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John D Blischak

Freelance Scientific Software Developer
Verified email at uchicago.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Batch effects and the effective design of single-cell gene expression studies

PY Tung, JD Blischak, CJ Hsiao, DA Knowles… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) can be used to characterize variation in gene
expression levels at high resolution. However, the sources of experimental noise in scRNA-seq …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation QTLs are associated with coordinated changes in transcription factor binding, histone modifications, and gene expression levels

…, B Van de Geijn, JF Degner, JD Blischak… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic regulator of gene expression. Recent studies
have revealed widespread associations between genetic variation and methylation levels. …

[HTML][HTML] A quick introduction to version control with Git and GitHub

JD Blischak, ER Davenport… - PLoS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Many scientists write code as part of their research. Just as experiments are logged in
laboratory notebooks, it is important to document the code you use for analysis. However, a few …

Determining the genetic basis of anthracycline-cardiotoxicity by molecular response QTL mapping in induced cardiomyocytes

DA Knowles, CK Burrows, JD Blischak, KM Patterson… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.33480.001 Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (ACT) is a key limiting factor
in setting optimal chemotherapy regimes, with almost half of patients expected to develop …

Characterizing and inferring quantitative cell cycle phase in single-cell RNA-seq data analysis

CJ Hsiao, PY Tung, JD Blischak, JE Burnett… - Genome …, 2020 - genome.cshlp.org
Cellular heterogeneity in gene expression is driven by cellular processes, such as cell cycle
and cell-type identity, and cellular environment such as spatial location. The cell cycle, in …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery and characterization of variance QTLs in human induced pluripotent stem cells

AK Sarkar, PY Tung, JD Blischak, JE Burnett, YI Li… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Quantification of gene expression levels at the single cell level has revealed that gene
expression can vary substantially even across a population of homogeneous cells. However, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterial infection induces a specific human innate immune response

JD Blischak, L Tailleux, A Mitrano, LB Barreiro… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The innate immune system provides the first response to infection and is now recognized to
be partially pathogen-specific. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is able to subvert the …

[HTML][HTML] Creating and sharing reproducible research code the workflowr way

JD Blischak, P Carbonetto, M Stephens - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Making scientific analyses reproducible, well documented, and easily shareable is crucial to
maximizing their impact and ensuring that others can build on them. However, …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of endoderm differentiation in humans and chimpanzees

LE Blake, SM Thomas, JD Blischak, CJ Hsiao… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Background There is substantial interest in the evolutionary forces that shaped the regulatory
framework in early human development. Progress in this area has been slow because it is …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting susceptibility to tuberculosis based on gene expression profiling in dendritic cells

JD Blischak, L Tailleux, M Myrthil, C Charlois… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly infectious disease, which kills millions of people every year.
The causative pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is estimated to have infected up …