Ep6 - Microbial Genomics

Posted on Tuesday, Jun 16, 2020
Ever wonder what it is like to study the genomics of microbes likes bacteria and viruses? Dr. Sabah Kadri talks with Dr. Egon Ozer about the field of microbial genomics, the relatively fast evolution of microbes and the study from Dr. Ozer’s group studying the genomics sequences of Sars-CoV-2, the virus in the covid-19 pandemic. Tune in as we learn about this field, its challenges and methodologies.

Show Notes

Guests

Dr. Egon A. Ozer

Dr. Egon A. Ozer

Dr. Egon A. Ozer, MD PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. His research interests encompass microbial whole genome sequence analysis and comparative genomics to explore pathogenesis, antimicrobial resistance, and molecular epidemiology in bacteria, viruses, and fungi that cause human infections.

Hosts

Sabah Kadri, PhD

Sabah Kadri, PhD

Dr. Sabah Kadri has a background in Computer Engineering with a PhD in Computational Biology from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Kadri leads a team of bioinformaticians and scientists to design, develop and implement cloud-based computational infrastructure and containerized bioinformatics software in clinical diagnostic services for germline and somatic next generation sequencing (NGS) testing. She has experience building clinical diagnostics pipelines and systems for adult and pediatric diseases and continues to work on informatics solutions and research questions for translational ‘omics’ and biomedical research to promote personalized medicine.

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