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”de-CIPHERing Infectious Disease” explores the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research happening at UNC Charlotte’s CIPHER Research Center. Each episode features an in-depth interview with one of CIPHER’s researchers, allowing them to discuss their background, current projects, and the exciting team science approach they take to tackle complex issues at the intersection of health, environment, data science, genomics, infectious disease, and more. Host Ian Binns engages the researchers in accessible conversations that dive into the science behind their work while also highlighting the collaborative spirit and diverse expertise that makes CIPHER’s ”One Health” philosophy so powerful. From evolution and phylogenetics to machine learning, drug discovery, and preventing the next pandemic, ”de-CIPHERing Infectious Disease” offers listeners a window into the innovative solutions being pioneered to address global challenges.
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Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Episode 11
Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Abbe LaBella, Assistant professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics at UNC Charlotte. She will take us along her journey from designing mailboxes to studying fungal genetics. Along the way, there will be deep sea adventures, genetic breakthroughs, and lessons for all stages of life.
Find out more at cipher.charlotte.edu.
Key Takeaways
- Abby actively mentors students from high school to postdoctoral levels.
- Her deep-sea research involved collecting samples using the submersible Alvin.
- Abby's lab focuses on understanding the implications of genomic variation.
- Silent mutations, once thought inconsequential, can influence disease outcomes.
- The field of codon usage bias is relatively new and evolving.
- Machine learning can uncover patterns in genetic data without bias.
- The importance of tRNAs in protein synthesis is often overlooked.
- The NIH grant will focus on understanding silent synonymous data in yeast.
This podcast was produced and edited by Zack Jackson
CIPHER is a proud part of UNC Charlotte who holds all rights to the content created by this podcast
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