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Developing a computational method for microbial contaminant detection and functional inference using next-generation sequencing data

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K00396
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Life / Health / Medical informatics
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Park Sung-Joon  東京大学, 医科学研究所, 特任講師 (40759411)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywordsコンタミネーション / バイオインフォマティクス / 次世代シークエンシング / 網羅的配列解読
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In modern biology, cells are routinely manipulated by various experimental techniques under a range of conditions. These increase the risk of exposure of the cells to microorganisms that cause unexpected molecular changes and misunderstanding. Therefore, the prevention and detection of microbial contamination is a critical issue. In this study, we developed a computational method to comprehensively and accurately detect contaminants that present in the next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. This method can profile, for example, transcriptome and contamination simultaneously. Therefore, this method allows us to perform deeper analyses of the interaction with contaminants.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

開発した手法の公開とその解析結果のデータベース化を行ったことで、既存研究データから見られるコンタミの種類とその混入度分布がわかり、ホスト細胞に与える外来性ゲノムのインパクト推定が容易となった。これは、細胞培養方法と実験試薬の見直しや既存研究データの再解釈に資するものであり、さらに、核酸増幅法などの既存検査方法の代替方法として、例えば、再生医療製品の安全性と品質管理、新規細菌・ウイルス同定にも応用可能であることから、今後の応用発展を図りたい。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A systematic sequencing-based approach for microbial contaminant detection and functional inference.2019

    • Author(s)
      Park SJ, Onizuka S, Seki M, Suzuki Y, Iwata T, Nakai K.
    • Journal Title

      BMC Biology

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 72-72

    • DOI

      10.1186/s12915-019-0690-0

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genome-Wide Scanning of Gene Expression2019

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

      Volume: 3 Pages: 452-462

    • DOI

      10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.20132-5

    • ISBN
      9780128114322
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 歯根膜組織由来間葉系幹細胞シートによる歯周組織再生2020

    • Author(s)
      鬼塚 理, 朴 聖俊, 貝淵 信之, 妻沼 有香, 安藤 智博, 中井 謙太, 岩田 隆紀
    • Organizer
      第19回日本再生医療学会総会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] OpenContami: A Web-based Application for Detecting Microbial Contaminants in Next-generation Sequencing2019

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park, Satoru Onizuka, Masahide Seki, Yutaka Suzuki, Takanori Iwata and Kenta Nakai
    • Organizer
      第8回生命医薬情報学連合大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Host-unmapped NGS reads shape the prevalence of microbial contamination2019

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park and Kenta Nakai
    • Organizer
      The Biology of Genomes
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Profiling microbial contamination by exploiting host-unmapped NGS reads2019

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park and Kenta Nakai
    • Organizer
      Revolutionizing Next-Generation Sequencing 2019 (RNGS19)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Applying Joint Non-Negative Matrix Factorization to Functional Analysis of Microbial Infection2018

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park and Kenta Nakai
    • Organizer
      The 17th International Conference On BioInformatics
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Profiling of Cell Microbial Contamination by NGS data2018

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park
    • Organizer
      配列解析シンポジウム、日本バイオインフォマティクス学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Development of a Pipeline for Contamination Profiling of Cells with Next Generation Sequencing Data2017

    • Author(s)
      Sung-Joon Park
    • Organizer
      The 28th International Conference on Genome Informatics Workshop (GIW)/BIOINFO 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] OpenContami

    • URL

      https://openlooper.hgc.jp/opencontami/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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