Outsmarting Outbreaks: Using Genomics to Track Viruses: In The

Outsmarting Outbreaks: Using Genomics to Track Viruses: In The Front Row at Scripps Research

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In this Front Row presentation, Kristian Andersen shares how he, with a global network of collaborators, applies a ‘team science’ approach to deciphering outbreaks of emerging diseases such as Ebola and Lassa Virus. His highly cross-disciplinary work combines next-generation sequencing, computational biology, experimentation and field work to investigate how viruses emerge and cause large-scale outbreaks. Series: "Front Row at Scripps Research" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 34808]

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