Publications

You will find below the list of all publications related to the Global Health Institute at the School of Life Sciences.

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A Single-organoid Workflow for quantitative Imaging classiFication and Tracking (SWIFT)

L. Bracq; R. Guiet; S. Offner; B. Kunz; G. van der Goot et al. 

Communications biology. 2026. Vol. 9, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s42003-026-10768-x.

Molecular mechanisms of cold stress-induced energy stress, cholesterol metabolic disorders, and apoptosis in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

D. Wang; M. Li; M. Liao; Y. Tian; Q. Wu et al. 

Aquaculture. 2026. Vol. 610, p. 742886. DOI : 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.742886.

Genome-wide association study of untargeted plasma metabolomic profiles identifies host genetic regulation in people with HIV

M. A. Oumelloul; A. van der Graaf; S. Tang; C. W. Thorball; M. Labarile et al. 

Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 2026. Vol. 7, num. 4. DOI : 10.1016/j.xhgg.2026.100635.

AlloPool is a deep learning framework that infers protein allostery from molecular dynamics simulations

M. Marfoglia; M. A. Pedraza-Joya; L. Guirardel; A. Chatzi Souleiman; P. Barth 

PLOS Biology. 2026. Vol. 24, num. 9. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.3004002.

Short-term postprandial glucose monitoring reveals stable traits from noisy free-living meals

M. Toumi; M. Salathé 

2026

Characterization and Applications of the Protein Corona Forming on the Naturally Occurring Nanoparticles, Low-Density Lipoproteins

D. Ren; L. Wei; S. Boutry; M. Özkan; E. Poliukhina et al. 

ACS Central Science. 2026. DOI : 10.1021/acscentsci.6c00872.

Microscale droplets for mechanical measurement and mechanotransduction in artificial and living systems

Y. Su; N. Su; S. Kim; A. Persat; H. Bayley et al. 

Nature Reviews Physics. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s42254-026-00977-y.

“Small” Large Language Models in the Hospital: Evaluation Study on Real-World Data in a Resource-Constrained Setting

H. A. Xu; R. Pythoud; C. W. Thorball; G. Carra; B. Kulynych et al. 

Journal of medical Internet research. 2026. Vol. 28. DOI : 10.2196/86453.

Low testosterone promotes anxiety through astrocytic mitochondrial remodelling at the nucleus accumbens blood-brain barrier

H. de Castro Abrantes; L. R. Depaauw-Holt; D. H. Ülgen; C. Di Giulio; M. Barbetti et al. 

2026

The NimB2 opsonin promotes S. aureus recognition by macrophages in Drosophila melanogaster

P. K. Sah; A. Dolgikh; F. Schupfer; J. P. Boquete; S. Rommelaere et al. 

2026

High-throughput recovery of integron cassettes for gene discovery screens

F. Trigo da Roza; A. Carvalho; A. Prieto; P. Blanco; E. Vergara et al. 

Nature Microbiology. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-026-02474-5.

Regulation of Type VI secretion systems of Burkholderia during transition to intracellular lifestyle

H. C. Cheung; D. J. Wuest; M. T. W. Plum; P. Reist Iscar; M. Basler 

EMBO Reports. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s44319-026-00905-2.

Human genetics of HIV infection

A. Awada; C. W. Thorball; V. Timonina; M. Carrington; P. J. McLaren et al. 

Current Opinion in Virology. 2026. Vol. 76. DOI : 10.1016/j.coviro.2026.101535.

The serine protease homolog Skanda modulates Toll-Phenoloxidase-mediated immunity in Drosophila

S. Vasanth; Y. Wang; N. Klotz; A. Khan; C. Xiong et al. 

GENETICS. 2026. DOI : 10.1093/genetics/iyag230.

Benchmarking large language models for HIV medical decision support

G. Cardenal-Antolin; J. Fellay; B. Jaha; H. F. Günthard; J. Nemeth et al. 

Communications Medicine. 2026. DOI : 10.1038/s43856-026-01875-1.

Compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or condition linked to oxidative stress

L. ABRAMI; F. SARMENTO MESQUITA; D. TRONO; G. VAN DER GOOT 

EP4796636.

2026.

Intranuclear niche: actin-tail mediated nuclear entry by intracellular pathogens

H. C. Cheung; P. Reist Iscar; M. T. W. Plum; M. Basler 

2026

Total Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Evaluation of the Natural Glycolipids Cupacinoside and Dalberoside

C. Adamson; L. Li; E. W. L. Ng; H-Y. Huang; A. Persat et al. 

2026

A natural glycolipid exposes the outer membrane interface as a tunable regulator of bacterial surface attachment.

H-Y. Huang; E. N. Astorga-Simon; C. Adamson; Y. Oiao; P. P. Navarro et al. 

2026

Comparative evaluation of genotyping and low-pass sequencing for pharmacogenetic variant and phenotype inference

F. Hodel; C. W. Thorball; D. Haefliger; L. Cerutti; P. Cattaneo et al. 

2026