PhD, Microbiology MS, Geological Sciences BS, Neuroscience Founder of MAB: midauthorbio.com GitHub: https://github.com/Arkadiy-Garber https://github.com/Middle-Author-Bioinformatics Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SGPloYgAAAhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3mwx34qdqac2zCoevolutionary mining of prokaryotic non-coding elements with a genome language mode https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.22.753630v2.full.pdf03 Oct 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwx34qdqac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msvhwirots2zWhat lurks in the dark? An innovative framework for studying diverse wild insect microbiota https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-025-02169-912 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvhwirots2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msmkw6gxok2nMetagenomics deciphers diagenetic processes of ferruginous mineralization in the deep biosphere https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03898-x09 Aug 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmkw6gxok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msmahk6ymc25Clustering the protein universe of life using DIAMOND DeepClust https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-026-03030-z08 Aug 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmahk6ymc25https://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3w4lwf22mAn expanded codebook of human transcription factor DNA-binding specificity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10798-9?utm_source=x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=6313210708 Aug 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3w4lwf22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3vmcukk2mThe evolution of the Earth’s surface iron cycle https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.260878412308 Aug 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3vmcukk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3v6kkpk2mGrowth characteristics of natural microbial populations are skewed toward bacteria with low specific growth rates https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02193-2608 Aug 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3v6kkpk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3uqgczs2mTaxonomic Resolution of 16S rRNA, FastANI, Mash, and FastAAI across 30,495 Prokaryotic Type-Strain Genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.15.738563v1?rss=108 Aug 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3uqgczs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3ue2tr22mExperimental verification of the error minimization theory using non-standard genetic codes constructed in vitro https://elifesciences.org/articles/111164?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic08 Aug 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3ue2tr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msm3rsd7ks2mGenome-wide dissection of tillering responsiveness to neighbour proximity in sorghum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.08.737219v1.abstract08 Aug 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm3rsd7ks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3mshxlyjinc2gI am pleased to share the preprint of our MagicLamp paper, in collaboration with the Penn Geomicrobiology Lab headed by Dr. Pérez-Rodríguez: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.19.739457v107 Aug 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshxlyjinc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3mshjmoyup22gComparative transcriptomics of closely related Geobacter sulfurreducens strains uncovers strain-level variations in extracellular electron transfer https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1795027/full07 Aug 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshjmoyup22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3msbjrrkbac24The last chapter of my PhD work is now live on MBE. This has been an incredible project, combining genomics, proteomics, as well as transcriptomics that resolves total mRNA from ribosome-associated mRNA (which we infer to be in the process of translation). [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbjrrkbac24https://bsky.app/profile/ironark.bsky.social/post/3mrd3r7d5nc2rMethyltransferases in Candidate Phyla Radiation: A Weapon or a Simple Shield? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.13.738296v123 Jul 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:3zyfy5ckn7thgq4l5hlcfstd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd3r7d5nc2r