjos, N. + 1 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

BiOS: An Open-Source Framework for the Integration of Heterogeneous Biodiversity Data

The Biodiversity Observatory System (BiOS) is an open-source, modular framework that overcomes data heterogeneity and fragmentation in biodiversity research by decoupling backend management from frontend presentation to provide both programmatic API access and an intuitive web interface for integrating diverse datasets under FAIR principles.

Roldan, A., Duran, T. G., Far, A. J. + 3 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

SC-BIG: A Hierarchical Bayesian Model for Bulk-Informed Single Nucleotide Variant Calling in Single Cells

The paper introduces SC-BIG, a hierarchical Bayesian model that leverages bulk sequencing data to jointly estimate cancer cell fractions and improve the accuracy and uncertainty quantification of somatic SNV detection in single cells, outperforming existing methods in the presence of copy-number alterations and clonal admixtures.

Schuette, D., Kono, T. J. Y., Schwarz, R. F.2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

An explanatory benchmark of spatial domain detection reveals key drivers of method performance

This paper presents a comprehensive benchmark of 26 spatial domain detection methods across diverse real and semi-synthetic datasets, revealing that performance is primarily driven by data resolution and cellular heterogeneity rather than architectural novelty, and introduces a modular framework to guide future tool development and selection.

Descoeudres, A., Prusina, T., Schmidt, N. + 5 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

Deciphering the Genetic Architecture of Sorghum Grain Oil Content via Lipidome-Integrated Genome-Wide Association Analysis

This study integrates population-scale lipidomics with genome-wide association analysis in 266 sorghum accessions to elucidate the complex genetic architecture of grain oil, identifying 55 key loci and 27 elite accessions that reveal coordinated regulation between lipid metabolism and specialized pathways for targeted crop improvement.

Jiao, Y., Nigam, D., Metwally, S. + 1 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

Integrative modeling of read depth and B-allele frequency improves single-cell copy number calling from targeted DNA sequencing panels

This paper introduces scPloidyR, a hidden Markov model that jointly analyzes sequencing read depth and B-allele frequency from targeted single-cell DNA panels to significantly improve the accuracy of copy number variation detection compared to depth-only methods, provided that allelic information is available.

Pei, D., Griffard-Smith, R., Cano Urrego, B. + 1 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

Chemically informed representations of amino acids enable learning beyond the canonical protein alphabet

This paper introduces a chemically informed peptide representation based on 2D molecular structures and convolutional autoencoders that enables machine learning models to generalize beyond the canonical amino acid alphabet to unseen post-translational modifications while providing chemically interpretable insights.

Christiansen, J. C., Gonzalez-Valdes Tejero, M., Hembo, C. S. + 2 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

UniST: A Unified Computational Framework for 3D Spatial Transcriptomics Reconstruction

UniST is a unified generative AI framework that integrates point cloud upsampling, optical flow interpolation, and graph autoencoders to computationally reconstruct dense, continuous, and biologically meaningful 3D spatial transcriptomics landscapes from sparse and heterogeneous 2D serial sections without requiring changes to experimental protocols.

Shui, L., Liu, Y., Julio, I. C. L. + 21 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

Reinforcement Learning for Antibiotic Stewardship: Optimizing Prescribing Policies Under Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics

This paper introduces a simulation framework demonstrating that hierarchical reinforcement learning effectively optimizes antibiotic prescribing policies under antimicrobial resistance dynamics by leveraging temporal abstraction and risk stratification to outperform fixed rules and flat RL approaches in complex, partially observable environments.

Lee, J., Blumberg, S.2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics

Strigolactone signaling regulates corm development through SPL15-mediated hormonal crosstalk in banana

This study demonstrates that exogenous strigolactone treatment inhibits corm development in *Pisang Awak* banana by dynamically regulating the expression of genes involved in multiple hormonal pathways, with the SPL15 gene identified as a key mediator integrating strigolactone signaling with auxin, cytokinin, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids, gibberellins, and jasmonic acid pathways.

Long, F., Zhao, M., Wu, P. + 4 more2026-03-16💻 bioinformatics