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James A Poulter
dblp:437/1287
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2ranked-venue papers
0as first author
2since 2021 · last 2026
0000-0003-2048-5693ORCID · reported
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Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 2 · 2 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and emerging computing
1 paper |
Bioinformatics and computational biology · 100% |
Topics — the 2 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bioinformatics and computational biology
genome annotation |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Utilization of long-read sequencing for the detection of structural rearrangements with AgileStructure · Bioinform. 2026 |
Bioinformatics and computational biology › genomics › structural variation
structural variant detection |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Utilization of long-read sequencing for the detection of structural rearrangements with AgileStructure · Bioinform. 2026 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
long-read sequencing · 1.0
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Making multi-axis Gaussian graphical models scalable to millions of cellsabstractMOTIVATION: Networks underlie the generation and interpretation of many biological datasets: gene networks shed light on the regulatory structure of the genome, and cell networks can capture structure of the tumor micro-environment. However, most methods that learn such networks make the faulty "independence assumption"; to learn the gene network, they assume that no cell network exists. "Multi-axis" methods, which do not make this assumption, fail to scale beyond a few thousand cells or genes. This limits their applicability to only the smallest datasets. RESULTS: We develop a multi-axis method, which learns conditional dependency networks, capable of processing million-cell datasets within minutes. This was previously impossible, and unlocks the use of such methods on modern scRNA-seq datasets, as well as more complex datasets. We apply the method to a new scRNA-seq dataset for neuronal cell development, and compare the result to an existing state of the art method, hdWGCNA. We demonstrate that the new method yields gene networks that have a more focused biological interpretation and that the simultaneously learned cell network has advantages over a conventional kNN-based clustering. Further, our method yields novel biological insights by identifying long non-coding RNAs that potentially have a role in neuronal development. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Our methodology is available as a Python package GmGM on PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/GmGM/0.5.3/). The code for all experiments performed in this article is available on GitHub (https://github.com/BaileyAndrew/GmGM-Bioinformatics) and Zenodo (10.5281/zenodo.20384566). Bailey Andrew, Erica L. Harris, James A Poulter, David R. Westhead, Luisa Cutillo |
Bioinform. | 3 |
| 2026 | Utilization of long-read sequencing for the detection of structural rearrangements with AgileStructureabstractMOTIVATION: Changes in genome organisation contribute to genetic disease when they disrupt gene function or regulation. Structural rearrangements may interrupt coding sequence or alter expression through promoter loss or gain, chromatin changes, copy-number variation, or disruption of short-range regulatory elements. Although short-read sequencing excels at detecting small variants, it performs poorly at resolving breakpoints of large rearrangements, especially in repetitive or low-complexity regions. Long-read sequencing overcomes these limitations, but analytical tools have not kept pace, making accurate identification and annotation of large structural variants challenging. RESULTS: We developed AgileStructure, a desktop application for locating and annotating large‑scale genomic rearrangements using aligned long‑read data. The software enables user‑guided exploration of breakpoint‑spanning reads, supporting accurate interpretation of complex events and filling a key gap in current structural variant analysis workflows. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: Source code, binaries, user guide, and example aligned read data, are available on GitHub: https://github.com/msjimc/AgileStructure. An archived version is also available on Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18610110. Carolina Lascelles, Morag Raynor, Laura A. Crinnion, Ailsa M. S. Rose, Christine P. Diggle, James A Poulter, Christopher M. Watson, Ian M. Carr |
Bioinform. | 6 |