Identification of the shortest species-specific oligonucleotide sequences
Feb 2025·
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Ioannis Mouratidis
Equal contribution
,M. a. konnaris
Equal contribution
,N. chantzi
Equal contribution
,C. s. y. chan
Equal contribution
,Et al.
Abstract
We developed a computational framework to identify the shortest oligonucleotide sequences that uniquely identify each species, enabling efficient species detection and authentication.
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Genome Research, 35(2)
This work provides a comprehensive catalog of minimal species-specific sequences with applications in diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food authentication.
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Ioannis Mouratidis
(he/him)
Research Engineer
Research engineer focused on AI safety, alignment, and AIxBio security. I study how
capabilities and values emerge during model training and build scalable interventions to align
frontier models, drawing on deep expertise in biosecurity and biological foundation models.
38 publications (12 first or senior author) and 3 patents in large-scale data analysis and ML
for biology; co-founded an AI-driven cancer-diagnostics startup and authored grants securing
$4M+ in competitive funding.
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