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72 research projects covering life sciences, biomedical research, and physical sciences. Each one was planned, executed and written up by K-Dense Web, and links to its full report and session transcript.

Astrophysics

Beta Pictoris orbital stability simulation

Simulate Beta Pictoris orbital architecture and assess long-term dynamical stability of the debris disk system.

Neuroscience

Tau pathway mapping and therapeutic audit

Map tau pathology pathways and audit therapeutic opportunities across anti-tau intervention strategies.

Physics

AME2020 SEMF Binding Energy Fit

Fit the semi-empirical mass formula to AME2020 binding energies and map residuals across the nuclear chart.

Physics

Simulating and reconstructing PLATON scintillator tracks

Simulate PLATON scintillator particle tracks and validate reconstruction performance against known geometries.

Microbiology

Sweetener and drug interactions on gut microbes

Screen sweetener–drug interaction effects on gut microbes and prioritize watchlist combinations for follow-up study.

Genomics

Tara Oceans MAG–Nutrient Associations

Model 957 metagenome-assembled genomes across 93 ocean samples to identify 10 region-robust nutrient associations and design a confirmatory microcosm experiment.

Physics

ATLAS Higgs ML Challenge Classifier

Train and evaluate classifiers on the ATLAS Higgs ML Challenge with a documented end-to-end methodology pipeline.

Cancer Biology

Breast Cancer Spatial Prognostic Modeling

Test imaging mass cytometry features across 285 patients with leakage-controlled nested survival modeling, finding composition improves prognosis while spatial features do not generalize.

Spectroscopy

CO Fundamental Band from HITRAN

Fit the CO fundamental band using HITRAN line data and diagnose rotational residuals across the spectrum.

Physics

Graphene Tight-Binding Dispersion & Dirac Physics

Compute graphene tight-binding band structure and visualize Dirac-cone physics near the Fermi level.

Spectroscopy

Li Ionization Energy from Rydberg Series

Extract lithium ionization energy from Rydberg series spectroscopy fits with residual diagnostics.

Chemistry

BDE-db Bond Dissociation Enthalpy Prediction

Predict bond dissociation enthalpies from BDE-db and characterize model error distributions.

Metabolomics

CRC Serum Metabolomics Classifier

Classify colorectal cancer from serum metabolomics with PCA diagnostics before and after batch correction.

Genomics

Crohn's Anti-TNF Nonresponse Signature

Derive a cell-state-informed signature from ileal single-cell data and test it in an independent bulk cohort, revealing real biology but a platform shift that requires assay redesign.

Proteomics

Heart Failure Proteomics Module Discovery

Reanalyze LFQ proteomics from 34 human hearts to identify stable co-abundance modules across ischemic, dilated, and hypertrophic heart-failure etiologies.

Chemistry

METLIN Retention-Time QSAR Prediction

Predict METLIN chromatographic retention times with QSAR models against observed values.

Mass Spectrometry

MoNA MS/MS ClassyFire Classifier

Classify MoNA MS/MS spectra into ClassyFire chemical taxonomy with hierarchical label evaluation.

Chemistry

nmrshiftdb2 NMR Structure Elucidation

Elucidate molecular structures from nmrshiftdb2 NMR shifts using a multi-stage candidate funnel.

Genomics

Plant Diversity & Gut Microbiome Analysis

Reassess the >30-plants-per-week hypothesis in 2,676 American Gut Project participants with compositional statistics and geographic transportability testing.

Chemistry

QM9 HOMO-LUMO Gap Prediction

Predict QM9 HOMO–LUMO gaps with ML regression and validate predicted-versus-true parity plots.

Chemistry

Reaction Barrier Prediction from Reactants & Products

Predict reaction activation barriers from reactant and product structures and compare model families.

Chemistry

SAMPL6 First-Principles pKa Prediction

Predict SAMPL6 pKa values from first principles and correlate predictions against experimental benchmarks.

Neuroscience

ABIDE Autism Classification with Site-Effect Analysis

Classify autism in ABIDE neuroimaging data while quantifying site-effect leakage across CV schemes.

Cheminformatics

EGFR Chemotype–Mutation Potency Matrix

Integrate TCGA-LUAD, ChEMBL, and PDB data to rank EGFR inhibitor chemotypes against six sensitizing and resistance mutations with explicit go/no-go gates.

Genomics

Equitable CYP2C19 Genotyping Assay Design

Audit CYP2C19 allele coverage across 2,504 people from 26 populations to design a low-cost universal core assay with trigger-based ancestry-aware add-ons.

Genomics

M. tuberculosis Rifampicin Resistance Panel

Prioritize 10 rpoB resistance variants from the WHO 2023 catalogue using epidemiological odds ratios, confidence grades, and structural proximity to rifampicin.

Toxicology

PFOS Placental Toxicogenomics

Integrate EPA ToxCast with a 64,734-cell maternal-fetal interface atlas to nominate PFOS–PPARγ signaling in extravillous trophoblasts for mechanistic testing.

Neuroscience

Allen Brain Observatory Visual Stimulus Decoding

Decode visual stimuli from Allen Brain Observatory mouse cortex recordings with neural decoding models.

Neuroscience

Allen Cell Types E/I Neuron Classification

Classify excitatory versus inhibitory cortical neurons from Allen Cell Types electrophysiology features.

Drug Discovery

AqSolDB Aqueous Solubility QSAR Model

Model aqueous solubility on AqSolDB with QSPR methods and report predictive performance.

Chemistry

Buchwald-Hartwig C-N Coupling Yield Prediction

Predict Buchwald–Hartwig C–N coupling yields and rank reaction-component importance.

Neuroscience

CHB-MIT Pediatric Seizure Detection Classifier

Detect pediatric seizures in CHB-MIT EEG with channel-montage importance analysis.

Immunology

Clustering and mapping of CyTOF bone marrow cells

Cluster and map CyTOF bone marrow cells with UMAP comparisons across clustering methods.

Chemistry

CPA Catalyst Selectivity ML Prediction

Predict CPA catalyst selectivity with machine learning and highlight the most informative molecular features.

Drug Discovery

EGFR pIC50 QSAR Prediction Model

Build an EGFR pIC50 QSAR model for kinase inhibitor potency prediction with graphical abstract reporting.

Astronomy

Gaia DR3 Pleiades cluster membership analysis

Determine Pleiades cluster membership from Gaia DR3 astrometry and photometry.

Chemistry

OC20 IS2RE Adsorption Energy Prediction

Predict OC20 IS2RE adsorption energies and evaluate parity across train, validation, and test splits.

Astronomy

Planck CMB TT power spectrum peak extraction and ΛCDM fitting

Extract Planck CMB TT acoustic peaks and fit ΛCDM cosmological parameters to the power spectrum.

Chemistry

Sitagliptin Multi-Step Synthetic Route Design

Design a multi-step sitagliptin synthetic route with stereochemical model visualization.

Immunology

Systematic analysis of Tdap vaccine immune responses

Systematically analyze Tdap vaccine immune responses including IgG fold-rise by clinical covariates.

Immunology

TCRβ repertoire-based CMV serostatus classifier

Classify CMV serostatus from TCRβ repertoire features using clonal burden score distributions.

Astronomy

TESS transit modeling of WASP-121b

Model TESS transit photometry of WASP-121b with MCMC posterior corner diagnostics.

Immunology

Yellow fever vaccine transcriptomic time-course analysis

Analyze yellow fever vaccine transcriptomic time courses with pathway enrichment of immune responses.

Astronomy

ΛCDM cosmological fit to Pantheon+ supernovae

Fit ΛCDM cosmology to Pantheon+ supernova distances and summarize posterior constraints.

Astrophysics

A Topological Test of the JWST-Era Cosmic Web

A graph-topology comparison of NASA's newly released COSMOS-Web map of 164,000 galaxies.

Cheminformatics

FGFR2 Inhibitor SAR Mining from Patent WO2020231990

A reproducible six-step pipeline that extracts 4-amino-pyrrolopyrimidine compounds from an image-only patent table, fuses ligand descriptors with FGFR2 co-crystal pocket geometry, and trains an explainable Random Forest model to surface the structural drivers of kinase activity.

Heliophysics

Multiproxy Analysis of 1204 Solar Storm

Bridging historical solar events and modern space weather to provide a risk assessment of potential impacts to modern infrastructure.

Cancer Biology

PDAC RAS Mutation Landscape

Global pancreatic cancer analysis of KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS mutation prevalence by allele and continent, with pan-RAS therapy eligibility and clinical-trial benchmarking.

Cancer Biology

CD20×CD3 Bispecific Antibody Biomarker Discovery

Multi-omic biomarker analysis for glofitamab/mosunetuzumab stratification in DLBCL using cBioPortal, DepMap, and FAERS with Phase III SAP recommendations.

Cancer Biology

PDAC Neoantigen Landscape & iNeST Strategy

PDAC neoantigen landscape analysis with TMB benchmarking, KRAS structural modeling, and individualized neoantigen therapy optimization.

Cancer Biology

GBM Clinical Trial Landscape Analysis

Analyze 1,913 glioblastoma clinical trials identifying the immunotherapy gap (682 trials, 0 approvals) and novel target pipeline attrition.

Cancer Biology

PDAC KRAS Mutation Survival Analysis

Analyze KRAS variant distribution and survival outcomes in 2,336 pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients from MSK cBioPortal data.

Biology/Safety

Deadliest Animal Venoms Safety Guide

Emergency response guide for the 5 deadliest venoms: cone snail, box jellyfish, wandering spider, inland taipan, and funnel-web.

Genomics

NGS Variant Callers in Clinical Practice

Comprehensive review of germline and somatic variant callers for clinical genomics with ACMG/AMP classification frameworks.

Cancer Biology

Renal Cancer Drug Response Stratification

Stratify 97 ccRCC patients by predicted response to standard therapies and identify drug repurposing candidates.

Nutrition

Indian Vegetarian Diet Optimization

Generate nutritionally optimized 7-day meal plans for urban Indians across activity levels with regional diversity.

Cancer Biology

Doxorubicin Mechanism of Action

Elucidate doxorubicin's mechanism in MCF7 cells through differential expression, pathway enrichment, and drug connectivity.

Cancer Biology

HNSCC Treatment Response Biomarkers

Build ML classifier for head and neck cancer treatment response using 270 patient samples with AUC=0.76.

Toxicology

Tox21 Liver Toxicity Prediction

Predict liver toxicity using Tox21 SR-MMP endpoint with XGBoost and SHAP-based structural interpretation.

Genomics

T2-Low Asthma Endotype Discovery

Identify molecular endotypes in 679 asthma patients using nasal airway RNA-Seq and pathway-based clustering.

Epigenetics

Epigenetic Clock Drug Discovery

Identify master transcription factors regulating 866 epigenetic clock CpG sites and map FDA-approved drug targets.

Metabolomics

LC-MS Ion Suppression Prediction

Predict ion suppression factors in LC-MS metabolomics using chromatographic context features and SHAP interpretability.

Genomics

Longevity Gene Analysis

Map model organism longevity genes to human orthologs and evaluate their validation through GWAS studies.

Synthetic Biology

Lycopene Biosynthesis Optimization

Optimize enzyme expression ratios for lycopene production in E. coli using FBA and kinetic bottleneck analysis.

Mass Spectrometry

MS Fragmentation Rule Mining

Discover fragmentation patterns from 1,267 GNPS spectra with FDR-corrected statistical enrichment analysis.

Astronomy

JWST Exoplanet Target Prioritization

Rank 124 habitable zone exoplanets for JWST atmospheric characterization using TSM/ESM metrics and observability windows.

Nanomedicine

Nanoparticle Protein Corona Prediction

Build ML models to predict protein corona composition on gold nanoparticles using physicochemical properties.

Neuroscience

Wearable Seizure Prediction

Explore heart-brain coupling for seizure prediction using EEG/ECG analysis and phase-amplitude coupling methods.

Biosignals

ECG Stress Detection Pipeline

Build HRV-based stress classifier from WESAD ECG data achieving 97% accuracy with XGBoost and Random Forest models.

Drug Discovery

Natural Products Chemical Space

Cluster 715K+ compounds from the COCONUT database to identify bacterial-derived drug candidates using ML dimensionality reduction.

Quantum Chemistry

Quantum Chemistry VQE Benchmarking

Benchmark variational quantum eigensolver algorithms for molecular simulations on H₂, LiH, BeH₂, and H₂O systems.

Proteomics

TMT Proteomics Spike-in Validation

Validate TMT 6-plex quantification accuracy using Erwinia carotovora spike-in proteins with 97% correlation to ground truth.

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